For the Good Times (Dean Martin album)

For the Good Times
Studio album by Dean Martin
Released	January 1971
Recorded	September 1970
Genre	Country pop
Length	27:11
Label	Reprise RS 6428
Producer	Jimmy Bowen
Dean Martin chronology
My Woman, My Woman, My Wife (1970) For the Good Times (1971) Dino (1972)

For the Good Times is a 1971 studio album by Dean Martin arranged by Ernie Freeman and produced by Jimmy Bowen. ^[1]

The album peaked at 113 on the Billboard 200 and 41 on the Billboard top Country Albums chart. ^[2] It was reissued on CD by Capitol Records in 2006 and Hip-O Records in 2009. ^[3] Though Martin was recording infrequently at this stage of his career, this was the second album he recorded in 1970. ^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The initial Billboard review from 6 February 1971 commented that "Dean Martin is an old timer who knows how to make time with the new crop of writers". ^[4] William Ruhlmann on Allmusic.com gave the album two and a half stars out of five. Ruhlmann said that "Martin handled the material with his usual careless aplomb, but the result was just another record, no better or worse than its immediate predecessors". ^[1]

Track listing

Side One:

1. "For the Good Times" (Kris Kristofferson) – 3:50
2. "Marry Me" (Barry Mason, Les Reed) – 2:34
3. "Georgia Sunshine" (Jerry Reed Hubbard) – 2:58
4. "Invisible Tears" (Ned Miller, Sue Miller) – 2:10
5. "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:43

Side Two:

1. "A Perfect Mountain" (Gene Thomas) – 2:46
2. "Raining in My Heart" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:37
3. "She's a Little Bit of Country" (Harlan Howard) – 2:34
4. "For Once in My Life" (Ron Miller, Orlando Murden) – 2:19
5. "Sweetheart" (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 2:40

Personnel

• Dean Martin – vocals
• Ernie Freeman – arranger
• Ed Thrasher – art direction
• Eddie Brackett – engineer
• Jimmy Bowen – record producer

References

1. For the Good Times at AllMusic
2. For the Good Times – Awards at AllMusic
3. For the Good Times – Releases at AllMusic
4. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (6 February 1971). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp.  58–. ISSN   0006-2510 . Retrieved 14 July 2013.{{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)