These Days (Crystal Gayle album)

These Days
Studio album by
Crystal Gayle
ReleasedAugust 1980
StudioJack's Tracks (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

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

  • 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

Weekly charts

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

Year-end charts

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

References

  1. ^ "These Days Review by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved December 7, 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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