Lee Roy Parnell (album)
# Lee Roy Parnell (album)

Lee Roy Parnell is the self-titled debut album of 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

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