Pure Connie Smith

It was released in November 1977 via Monument Records and contained ten tracks.

Connie Smith moved to Columbia Records in 1973 after 18 top ten Billboard country singles at the RCA Victor label in the 1960s.

[1] She left the label in 1977, theorizing that her music lacked the promotion that more popular Columbia acts received like George Jones or Tammy Wynette.

[3] Smith also recorded new material written by songwriters (and artists) like Dallas Frazier, Don Gibson, Dave Loggins.

[8] Spending seven weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, it only reached number 58.

It has a state-of-the-art production that dates instantly, walks the line between crossover pop and country-pop rather clumsly, and lacks good material.

Smith still sings well throughout it, but it's not a very good showcase for her talents, nor is it very good as crossover pop -- it's too square and middle of the road, making the urban cowboy bubbling up at the time seem risky and edgy," he stated.