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{{Infobox album
| name       = Well...
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Katey Sagal]]
| cover      = Katey Sagal - Well cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = April 19, 1994
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Adult contemporary]]
| length     = 57:13
| label      = [[Virgin Records|Virgin]]
| producer   = David Frank, [[Rupert Hine]], [[Robbie Nevil]], Bob Thiele Jr.
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Room (Katey Sagal album)|Room]]
| next_year  = 2004
}}
{{album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/well-mw0000114572|title=Well... - Katey Sagal &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|1.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Collins |first1=Tracy |title=RECORDING REVIEW |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |date=29 May 1994 |page=G8}}</ref>
}}
'''''Well...''''' is the first album by the American singer-songwriter and actress [[Katey Sagal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-04-28-1994118008-story.html|title=Katey Sagal now married to a 'new' singing career|first=Leonard Jr.|last=Pitts|website=baltimoresun.com}}</ref> It was released in 1994 via [[Virgin Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/katey-sagal-mn0000361613/biography|title=Katey Sagal &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}</ref>

The album peaked at No. 33 on ''Billboard'''s [[Heatseekers Albums]] chart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/katey-sagal/chart-history/tln/|title=Katey Sagal|website=Billboard}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
''[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]'' thought that "in an attempt to endow the schmaltzy lyrics with as much sincerity as possible, Sagal emotes almost to the point of parody."<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Galvin |first1=Peter |title=Less Than Kind |journal=The Advocate |date=Apr 19, 1994 |issue=653 |page=72}}</ref>

[[AllMusic]] wrote that "the problem with ''Well...'''s lack of commercial success probably had to do with the fact that it was too smooth for blues fans and too bluesy for adult contemporary; of course, those are also its strengths."<ref name="auto"/>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| extra_column         = Producer(s)
| all_writing          =
| title1               = Thunderhead (I Just Wanted a Little Rain)
| writer1 = {{hlist|Julie Christensen}}
| extra1               = {{hlist}}
| length1              = 3:40

| title2               = Can't Hurry the Harvest
| writer2 = Katey Sagal, Phil Roy, Bob Thiele Jr.
| extra2               = 
| length2              = 5:20

| title3               = Some Things Are Better Left Unsaid
| writer3              = {{hlist|Sagal|[[Robbie Nevil]]|David Frank}}
| extra3               = 
| length3              = 4:20

| title4               = That's How Love Goes
| writer4              = {{hlist|Sagal|Thiele Jr.|[[John Shanks]]}}
| extra4               = 
| length4              = 4:55

| title5               = September Rain
| writer5              = {{hlist|Sagal|Roy|Thiele Jr.}}
| extra5               = 
| length5              = 6:15

| title6               = Peace
| writer6              = {{hlist|Sagal|Roy|Thiele Jr.}}
| extra6               =
| length6              = 6:04

| title7               = All Is Well
| writer7              = {{hlist|Brent Bourgeois|Bongo Bob Smith}}
| extra7               =
| length7              = 4:31

| title8               = Act of Faith
| writer8              = {{hlist|Sagal|Shanks|Bourgeois}}
| extra8               =
| length8              = 4:49

| title9               = I Don't Wanna Know
| writer9              = {{hlist|Sagal|Roy|Thiele Jr.}}
| extra9               = 
| length9              = 5:01

| title10              = Don't Know How to Let You Go
| writer10             = {{hlist|Sagal|Shanks|Thiele Jr.}}
| extra10              = 
| length10             = 4:38

| title11              = Best Part
| writer11             = {{hlist|Kathy Fisher|Ron Wasserman}}
| extra11              = 
| length11             = 3:52

| title12              = Dignity
| writer12             = {{hlist|Sagal|Paul Gordon}}
| extra12              = 
| length12             = 3:48

| total_length         = 57:13
}}

==Personnel==
*Katey Sagal - vocals, piano
*David Frank, [[John Philip Shenale]] - keyboards
*Tom Keene - piano
*Mark Goldenberg, [[Robbie Nevil]], [[Phil Palmer]], [[John Shanks]] - guitars
*Amy Kanter, Joe Williams - gut-string guitars, backing vocals
*Brent Bourgeois - gut-string guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
*[[Bob Thiele Jr.]] - guitars, keyboards, programming, piano, backing vocals
*Jim Hanson, Tom Lilly, [[Guy Pratt]], [[Freddie Washington (bassist)|Freddie "Ready Freddie" Washington]] - bass
*[[Rupert Hine]] - electric and synthesized bass, organ, piano, keyboards, programming, backing vocals
*[[Brian MacLeod (U.S. musician)|Brian MacLeod]], Jack White - drums
*[[Paulinho da Costa]], [[Debra Dobkin]] - percussion
*Martin Tillman - cello
*Rosemary Butler, [[Rita Coolidge]], [[Honey Ltd.|Laura Creamer]], Julie Delgado, Beth Hooker, Kipp, Mark & Pat Lennon, Roger Manning, Sandy Simmons, Andy Sturmer, Billy Valentine - backing vocals

==References==
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[[Category:1994 debut albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Rupert Hine]]
[[Category:Virgin Records albums]]
[[Category:Katey Sagal albums]]


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