A New Place in the Sun

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A New Place in the Sun
Glen Campbell A New Place in the Sun album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1968
Recorded1968
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Folk
Label Capitol
Producer Al De Lory
Glen Campbell chronology
Hey Little One
(1967)
A New Place in the Sun
(1968)
Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell
(1968)
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A New Place in the Sun is the ninth album by American singer-guitarist Glen Campbell, released in 1968 by Capitol Records. [1]

Contents

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "Freeborn Man" (Keith Allison, Mark Lindsay) – 2:40
  2. "The Last Letter" (Rex Griffin) – 2:55
  3. "She Called Me Baby" (Harlan Howard) – 3:00
  4. "Visions of Sugar Plums" (Glen Campbell, Jerry Fuller) – 1:53
  5. "I Have No One to Love Me Anymore" (Glen Campbell) - 2:43
  6. "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde" (Merle Haggard) – 2:05
Side 2
  1. "A Place in the Sun" (Bryan Wells, Ron Miller) – 2:42
  2. "Have I Stayed Away Too Long?" (Frank Loesser) – 2:17
  3. "Within My Memory" (Mac Davis, Freddy Weller) – 2:11
  4. "The Twelfth of Never" (Jay Livingston, Paul Francis Webster) – 2:25
  5. "Sunny Day Girl" (Jeff Hildt, Roger Williams) – 2:11

Personnel

Music
Production

Charts

Album Billboard (United States)

ChartEntry datePeak positionNo. of weeks
Billboard Country Albums05/18/19681(6)42
Billboard 200 6/22/19682433

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References

  1. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "A New Place in the Sun". Allmusic. Retrieved November 1, 2012.