Just an Old Fashioned Love Song

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Just an Old Fashioned Love Song
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Released1971
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Genre Pop
Label A&M
Producer Michael James Jackson
Paul Williams chronology
Someday Man
(1970)
Just an Old Fashioned Love Song
(1971)
Life Goes On
(1972)
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Just an Old Fashioned Love Song is a studio album by Paul Williams, released in 1971. Notable songs from the album, which were hits for other artists, include "(Just An) Old Fashioned Love Song", "We've Only Just Begun", "Let Me Be the One" and "When I Was All Alone".

Contents

Track listing

All tracks composed by Paul Williams; except where indicated

  1. "Waking Up Alone"
  2. "I Never Had It So Good" (Paul Williams, Roger Nichols)
  3. "We've Only Just Begun" (Paul Williams, Roger Nichols)
  4. "That's Enough for Me"
  5. "A Perfect Love"
  6. "(Just An) Old Fashioned Love Song"
  7. "Let Me Be the One" (Paul Williams, Roger Nichols)
  8. "Simple Man" (Graham Nash)
  9. "When I Was All Alone"
  10. "My Love and I"
  11. "Gone Forever"

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Chart (1972)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [2] 22
US Billboard 200 [3] 141

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References

  1. Donovan, Charles. "Paul Williams – Just an Old Fashioned Love Song". AllMusic . Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 338. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  3. "Paul Williams Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.