The same year, they recorded their first album, a collection of six songs that comprised a "mini-album" entitled Wynonna & Naomi.

[2][3] With the success of their debut single, the mother-daughter team were informed by RCA they would release their first full-length album.

The duo had previously cut Wynonna & Naomi at the same location in sessions produced by Brent Maher.

Bandleader and guitarist, Don Potter, created guitar "licks," which Judd called in her book to be "a little slice of heaven.

"[5] In addition, Maher and Potter collaborated on the track "Sleeping Heart," which Judd called "sweetly sad" in her autobiography.

[5] According to Judd's autobiography, Maher "liked to leave the room for the listener's imagination," with the use of minimal acoustic arrangements.

In October 1984, Billboard magazine took notice of the album's attention to detail and highlighted several tracks in their review: "The meteoric success story of this duo is no accident.

It's predicated on exactly the kind of purity, acoustic brilliance and attention to detail that shines here on the sisters' first full album".

[10] Music journalist Robert Christgau gave the album a mostly favorable response, but disliked the production style at times, giving it a "B" rating: "After defying convention by indulging not a single soppy song on their tryout EP, they've flabbed the follow-up several times.

"[9] AllMusic's Thom Jurek called the album a "bona fide classic" and praised its "soaring harmonies" as well as the lead vocals from Wynonna Judd.

"[1] Prior to its release, "Mama He's Crazy" had already become a number one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.

[11] It spent a total of 22 weeks on the Billboard country songs chart before also reaching the top position that December.

In April 1985, the album certified gold for this sales achievement by the Recording Industry Association of America.