Jeannie C. Riley - Things Go Better with Love (1969)

Regardless of whether Things Go Better with Love ever appears on CD, you'll want the original vinyl edition. The cover folds out to create a three-foot-high poster of Jeannie C. Riley in all her backwoods babe-aliciousness, clad in silver go-go boots and a glitzy red dress shorter than a Pentecostal preacher's patience. And you can judge this record by its cover, because Things Go Better with Love is big, bold, and brash. There's a bizarrely right-wing feminist anthem called "The Rib" that celebrates women's lib while placating the bruised egos of menfolk everywhere, as well as "The Back Side of Dallas," a similarly misguided attempt to recapture the biting social satire of "Harper Valley P.T.A." Only harebrained ballads like the title cut make any real sense -- which is fine, because Jeannie's a lover, not a fighter.



1.01 - Jeannie C. Riley - The Rib (3:57)
1.02 - Jeannie C. Riley - Sunday After Church (2:56)
1.03 - Jeannie C. Riley - The Artist (2:27)
1.04 - Jeannie C. Riley - I'm Only a Woman (2:44)
1.05 - Jeannie C. Riley - A Real Woman (2:12)
1.06 - Jeannie C. Riley - There Never Was a Time (2:40)
1.07 - Jeannie C. Riley - Things Go Better with Love (2:13)
1.08 - Jeannie C. Riley - I'm the Woman (2:25)
1.09 - Jeannie C. Riley - The Wedding Cake (3:00)
1.10 - Jeannie C. Riley - Thin Ribbon of Smoke (2:56)
1.11 - Jeannie C. Riley - Our Minnie (3:33)
1.12 - Jeannie C. Riley - The Back Side of Dallas (2:37)