These Days (Crystal Gayle album)

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These Days
Studio album by
Crystal Gayle
ReleasedAugust 1980
StudioJack's Tracks Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry
Length33:53
LabelColumbia
ProducerAllen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle chronology
Miss the Mississippi
(1979) 		These Days
(1980) 		Favorites
(1980)
Singles from These Days
  1. "If You Ever Change Your Mind"
    Released: August 26, 1980
  2. "Take It Easy"
    Released: January 1981
  3. "Too Many Lovers"
    Released: May 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

These Days is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in August 1980, it peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Country Album chart.

Continuing Gayle's run of No. 1 Billboard Country singles, the album contained the No. 1 hits "If You Ever Change Your Mind" and "Too Many Lovers". Another track, "Take It Easy" also became a Country hit, peaking at No. 17.

The album was certified gold by the RIAA in 1994 for sales of over 500,000 copies.

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Too Many Lovers"Mark True, Ted Lindsay, Sam Hogin3:46
2."If You Ever Change Your Mind"Parker McGee, Bob Gundry3:16
3."Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"Michael Price, Daniel Walsh3:50
4."Same Old Story (Same Old Song)"Joe Sample, Will Jennings3:12
5."Help Yourselves to Each Other"Allen Reynolds, Bob McDill2:50
6."Take It Easy"Delbert McClinton3:58
7."I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone"Sample, Jennings2:54
8."You've Almost Got Me Believin'"Barbara Wyrick3:30
9."Lover Man"Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill3:44
10."What a Little Moonlight Can Do"Harry M. Woods2:53

Personnel[edit]

  • Crystal Gayle - lead and harmony vocals
  • Jon Goin, Chris Leuzinger, Billy Sanford - guitar
  • Tommy Cogbill, Richard "Spady" Brannan, Joe Allen - bass
  • Bobby Wood - acoustic piano, organ
  • Charles Cochran - electric and acoustic piano, string arrangements
  • Larrie Londin, Gene Chrisman, Kenny Malone - drums
  • Farrell Morris - tambourine
  • Jay Patten - saxophone
  • Denis Solee - saxophone, flute, clarinet
  • The Sheldon Kurland Strings (Carl Gorodetzky, Dennis Molchan, George Binkley, Lennie Haight, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Samuel Terranova, Sheldon Kurland, Stephanie Woolf, Virginia Christensen) - strings
  • Bruce Dees, David Loggins, Jennifer Kimball, Marcia Routh, Pebble Daniel, Steve Brantley - harmony vocals on "Take It Easy"
Technical
  • Garth Fundis, John Donegan - engineer
  • Virginia Team - art direction
  • Beverly Parker, Brian Hagiwara - photography

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1980) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[2] 79
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 6

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1981) Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 28

References[edit]

  1. ^ "These Days Review by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Crystal Gayle Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  3. ^ "Crystal Gayle Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  4. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
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