If You Don't Love Me

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If You Don't Love Me
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Released1977
Genre Tejano
Label Dot
Producer Huey P. Meaux
Freddy Fender chronology
The Best of Freddy Fender
(1977)
If You Don't Love Me
(1977)
Merry Christmas / Feliz Navidad
(1977)
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If You Don't Love Me is a 1977 album by Freddy Fender. [2] [3] It peaked at No. 34 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart. [4]

Track listing

  1. "We'll Take Our Last Walk Tonight"
  2. "Louisiana Woman"
  3. "How Are Things with You"
  4. "If You're Looking for a Fool"
  5. "If That's the Way You Want It"
  6. "If You Don't Love Me"
  7. "Think About Me"
  8. "I Don't Want to Be Lonely"
  9. "Faking the Feeling"
  10. "Love Rules the Heart"
  11. "Your Loving Couldn't Take the Walking Out of My Shoes"
  12. "I Don't Dream About You Anymore"

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References

  1. "If You Don't Love Me Review by Eugene Chadbourne". AllMusic. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  2. Bradley, Andy; Wood, Roger (March 1, 2010). House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/SugarHill Recording Studios. University of Texas Press. ISBN   9780292783249 via Google Books.
  3. Country Music: The Encyclopedia. St. Martin's Press. 2000. p. 158.
  4. "Freddy Fender". Billboard. Retrieved 25 March 2024.