Let's Love While We Can | ||||
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Released | 1980 | |||
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Length | 33:49 | |||
Label | CBS Records | |||
Producer | Dick Peirce [2] | |||
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Let's Love While We Can is the thirty-seventh studio album by American pop singer Andy Williams, released in the U.K. in 1980 by CBS Records. For this project Williams eschews covering well-known pop hits and standards and relies mostly on original or lesser-known country songs.
On June 21, 2004, Let's Love While We Can became available as one of two albums on one CD by Sony Music Distribution, along with Williams's 1974 Columbia album, You Lay So Easy on My Mind . [1] Two songs from this album, "Jason" and "I'll Never Love Anyone Anymore", were included as bonus tracks on the 2002 CD release of Williams's previous album, Andy . [4]
Barbara Fairchild entered the Country singles chart with "Let's Love While We Can" in the issue of Billboard magazine dated May 10, 1975, and reached number 52 over the course of 10 weeks. [5] "Railway Hotel" first appeared on Mike Batt's 1977 album Schizophonia, [6] and "Love Is a Cold Wind" was recorded by Roy Orbison for his 1979 album Laminar Flow . [7] "Beside Me" by Steve Wariner made its first appearance on the Country singles chart in the August 4, 1979, issue of Billboard and got as high as number 60 during its seven weeks there. [8] James Brown's recording of "Regrets" debuted on the Billboard R&B chart in the issue of the magazine dated January 26, 1980, and began a six-week run that took the song to number 63, [9] and Kenny Rankin entered the Adult Contemporary chart with the song six months later, in the July 19 issue, and peaked at number 33 during his seven weeks there. [10]
From the liner notes for the original album: [2]
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