The Object of My Affection (album)

The Object of My Affection
Studio album by Faron Young
Released	1958 (1958)
Genre	Country
Length	28:03
Label	Capitol
Faron Young chronology
Sweethearts or Strangers (1957) The Object of My Affection (1958) This Is Faron Young! (1959)

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The Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music	[1]

The Object of My Affection is the second album by the country music singer Faron Young, released in 1958 via Capitol Records.^[2] The album contains country versions of many of the popular standards that Young sang as a teenager.^[3]

Buck Owens, Young's guitarist, wanted to sing on the album. Young declined the request, because he feared losing Owens to a solo career, but eventually helped to sign him after listening to a demo.^[2]

Critical reception

Billboard wrote that the album included "pretty standards ... done up with poppish, slightly rocking backings."^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Take Your Love from Me"	Henry Nemo	2:58
2.	"If I Had You"	Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Ted Shapiro	2:28
3.	"Stay as Sweet as You Are"	Mack Gordon, Harry Revel	2:45
4.	"My Darling, My Darling"	Frank Loesser	2:49
5.	"Who Wouldn't Love You"	Bill Carey, Carl T. Fisher	2:11
6.	"I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me"	Clarence Gaskill, Jimmy McHugh	2:06
7.	"The Object of My Affection"	Jimmy Grier, Coy Poe, Pinky Tomlin	2:51
8.	"It All Depends on You"	Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson	2:19
9.	"Thank You for a Lovely Evening"	Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh	2:29
10.	"Everything I Have Is Yours"	Harold Adamson, Burton Lane	2:34
11.	"Nearness of You"	Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington	3:09
12.	"Sweet and Lovely"	Gus Arnheim, Jules LeMare, Harry Tobias	2:18

References

1. Larkin, Colin (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music. Virgin. p. 479.
2. Diekman, Diane (May 18, 2011). Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252093807 – via Google Books.
3. Lange, Jeffrey J. (2004). Smile When You Call Me a Hillbilly: Country Music's Struggle for Respectability, 1939-1954. University of Georgia Press. p. 193.
4. Inc, Nielsen Business Media (May 19, 1958). "Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)