Crystal (Crystal Gayle album)

Crystal
Studio album by Crystal Gayle
Released	August 6, 1976
Studio	Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	28:03
Label	United Artists
Producer	Allen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle chronology
Somebody Loves You (1975) Crystal (1976) We Must Believe in Magic (1977)
Singles from Crystal
"You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (Till He Says Goodbye)" Released: October 11, 1976 "I'll Do It All Over Again" Released: March 26, 1977 "Ready for the Times to Get Better" Released: January 18, 1978

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Allmusic	[1]

Crystal is the third studio album by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. The album rose to the number 7 spot on the Billboard Country Albums chart. It was released on August 6, 1976. It contained four charting singles, including two number 1 hits: "You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (Till He Says Goodbye)" and "Ready for the Times to Get Better." Another single, "I'll Do It All Over Again," just barely missed being the third chart-topper, stalling out at number 2, while "One More Time (Karneval)" could only rise to number 31.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'll Do It All Over Again"	Bob McDill, Wayland Holyfield	2:52
2.	"Oh My Soul"	Marcia Routh	2:18
3.	"Ready for the Times to Get Better"	Allen Reynolds	2:11
4.	"Come Home Daddy"	Tina Newkirk	2:44
5.	"One More Time (Karneval)"	Joachim Heider, Christian Heilburg, Bryan Blackburn	3:55
6.	"You Never Miss a Real Good Thing (Till He Says Goodbye)"	McDill	3:47
7.	"Right in the Palm of Your Hand"	McDill	3:03
8.	"Forgettin' 'Bout You"	Reynolds, Don Williams	2:27
9.	"Let's Do It Right"	Richard Leigh, Richard Mainegra	2:04
10.	"I'm Not So Far Away"	Garth Fundis	2:42

Personnel

• Crystal Gayle – vocals
• Chris Leuzinger, Jimmy Colvard – electric guitar
• Allen Reynolds, David Kirby, Garth Fundis, Jimmy Colvard – acoustic guitar
• Lloyd Green – steel guitar, resonator guitar
• Buddy Spicher – fiddle
• Joe Allen – bass
• Bobby Wood – keyboards
• Charles Cochran – keyboards, string and horn arrangements
• Jimmy Isbell – drums, percussion
• Allen Reynolds, Garth Fundis, Sandy Mason, Crystal Gayle – backing vocals
• Billy Puett, Dennis Good, Don Sheffield – horns
• Carl Gorodetzky, Gary Vanosdale, George Binkley III, Lennie Haight, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Sheldon Kurland – strings
• The Trolley Car Band – special effects

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1976) Peak position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [2] 7

Year-end charts Chart (1977) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [3] 6

References

1. Crystal at AllMusic
2. "Crystal Gayle Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2021.
3. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1977". Billboard. Retrieved June 3, 2021.