What a Crying Shame

What a Crying Shame is the third studio album by the 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.

What a Crying Shame
Studio album by The Mavericks
Released	February 1, 1994
Genre	Americana, neotraditional country, Tex-Mex, western swing
Length	39:44
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Don 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
"What a Crying Shame" Released: November 1993 "O What a Thrill" Released: May 14, 1994 "There Goes My Heart" Released: October 1, 1994 "I Should Have Been True" Released: January 28, 1995

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
Los Angeles Times	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Spin	[7]

"All That Heaven Will Allow" was previously recorded by Bruce Springsteen on his album Tunnel of Love, and "O What a Thrill" by James House on his first album, James House.

Track listing

1. "There Goes My Heart" (Kostas, Raul Malo) - 3:20
2. "What a Crying Shame" (Kostas, Malo) - 3:50
3. "Pretend" (Kostas, Malo) - 3:37
4. "I Should Have Been True" (Stan Lynch, Malo) - 5:14
5. "The Things You Said to Me" (Al Anderson, Malo) - 3:31
6. "Just a Memory" (Kostas, Malo) - 2:24
7. "All That Heaven Will Allow" (Bruce Springsteen) - 3:34
8. "Neon Blue" (Pete Anderson, Kostas) - 3:56
9. "O What a Thrill" (Jesse Winchester) - 3:13
10. "Ain't Found Nobody" (Harlan Howard, Kostas) - 3:18
11. "The Losing Side of Me" (Malo) - 3:51

Production

• Produced by Don Cook
• Mixed and engineered by Mike Bradley

Personnel

The Mavericks

• Paul Deakin – drums
• Raul Malo – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Robert Reynolds – bass guitar
• Nick Kane – (electric guitar) appears on the album cover, and is credited as a member of the band, but joined the group after the album was recorded and does not play on this record.

Additional musicians

• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
• Dennis Burnside – string arrangements
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• James House – backing vocals on "O What a Thrill"
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano, organ
• Stan Lynch – cabasa, claves, congas, tambourine, triangle
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
• Joy Lynn White – backing vocals on "Just a Memory"
• Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar, double bass
• Trisha Yearwood – backing vocals on "Neon Blue"
• Nashville String Machine – strings

Chart performance

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	6
U.S. Billboard 200	54
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	1
Canadian RPM Country Albums	4
Canadian RPM Top Albums	45

References

1. Mark Deming. "What a Crying Shame Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
2. Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "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 (1994-02-04). "What a Crying Shame". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2018-10-28.
5. Lewis, Randy (1994-02-13). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
6. Evans, Paul. "The Mavericks: What a Crying Shame". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2001-07-02. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
7. Corcoran, Michael (March 1994). "The Mavericks: What a Crying Shame". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. p. 78.