Love Is Always Seventeen

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Love is Always Seventeen
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Studio album by
Released1994
Genre Country rock, soft rock
Label Discovery [1]
Producer David Gates
David Gates chronology
Take Me Now
(1981)
Love is Always Seventeen
(1994)
The David Gates Songbook
(2002)
Singles from Love Is Always Seventeen
  1. "I Can't Find the Words to Say Goodbye"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Calgary Herald B [3]
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Love Is Always Seventeen is the final solo album by the American musician David Gates. [6] It came after a 13-year break from recording. The album was released in 1994. [7]

Contents

Critical reception

The Los Angeles Times wrote: "Hummable melodies still come to Gates as easily as in the '70s; his lyrics remain simplistically romantic, as the title suggests." [5] The Vancouver Sun deemed the album "breezy, cheerful country music." [8] The Calgary Herald determined that "there is the occasional song where you want to sock him in the jaw and tell him to toughen up but, overall, he's come up with an album that's from the heart, for the heart and full of heart." [3]

Track listing

  1. "Avenue of Love"
  2. "Love Is Always Seventeen"
  3. "Ordinary Man"
  4. "I Will Wait for You"
  5. "Save This Dance for Me"
  6. "No Secrets in a Small Town"
  7. "Heart, It's All Over"
  8. "I Don't Want to Share Your Love"
  9. "I Can't Find the Words to Say Goodbye"
  10. "Dear World"
  11. "Thankin' You Sweet Baby James"

Personnel

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