Always (Patsy Cline album)

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Always
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Released1980
Recorded1960s
Genre
Label MCA
Producer Owen Bradley
Patsy Cline chronology
In Care of the Blues
(1969)
Always
(1980)
Sweet Dreams
(1985)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Billboard (unrated) [2]

Always is an album released in 1980, promoting some material of country singer Patsy Cline's work from the 1960s.

Contents

The album included an overdub single in 1980 titled "Always". The song peaked at No. 18 on the US country singles chart that year, and it was a return to prominence for Cline.

AllMusic reports that, "In 1980, Bradley took ten of Cline's master tapes and wiped everything but the original lead vocals, brought in a cast of session folks, backup singers, and string players and remade vintage tunes." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Always" Irving Berlin 2:47
2."Love Letters in the Sand"2:58
3."Crazy Arms"
2:11
4."Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home" Hughie Cannon 2:31
5."Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)"3:24
6."You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)"3:48
7."I Can See An Angel"Kay Adelman2:39
8."That's My Desire"
2:43
9."Your Cheatin' Heart" Hank Williams 2:12
10."That's How a Heartache Begins" Harlan Howard 2:24
11."I Love You So Much, It Hurts" Floyd Tillman 2:24
12."Half As Much" Curley Williams 2:31
13."You Belong to Me"3:06

Personnel

Track information and credits adapted from AllMusic. [3]

Musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [4] 27

Singles

YearTitleChartPosition
1980"Always"US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 18

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References

  1. 1 2 Patsy Cline – Always: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  2. "Review: Patsy Cline – Always" (PDF). Billboard . Vol. 85, no. 41. 11 October 1980. p. 70. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 30 May 2020 via American Radio History.
  3. Patsy Cline – Always: Credits at AllMusic . Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  4. "Patsy Cline Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  5. "Patsy Cline Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved March 26, 2020.