Anne Murray / Glen Campbell

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Anne Murray / Glen Campbell
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ReleasedNovember 1971
RecordedJuly, September and October 1971
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Country
Label Capitol
Producer Al De Lory, Brian Ahern
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Anne Murray / Glen Campbell is the sixth studio album by American singer Glen Campbell and Canadian singer Anne Murray, released in 1971 (see 1971 in music). The album contained both new material, and duet versions of songs each artist had recorded individually (Campbell's "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and Murray's "Bring Back the Love"), as well as an early version of "You're Easy to Love", which later became a hit for Hank Snow, the standard "Canadian Sunset", and Brotherhood of Man's 1970 hit "United We Stand".

Contents

The first single released from the album was a medley of "By The Time I get to Phoenix" (sung by Campbell) and "I Say a Little Prayer" (sung by Murray). The album peaked at No.12 on the Canadian RPM album chart on 18 March 1972.

Track listing

Side 1:

  1. "You're Easy To Love" (Dave Burgess) - 2:05
  2. "Medley" (3:15)
    1. "I Say a Little Prayer" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David)
    2. "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" (Jimmy Webb)
  3. "We All Pull the Load" (Bill Graham) - 3:05
  4. "Canadian Sunset" (Eddie Heywood, Norman Gimbel) - 3:00
  5. "Bring Back the Love" (Brent Titcomb, Richard Miller) - 2:55

Side 2:

  1. "United We Stand" (Tony Hiller, Peter Simons) - 2:42
  2. "Love Story (You & Me)" (Randy Newman) - 3:53
  3. "Ease Your Pain" (Hoyt Axton) - 3:39
  4. "Let Me Be the One" (Ed Penney, Jr., John Domurad) - 2:37
  5. "My Ecstasy" (Dallas Frazier) - 2:28

Personnel

Production

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

ChartEntry datePeak positionNo. of weeks
Billboard Country Albums12/11/19714 [2] 21
Billboard 200 19711288

Singles - Billboard (United States)

YearSingle Hot Country Singles Hot 100 Easy Listening
1971"I Say a Little Prayer / By the Time I Get to Phoenix"408113
1972United We Stand

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References

  1. Allmusic review
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