What a Crying Shame

What a Crying Shame
Studio album by
The Mavericks
ReleasedFebruary 1, 1994
RecordedApril–August 1993
Genre
Length39:44
LabelMCA Nashville
ProducerDon Cook
The Mavericks chronology
From Hell to Paradise
(1992) 		What a Crying Shame
(1994) 		Music for All Occasions
(1995)
Singles from O What a Crying Shame
  1. "What a Crying Shame"
    Released: November 13, 1993
  2. "O What a Thrill"
    Released: May 14, 1994
  3. "There Goes My Heart"
    Released: October 1, 1994
  4. "I Should Have Been True"
    Released: January 28, 1995
  5. "All That Heaven Will Allow"
    Released: April 25, 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Spin[7]

What a Crying Shame is the third studio album by American country music band The Mavericks. The album was released on February 1, 1994, by MCA Nashville. It includes the singles "What a Crying Shame", "O What a Thrill", "There Goes My Heart", "I Should Have Been True" and "All That Heaven Will Allow". In order, these singles reached numbers 25, 18, 20, 30 and 49 on the Billboard Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) chart. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA and 2× Platinum by the CRIA.

"All That Heaven Will Allow" was previously recorded by Bruce Springsteen on his album Tunnel of Love as was "O What a Thrill" by James House on his self-titled debut album.

  1. ^ Mark Deming. "What a Crying Shame Review". AllMusic. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "The Mavericks: What a Crying Shame". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  4. ^ Nash, Alanna (February 4, 1994). "What a Crying Shame". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  5. ^ Lewis, Randy (February 13, 1994). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  6. ^ Evans, Paul. "The Mavericks: What a Crying Shame". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 2, 2001. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  7. ^ Corcoran, Michael (March 1994). "The Mavericks: What a Crying Shame". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. p. 78.