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}} ''She Won't Be Lonely Long'' is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Clay Walker, and was released on June 8, 2010, via Curb Records. It is Walker's first studio album since 2007's ''Fall''. ==Background== On February 2, 2010, Curb released an extended play that featured the title track as well as "Jesse James" and his three previous singles from his last album. Walker revealed to ''The Plain Dealer'' that the album was originally scheduled to be released in April, he said, "It was going to come in April and we asked the label to move it back to June because we wanted to wait until we felt like the song was going to be in that No. 1 slot."〔Yarborough Chuck. ''The Plain Dealer'' (Clay Walker brings his traditional country sound to the House of Blues ) (March 12, 2010)〕 In an interview with ''The Daily Times'', Walker commented on the new release, calling it his best work to date, “You're not going to be able to get 10 or 11 songs on an album that are all going to be classics, That's pretty much impossible, so you have to take from the plants that are available. This record is full of great songs. Usually, when I look at an album and weigh it out and pick out what could be the career records, I could look at them and know there was a least one on there. Sometimes two. This time, there's four — double the amount. I'm not really a big statistics guy, but this could be the biggest record of my career.” Walker told ''Country Weekly'', "This is our ninth studio album, so I think the bar is higher. You have to put out songs that are going to be better than previous songs that you've recorded because people already have some favorite Clay Walker songs. You've got to make songs that are going to fit in the stack of great ones."〔Neal, Chris. ''Country Weekly'' Peace & Love with a Happy Family and a New Big Hit, Clay Walker is having the Time of his life〕 In another interview, Walker stated "I definitely don’t feel like a rookie, but at the same time, I think the best years of my recording career are ahead of me. I believe if the good Lord wants it, who’s going to stop it?” In an interview with ''CMT'' Walker said, "Whenever you've had hits like we have, fans expect something extraordinary from you. They already have songs (you ) that they love and have memories with and that are very dear to them. They want to hear something as good as -- or better than -- the hits. That is a pretty difficult task and () what took the time. We just couldn't go out there with something less than spectacular."〔Morris, Edward ''CMT'' Clay Walker Regaining Ground With Hit Single, New Album (July 6, 2010 )〕 During a performance on ''Fox News'', Walker said, "The goal on this record was to make every song have one or two lines in it that people could hang their hat on.〔''Fox News'' She Won't Be Lonely Long (June 11th 2010 )〕 Walker told ''The Boot'', "She Won't Be Lonely Long' is the best album I think I've ever recorded, from start to finish. We've had some big hits, and I've enjoyed all of them, but as far as complete albums go, my first album is the only one where I've ever looked back and said from start to finish that's a completely, absolutely, no-regret album. Now I'm saying the same thing with this one. And that's the first time I've done that in a long time."〔Thompson, Gayle ''The Boot'' Clay Walker Reveals Healthy (and Sexy!) Habits (December 8, 2010 )〕 Walker told ''Nashville Music Guide'', "I’ve been doing this a good long while, and I’ve never once seen the caliber of songs that I have on this record. I was so blown away by the songs Curb played me. I walked into an A&R meeting, one of the last ones before I went in to record. They played me four songs, and I recorded all four songs. All four were smashes."〔Sweetland, Phil. ''Nashville Music Guide'' (Clay Walker Finds Ideal Producer in Stegall ) (Volume 15, Issue 154. September 2010)〕 Walker told the ''Albuquerque Journal'', that he can sense what songs will be hits on his albums and he said, "I think by now I should be able to recognize one, but you know I have always felt like I knew the country music audience well. I think that's my strength, recognizing songs that people really do like. Most of the time, it is the kind of song I personally gravitate to and genuinely like. Looking back, it's rare that I think a certain cut is a charter and it's not in reality." Walker also discussed recording "Feels so Right" by saying, "I've loved that song for most of my life. When I was 12, my mom and I went and saw Alabama play, and when they did that song, I saw how happy it made her and all the different emotions on her face. It moved me on a deep level and I never forgot that. I have always wanted to track that song and jumped at the opportunity to go in the studio with Randy Owen and record it. And now that I have, it's not only nostalgic when I was a child, but it is as relevant today, as an adult that can share that with his mother. ... I'll never forget the day I called her and told her I was going to cover it. She was so excited."〔Baret, Nathalie. Albuquerque Journal If Walker likes a song, you probably will too (September 24, 2010)〕 Walker told ''Desert Life Style'' about the process of selecting songs for the album by saying, "It takes awhile to find great songs. Sometimes they’ll fall in your lap but it’s a process that’s not easy. It can be grueling; you may look for a year to find eight or 10 songs that would actually make a complete album. In the 90s we recorded albums a lot quicker. You had about three months to get everything together and the process was a lot faster. There were some great songs that came out but there were fewer great “albums.” Now, I like the process more because every song needs to be chosen as if it were going to be a single. To me there is no such thing as filler material anymore, which was a term used in the 90s. There isn’t filler anymore because of the digital age. It’s really making people be more on their game because there is so much to choose from."〔(Clay Walker Q&A: Online Exclusive ) ''Desert Life Style''. (June 27, 2011)〕 The Governor of Texas, Rick Perry, used Walker's song "All American” as his campaign song for the 2012 Presidential election. Walker told Fox and Friends, "He said he wanted to use the song, what do you think, and I said I'm flattered, I'm honored, and the song just talks about good hometown values and that is what Rick is about, he's a blue collar guy." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「She Won't Be Lonely Long」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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