Some Things Don't Come Easy

Some Things Don't Come Easy
Studio album by England Dan & John Ford Coley
Released	March 1978
Studio	Studio By The Pond (Hendersonville, TN)
Genre	Pop rock, soft rock
Label	Big Tree
Producer	Kyle Lehning
England Dan & John Ford Coley chronology
Dowdy Ferry Road (1977) Some Things Don't Come Easy (1978) Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive (1979)
Singles from Some Things Don't Come Easy
"We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again" Released: February 17, 1978

Professional ratings

Review scores
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Allmusic	[1]

Some Things Don't Come Easy is the sixth studio album by the pop rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley.

Track listing

1. "Some Things Don't Come Easy" (Dan Seals) - 4:22
2. "If The World Ran Out Of Love Tonight" (Michael Garvin, Blake Mevis, Admiral S. Clay Wilson, Kelly Wilson) - 3:03
3. "You Can't Dance" (Tim Ryan, Bob Yeomans) - 2:56
4. "Who's Lonely Now" (John Ford Coley, Seals) - 3:19
5. "Hold Me" (Coley, Bob Gundry, Simon Waltzer) - 3:32
6. "We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again" (Jeffrey Comanor) - 2:49
7. "Lovin' Somebody on a Rainy Night" (Dave Loggins) - 3:24
8. "Beyond the Tears" (Comanor, Gundry) - 3:45
9. "Calling For You Again" (Coley, Gundry) - 2:44
10. "Wanting You Desperately" (Seals) - 3:55
11. "Just the Two of Us" (Coley, Seals) - 2:20

Personnel

• Dan Seals – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• John Ford Coley – lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
• Shane Keister – keyboards
• Bobby Emmons – organ
• Johnny Christopher – acoustic guitar
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitar
• Doyle Grisham – steel guitar
• Joe Osborn – bass
• Jack Williams – bass
• Larrie Londin – drums
• Farrell Morris – percussion
• Gove Scrivenor – autoharp
• Cindy Reynolds – harp
• Harvey Thompson – saxophone solo
• Muscle Shoals Horns – horns
• Billy Puett – woodwinds
• Bergen White – string arrangements
• The Shelly Kurland Strings – strings
• Sheri Kramer – backing vocals
• Lisa Silver – backing vocals
• Diane Tidwell – backing vocals
• Vicki Lehning – backing vocals (11)

Production

• Producer – Kyle Lehning
• Engineers – Kyle Lehning and Marshall Morgan
• Assistant Engineer – Tom Knox
• Recorded at Studio By The Pond (Hendersonville, TN).
• Mixed by Elliot Scheiner at A&R Studios (New York, NY), assisted by Ed Rak.
• Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics (Nashville, TN).
• Photography – Alan Bergman
• Management – Susan Joseph

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
1978	US Billboard Top LPs & Tape	61

References

1. Viglione, Joe. Some Things Don't Come Easy at AllMusic