Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins

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Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 11, 1963 (1963-11-11)
RecordedJuly 1963
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Country
Length27:52
Label Capitol
Producer Ken Nelson
Buck Owens chronology
On the Bandstand
(1963)
Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins
(1963)
The Best of Buck Owens
(1964)

Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins is an album by Buck Owens, released in 1963. It reached number one on the Billboard Country Albums charts.

Contents

It was re-issued on CD in 1997 by Sundazed Records.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In his Allmusic review, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote "Owens didn't have hits with this record, but it did go to number one, and it does stand as one of his most consistently satisfying long-players, thanks to the pen of Tommy Collins and the wonderful performances of Buck Owens & His Buckaroos." [1]

Track listing

All songs by Tommy Collins unless otherwise noted.

Side one

  1. "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')" – 2:01
  2. "But I Do" – 2:26
  3. "It Tickles" (Tommy Collins, Wanda Collins) – 2:13
  4. "I Always Get a Souvenir" – 2:19
  5. "My Last Chance With You" – 2:26
  6. "Smooth Sailin'" – 2:11

Side two

  1. "You Gotta Have a License" – 2:15
  2. "High on a Hilltop" – 2:32
  3. "There'll Be No Other" – 2:48
  4. "What'cha Gonna Do Now?" – 2:24
  5. "No Love Have I" – 2:18
  6. "Down, Down, Down" – 1:59

Personnel

Production notes

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References

  1. 1 2 Stephen Thomas, Erlewine. "Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved May 31, 2015.