Anne Murray – This Way Is My Way

This Way Is My Way is Anne Murray's second album, the first on a major label and the first released in the US (slightly reconfigured as Snowbird).

The album peaked at #13 on the Canadian RPM charts. Snowbird gets mixed reviews from the critics, likely depending on their affinity to clean-cut country folk:

• AllMusic gave it 4 stars out of 5
• Robert Christgau gave it a B-
• Rolling Stone Album Guide gave it only 2 stars out of 5

When we did this poll in 1992, in celebration of Canada's 125th birthday, Murray's third album, Honey, Wheat and Laughter, made the list: I'm not sure what tipped the scales twenty-five years later in favour of this earlier effort, but perhaps it is the presence of three songs written by the late great PEI songwriter Gene MacLellan, including the hits "Snowbird" (#2 Canada; #8 US) and "Bidin' My Time" (#87 Canada). Eric Andersen's "Thirsty Boots" was released as the first single from the album.

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Track Listing

1. "Bidin' My Time" (Gene MacLellan) – 2:32
2. "Sittin' Back Lovin' You" (John Sebastian) – 1:56
3. "No One Is to Blame" (Steven Rhymer) – 4:19
4. "I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home" (Anne Bybee) – 1:40
5. "Sunspots" (Arthur Gee) – 2:41
6. "He May Call" (Mike Brown, Steve Martin) – 2:09
7. "Thirsty Boots" (Eric Andersen) – 3:25
8. "Snowbird" (Gene MacLellan) – 2:08
9. "Hard as I Try" (Gene MacLellan) – 2:25
10. "I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (Bob Dylan) – 2:50
11. "Nice to Be with You" (Jerry Goldstein) – 3:51

Personnel

• Anne Murrray – vocals
• Brian Ahern – guitars
• Amos Garrett – guitars
• Buddy Cage – steel guitar
• Brian Browne, Pat Riccio Jr., Eric Robertson – keyboards
• Ron Tully, Tommy Graham, John Pace – percussion
• Maurice Beaulieu – banjo, mandolin