David Ball: Heartaches by the Number

CML call number: CD COUNTRY Ball
Contents: Pick me up on your way down (H. Howard) -- Stop the world and let me off (Belew / Stevenson) -- Heartaches by the number (Howard) -- Sweet dreams (D. Gibson) -- Please feed the jukebox -- There stands the glass (Grisham / Hull / Shurtz) -- Faded love (B. Wills) -- What's going on in your world (Chamberlain / Porter / Steagall) -- Half as much (C. Williams) -- Please help me I'm falling (Blair / Robertson) -- I'm walking the dog (Grimsley / Grimsley).
Ralph Novak wrote in People: "While flashier, less talented singers have risen to prominence in Nashville since his 1994 debut, Ball has valiantly kept plugging away in relative obscurity. His latest is a marvelous collection of standards which amounts to a tribute to the industry that has never fully appreciated him. Included are terrific renditions of Bob Wills's 'Faded Love,' Don Gibson's 'Sweet Dreams' and Curley Williams's 'Half as Much,' as well as Ball's own 'Please Feed the Jukebox.' With his no-frills delivery, Ball gets right to the heart of it all" ("Picks & Pans: Music," 4/9/07, p. 42).