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Miss the Mississippi | ||||
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Released | September 1979 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 34:44 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Producer | Allen Reynolds | |||
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Singles from Miss the Mississippi | ||||
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Miss the Mississippi is a studio album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in September 1979, it peaked at #3 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.
The album was her first album for Columbia Records, and contained three Country top ten hits; "Half the Way" (#2), "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" (#1) and "The Blue Side" (#8). "Half the Way" also reached #15 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
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The New York Times wrote that "Gayle has a lovely voice and a seductive if somewhat mannered way with phrasing." [2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Half the Way" | Bobby Wood, Ralph Murphy | 4:03 |
2. | "The Other Side of Me" | Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield | 3:49 |
3. | "Room for One More" | Ted Lindsay | 2:53 |
4. | "Don't Go My Love" | James Valentini, Frank Saulino | 3:00 |
5. | "Dancing the Night Away" | Russell Smith, James H. Brown Jr. | 3:41 |
6. | "It's Like We Never Said Goodbye" | Roger Greenaway, Geoff Stephens | 3:32 |
7. | "The Blue Side" | David Lasley, Allee Willis | 3:16 |
8. | "A Little Bit of the Rain" | Marcia Routh | 2:59 |
9. | "Danger Zone" | Dave Loggins | 3:36 |
10. | "Miss the Mississippi and You" | Bill Halley | 3:47 |