Sometimes (Bill Anderson and Mary Lou Turner album)

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Sometimes
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 1976 (1976-01)
RecordedSeptember 1975
StudioBradley's Barn
Genre
Label MCA
Producer Owen Bradley
Bill Anderson chronology
Live from London
(1975)
Sometimes
(1976)
Peanuts and Diamonds and Other Jewels
(1976)
Mary Lou Turner chronology
Sometimes
(1976)
Billy Boy and Mary Lou
(1977)
Side one [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Sometimes"Bill Anderson2:52
2."Circle in a Triangle"
2:38
3."Gone at Last" Paul Simon 3:31
4."Come Walk with Me"Steve Karliski3:15
5."Can We Still Be Friends"Anderson2:49
Side two [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."That's What Made Me Love You"Lawrence Shoberg2:46
2."Without You"Anderson2:29
3."Charlie, Mary and Us"Espie "Slim" Haven2:37
4."I Can't Sleep with You"
  • Michael Kosser
  • Steve Pippin
2:48
5."Let Me Take You Away"Anderson2:51

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Sometimes. [2]

Musical personnel

Technical personnel

Charts

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
CanadaJanuary 1976Vinyl MCA [10]
United States [2] [3]

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