Careless Hands is a studio album by American country music artist Dottie West.

It was West's seventeenth studio recording issued during her career and contained a collection of ten tracks.

[3] Other covers included Lynn Anderson's "(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden", Anne Murray's "Snowbird" and Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry".

[2] Careless Hands was released in March 1971 on RCA Victor Records, becoming West's seventeenth studio album issued.

"Miss West is riding the singles chart with her smooth revival of the oldie 'Careless Hands', and that hit proves the basis for this fine album follow-up," writers commented.