This album coincided with
Glen Campbell's transition out of instrumental/novelty country recording and into country-pop -- side one ends with the title track, a song that
Al Dexter had a hit with in the 1940s and which
Campbell grew up with, which was also
Campbell's first single on Capitol Records. And the long-player opens with his rendition of the
Ernest Tubb classic "Walking the Floor Over You," retooled by arranger/conductor
Jimmy Haskell in terms that better play up
Campbell's vocalizing. There are a couple of
Campbell copyrights with
Jerry Capehart represented -- including the soaring "How Do I Tell My Heart Not to Break," one of
Campbell's best vocal performances of this period -- but much of the album focuses on his interpretations of songs associated with
Johnny Bond,
Gene Autry, et. al. It's all thoroughly easy to absorb country-pop, exquisitely played and featuring lush backing choruses in the best Nashville sound tradition of the time. This was still a long way from the sound with which
Campbell would dominate the pop charts in the later '60s, but it began the process of turning him into a popular singer, while retaining some of his prodigious virtuosity. ~ Bruce Eder