“‘Keep Me in Mind”
Lynn Anderson
Written by George Richey and Glenn Sutton
Billboard
#1 (1 week)
March 31, 1973
Lynn Anderson did countrypolitan so well that she has plenty of torch songs to her credit.
”Keep Me in Mind” may be the only one that was a little bit out of her reach.
This is largely because she chose to approach it as a power vocalist, which wasn’t a prevalent approach at the time. A Linda Ronstadt or a Trisha Yearwood could’ve nailed those power notes, but the record would’ve been even better if she’d gone the Lorrie Morgan route.
As is, it’s a performance that is bigger than it needed to be, because it is bigger than its singer.
“’Keep Me in Mind” gets a B-.
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I agree it isn’t a terrible record by any means; but I also agree that trying to make what is obviously a good, albeit somewhat paint-by-the-numbers, countyupolitan ballad into a power ballad at a time when Nashville didn’t know what a power ballad was not wholly successful.
Regarding the comparisons between Lynn and Linda: Ironically, three years after this, in 1976, Lynn would record an album, All The King’s Men, where she would essay, among other songs, Linda’s 1970 classic “Long Long Time” (and even the Eagles’ “Lyin’ Eyes”).
Pleasant enough listen but I agree that she’s the wrong vocalist to knock it out of the park.
Truthfully, I barely remember this song. Lynn was a fine singer, but this song did not play to her strengths as a vocalist – I’d give this a “C”
I actually like this a bit more than most of her other work. “B+”
I had not heard this song before. Upon the first few listens, I feel Anderson holds her own, and is up to the challenge of the bigger production. I am enjoying hearing more of her work throughout this feature which is much than I ever do on satellite radio.