These Days (Crystal Gayle album)
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These Days is an album by the American
country music
singer Crystal Gayle
. Released in 1980, it peaked at #6 on the Billboard Country Album chart.
Continuing Gayle's run of number one Billboard Country singles, the album contained the #1 hits "If You Ever Change Your Mind" and "Too Many Lovers". Another track, "Take It Easy", also became a Country hit peaking at #17.
Fourteen years after its release, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1994 for sales of over 500,000 copies.
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country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
singer Crystal Gayle
Crystal Gayle
Crystal Gayle is an American country music singer best known for her 1977 country-pop hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". An award-winning singer, she accumulated 18 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s...
. Released in 1980, it peaked at #6 on the Billboard Country Album chart.
Continuing Gayle's run of number one Billboard Country singles, the album contained the #1 hits "If You Ever Change Your Mind" and "Too Many Lovers". Another track, "Take It Easy", also became a Country hit peaking at #17.
Fourteen years after its release, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1994 for sales of over 500,000 copies.
Track listing
- "Too Many LoversToo Many Lovers"Too Many Lovers" is a 1981 single written by Sam Hogin, Ted Lindsay, and Mark True and recorded by Crystal Gayle. "Too Many Lovers" would be Crystal Gayle's ninth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent eleven weeks on the country chart .-Chart...
" (Mark True, Ted Lindsay, Sam Hogin) – 3:46 - "If You Ever Change Your MindIf You Ever Change Your Mind"If You Ever Change Your Mind" is a 1980 single written by Parker McGee and Bob Gundry and recorded by Crystal Gayle. "If You Ever Change Your Mind" would be Crystal Gayle's eight number one country hit. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks on the chart...
" (Parker McGee, Bob Gundry) – 3:16 - "Ain't No Love In The Heart Of The City" (Michael Price, Daniel Walsh) – 3:50
- "Same Old Story (Same Old Song)" (Joe SampleJoe SampleJoseph Leslie "Joe" Sample is an American pianist, keyboard player and composer.He is one of the founding members of the Jazz Crusaders, the band which became simply The Crusaders in 1971, and remained a part of the group until its final album in 1991 .- Biography :Sample began playing the piano...
, Will JenningsWill JenningsWilbur H. "Will" Jennings is an American songwriter who is popularly known for writing the lyrics for "My Heart Will Go On", the theme for the film Titanic .-Life and education:...
) – 3:12 - "Help Yourselves To Each Other" (Allen ReynoldsAllen ReynoldsAllen Reynolds is an American record producer and songwriter who works primarily in the country music field.Reynolds was born in North Little Rock, Arkansas and started writing songs during his college years...
, Bob McDillBob McDillRobert Lee "Bob" McDill is an American country music songwriter. Active from the 1960s until 2000, he has written several songs for country music artists, including more than thirty Number One hits...
) – 2:50 - "Take It Easy" (Delbert McClintonDelbert McClintonDelbert McClinton is an American blues rock and electric blues singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist....
) – 3:58 - "I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone" (Joe Sample, Jennings) – 2:54
- "You've Almost Got Me Believin'" (Barbara Wyrick) – 3:30
- "Lover Man" (Maxwell AndersonMaxwell AndersonJames Maxwell Anderson was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist.-Early years:Anderson was born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, the second of eight children to William Lincoln "Link" Anderson, a Baptist minister, and Charlotte Perrimela Stephenson, both of Scots and Irish descent...
, Kurt WeillKurt WeillKurt Julian Weill was a German-Jewish composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was best known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht...
) – 3:44 - "What A Little Moonlight Can Do" (Harry M. WoodsHarry M. WoodsHenry MacGregor Woods was a Tin Pan Alley songwriter and pianist. Woods is sometimes credited as Harry Woods.-Early life:...
) – 2:53
Chart performance
| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 79 |