Exile (1983 Exile album)

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Exile
Exilealbum.jpg
Studio album by
Released1983
Genre Country
Length33:37
Label Epic
Producer Buddy Killen
Exile chronology
Heart and Soul
(1981)
Exile
(1983)
Kentucky Hearts
(1984)

Exile is the seventh studio album by American country pop group Exile. It was released in 1984 via Epic Records. The album includes the singles "High Cost of Leaving", "Woke Up in Love" and "I Don't Want to Be a Memory". [1]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take to the River" J. P. Pennington 2:53
2."Woke Up in Love"Pennington3:06
3."Red Dancing Shoes" Mark Gray, Sonny LeMaire 3:41
4."We've Still Got Love"Pennington, LeMaire3:32
5."I Just Came Back to Break My Heart Again"Pennington, Larry Cordle 2:53
6."This Could Be the Start of Something Good"Pennington, LeMaire4:19
7."After All These Years (I'm Still Chasing You)"Pennington3:03
8."High Cost of Leaving"Pennington, Gray, LeMaire3:38
9."I Don't Want to Be a Memory"Pennington, LeMaire3:38
10."Here I Go Again"Pennington2:50

Chart performance

Chart (1983)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [2] 10
Canadian RPM Country Albums4

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References

  1. "Exile - Exile(1983, Pitman Pressing, Vinyl) - Discogs". Discogs . 1983.
  2. "Exile Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.