Untasted Honey is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in 1987 on Mercury Records. The album produced Mattea's first Number One hit on the Billboard country charts in its lead-off single "Goin' Gone". Following this song was another Number One hit, "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses", then "Untold Stories" and "Life as We Knew It", both of which reached #4. "The Battle Hymn of Love" was later released as a single from Mattea's 1990 album A Collection of Hits. Like Walk the Way the Wind Blows before it, this album includes a cut originally found on Nanci Griffith's 1986 album The Last of the True Believers, this time in the track "Goin' Gone". Untasted Honey was certified gold by the RIAA.
Track listing
Personnel
Kathy Mattea – vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 7) Buck White – acoustic piano (1) Pete Wasner – acoustic piano (3–5), organ (3), electric piano (8) Bobby Wood – organ (4, 6), acoustic piano (6, 7) Ray Flacke – acoustic guitar (1), electric guitar (1) Nick Forster – acoustic guitar (1), electric lead guitar (1) Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar (2–7, 9), acoustic rhythm guitar (8) Tim O'Brien – acoustic guitar (1), mandolin (1), backing vocals (1, 2), vocals (4) Chris Leuzinger – acoustic rhythm guitar (2–6), electric rhythm guitar (3, 4, 6), electric guitar (8) Pat Alger – acoustic guitar (10) Jerry Douglas – dobro (2) David Schaufer – dulcimer (2) Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (3, 5) Bob Wray – bass (1, 2, 6–8) Mike Leech – bass (3–5) Roy Huskey Jr. – bass (9) Dave Pomeroy – bass (10) Milton Sledge – drums (1–6, 8), percussion (1) Kenny Malone – drums (7, 9), percussion (7, 9) Craig Duncan – hammered dulcimer (4) Cindy Reynolds-Wyatt – harp (10) Beth Nielsen Chapman – backing vocals (3, 4, 6–9) Craig Bickhardt – backing vocals (3, 6, 7), acoustic guitar (7) John Thompson – backing vocals (7, 9)
Production Allen Reynolds – producer Mark Miller – engineer, mixing Denny Purcell – mastering at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) Barnes & Company – album graphics Billy Barnes – art direction, design Matthew Barnes – design Deb Mahalanobis – design Frank Waggoner – hand lettering Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography Cheryl Riddle – hair Valerie Cole – make-up Anne Payne – wardrobe coordinator Bob Titley – management
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1987–1988) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (1988) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 18 Chart (1989) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 43
Release history + Release history and formats for Untasted Honey Region Date Format Label Ref. North America September 28, 1987
References
Allmusic (see infobox)