Lee Roy Parnell (album)

Lee Roy Parnell is the self-titled debut album by American country music singer Lee Roy Parnell. It was released in 1990 via Arista Records. The album includes the singles "Crocodile Tears", "Oughta Be a Law" and "Family Tree". Although all three singles charted on the U.S. Billboard country charts, they all missed Top 40. "Mexican Money" was also made into a music video.

Brian Mansfield of Allmusic rated the album four stars out of five, praising Barry Beckett's production.

Track listing

 * 1) "Oughta Be a Law" (Gary Nicholson, Dan Penn) – 4:18
 * 2) "Fifty-Fifty Love" (Nicholson, Lee Roy Parnell) – 4:26
 * 3) "Where Is My Baby Tonight" (Troy Seals, Graham Lyle) – 3:35
 * 4) "Crocodile Tears" (Parnell, Leroy Preston) – 4:02
 * 5) "Family Tree" (Steve Durocher, Jeannie Smith) – 3:06
 * 6) "Let's Pretend" (Parnell, Cris Moore) – 4:10
 * 7) "You're Taking Too Long" (Parnell, Nicholson, Rory Michael Bourke) – 5:14
 * 8) "Mexican Money" (Parnell, Moore) – 3:03
 * 9) "Down Deep" (Parnell, Nicholson, Bucky Jones) – 3:59
 * 10) "Red Hot" (Parnell, Moore) – 3:30

Personnel
As listed in liner notes.

Musicians

 * Barry Beckett – keyboards
 * John Gardner – drums
 * Jim Horn, Michael Haynes, Jack Hale, Quitman Dennis – horn section
 * Bill Hullett – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Tim Loftin – bass guitar
 * Joe McGlohon – saxophone
 * Jonell Mosser – background vocals
 * Lee Roy Parnell – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar, lead vocals
 * Harry Stinson – background vocals
 * Bergen White – background vocals
 * John Willis – acoustic guitar
 * Dennis Wilson – background vocals
 * Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Production

 * Barry Beckett – producer
 * Scott Hendricks – mixing
 * Denny Purcell – mastering