It Takes People Like You

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It Takes People Like You to Make People Like Me
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 2, 1968
RecordedJune 1967
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Country
Label Capitol ST-2841
Producer Ken Nelson
Buck Owens chronology
Your Tender Loving Care
(1967)
It Takes People Like You to Make People Like Me
(1968)
Best of Buck Owens, Vol. 2
(1968)

It Takes People Like You to Make People Like Me (or simply It Takes People Like You) is an album by Buck Owens and his Buckaroos, released in 1968.

Contents

It was re-released on CD in 1997 by Sundazed Records with two bonus tracks, including the mono single version of the title track.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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In his Allmusic review, critic Cub Koda wrote "By this time, Owens had found his groove, crafting one fine single after another, making each new album almost seem like a greatest-hits collection, even if every song wasn't actually a chart number." [1]

Track listing

All songs by Buck Owens unless otherwise noted.

  1. "It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me)" – 2:01
  2. "The Way That I Love You" – 2:35
  3. "We Were Made for Each Other" – 2:17
  4. "That's How I Measure My Love for You" (Owens, Don Rich) – 2:41
  5. "If I Knew" (Ed King, Owens) – 2:33
  6. "I'm Gonna Live It Up" (Owens, Rich) – 2:13
  7. "Where Does the Good Times Go" – 2:18
  8. "You Left Her Lonely Too Long" – 2:55
  9. "Let the World Keep on a Turnin'" – 2:06
  10. "I've Got It Bad for You" (Owens, Rich) – 2:01
  11. "Long, Long Ago" – 2:12
  12. "Heartbreak Mountain" – 2:09
    1995 bonus tracks:
  13. "It Takes People Like You (To Make People Like Me)" – 2:01
  14. "Where Does the Good Times Go" – 2:17

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Koda, Cub. "It Takes People Like You to Make People Like Me > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved May 31, 2015.