Sooner or Later (Rex Smith album)
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| Released | 1979 | |||
| Recorded | 1978–1979 | |||
| Genre | Pop, soft rock | |||
| Length | 32:58 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Charles Calello Stephen Lawrence | |||
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| Allmusic |   link |
Sooner or Later is the third studio album by American singer-actor Rex Smith, released in 1979 by Columbia Records, and it also serves as a soundtrack album to the 1979 made-for-television film Sooner or Later, starring Smith and Denise Miller.
The album peaked at number 19 on the Billboard albums chart on June 23, 1979 [1] and spawned the hit singles: "You Take My Breath Away", "Simply Jessie" and "Never Gonna Give You Up".[2]
Track listing
The first four soundtrack songs were featured in the film Sooner or Later.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "You Take My Breath Away" (Stephen Lawrence, Bruce Hart) | 3:18 |
| 2. | "Sooner or Later" (Stephen Lawrence, Bruce Hart) | 2:54 |
| 3. | "Simply Jessie" (Stephen Lawrence, Bruce Hart) | 3:08 |
| 4. | "Better Than It's Ever Been Before" (Stephen Lawrence, Bruce Hart) | 4:07 |
| 5. | "Love Street" (Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker) | 2:59 |
| 6. | "Never Gonna Give You Up" (Greg Guidry) | 2:59 |
| 7. | "Sway" (Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker) | 3:10 |
| 8. | "Oh What a Night for Romance" (Russ Ballard) | 3:12 |
| 9. | "Ain't That Peculiar" (William "Smokey" Robinson, Marvin Tarplin, Ronald White) | 3:33 |
| 10. | "If You Think You Know How to Love Me" (Nicholas Chinn) | 3:38 |
Charts
| Chart (1979) | Position |
|---|---|
| Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 92 |
| United States (Billboard 200) | 19 |
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.top40db.net/lyrics/?SongID=79227&By=Artist&Match=Rex+Smith
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.