Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash

Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash is American singer-songwriter Michael Nesmith's sixth album of his post-Monkees career. Released in September 1973, it was his final album for RCA Records and did not chart.

Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash
Studio album by
Michael Nesmith
Released1973
RecordedMar 12 - 16, 1973
GenreCountry rock
Length31:26
LabelRCA Records
ProducerMichael Nesmith
Michael Nesmith chronology
And the Hits Just Keep on Comin'
(1972)		 Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash
(1973)		 The Prison - A Book With A Soundtrack
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

"Some of Shelly's Blues" was written by Nesmith as a potential Monkees' release during his '68 Nashville sessions. That version remained unissued until the 1990s. "Some of Shelly's Blues" was also recorded previously by both the Stone Poneys and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band on its 1970 album "Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy."

The song "Winonah" marks the first time Nesmith co-wrote a song with collaborating songwriters since the Monkees song "The Kind of Girl I Could Love" (featured on the album More of the Monkees).

On the cover of the album, in small print, are the words, "buy this record." On the CD, the words have been altered to "buy this compact disc."

Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash was Nesmith's final album for RCA Records. The album, however, was re-released on the Pacific Arts label and subsequently on CD by multiple labels. It was reissued with And the Hits Just Keep on Comin' by RCA/BMG International in 2000.[2]

Track listing
  1. "Continuing" (Michael Nesmith) – 3:55
  2. "Some of Shelly's Blues" (Michael Nesmith) – 3:21
  3. "Release" (Michael Nesmith) – 3:49
  4. "Winonah" (Michael Nesmith, Linda Hargrove, James Miner) – 3:56
  5. "Born to Love You" (Cindy Walker) – 3:55
  6. "The Back Porch and a Fruit Jar Full of Iced Tea" – 8:19
    1. a. "The F.F.V" (Trad. Arrangement by Michael Nesmith)
    2. b. "Uncle Pen" (Bill Monroe)
  7. "Prairie Lullaby (Billy Hill)" – 4:12

Personnel

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. And the Hits Just Keep on Comin' and Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash reissue review on Allmusic.
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