Sleeping with Your Memory

Janie Fricke had been signed to Columbia Records since 1977 but found it challenging to find a musical identity. This resulted in her early singles only reaching minor chart positions and receiving limited radio airplay. In the early 1980s, Fricke started focusing on ballads which ultimately led to her breakthrough with 1981's "Down to My Last Broken Heart". She would continue having a string of hits during the decade and release a series of commercially successful albums. Among these albums was Sleeping with Your Memory, which she recorded with produced Jim Ed Norman. It was Fricke's second album produced by Norman. The project was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee at Audio Media Recorders in June 1981. Sleeping with Your Memory was a collection of 11 tracks that contained new recordings as well as covers of previously released songs. Several ballads were featured on the collection including the title track. Among the final tracks was "Always", which was composed by Fricke's then-husband Randy Jackson. A cover version of Simon & Garfunkel's "Homeword Bound" was also included and it featured Ricky Skaggs playing fiddle. A cover version of Yvonne Elliman's "Love Me" was also part of the project. ==Release, reception and singles==

Sleeping with Your Memory was originally released in September 1981 on Columbia Records. It was Fricke's sixth studio release of her career. The album was originally distributed as a vinyl LP and a cassette with identical track listings. In later decades, it was reissued to digital platforms including Apple Music. The disc spent a total of 27 weeks on the American Billboard country albums survey, peaking at number 42 in March 1982. It was Fricke's second album to reach a Billboard chart. Greg Adams of AllMusic gave the album a three-star rating, calling it "an impressively consistent album that matches its hits with material nearly as good." The single spent 19 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and peaked at number four in 1982. It was followed by the April 1982 release of the track "Don't Worry 'bout Me Baby". It spent 18 weeks on the Billboard country songs chart and reached the number one spot in late 1982, becoming Fricke's first number one single. ==Track listings==

Original versions Digital version ==Personnel==

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Sleeping with Your Memory. Musical personnel • Eddie Bayers – drums • Tom Brannon – backing vocals • Dennis Burnside – piano • Phil Forrest – backing vocals • Janie Fricke – lead vocals, backing vocals • Sonny Garrish – steel guitar • Sheri Huffman – backing vocals • The Shelly Kurland Strings – strings • Joe Osborn – bass • Charlie McCoy – harmonica • Bobby Ogdin – keyboards • Ricky Skaggs – backing vocals, banjo, fiddle, mandolin • Diane Tidwell – backing vocals • Rafe Van Hoy – guitar • Paul Worley – guitar Technical personnel • Dennis Burnside – keyboard arrangements • Jim Ed Norman – producer • Bergen White – arrangements, conductor ==Charts==