Your Tender Loving Care

by Greg AdamsThe consistent quality of Buck Owen's '60s albums is impressive considering the half-heartedness that typified many albums of the period. Your Tender Loving Care is a CD reissue of a 1967 album that was assembled from recordings made at various sessions from 1965-1966. Despite the impression that it is a collection of leftovers, the singularity of Owens' stylistic vision prevents the album from seeming like a hodgepodge. No surprises await the faithful, but this is solid material. The disc includes two bonus tracks, single versions of the title song and "Sam's Place" (both of which were number-one hits). The album tracks are nearly all Buck Owens originals, a few of which were co-written with Red Simpson or Don Rich.