Songs Are Such Good Things

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Songs Are Such Good Things
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Studio album by
Released1978
Genre Pop
Label Galaxy Records (UK, 1978)
Lena Zavaroni chronology
Presenting Lena Zavaroni
(1977)
Songs Are Such Good Things
(1978)
Lena Zavaroni And Her Music
(1979)

Songs Are Such Good Things [1] [2] is the fifth album by Scottish singer Lena Zavaroni, released in 1978 by Galaxy Records.

Contents

Track listing

  1. Speedy Gonzales (you'd better come home)
  2. Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song
  3. I Always Seem To Wind Up Loving You
  4. Keep Your Mind On Love
  5. Songs Are Such Good Things
  6. I Should've Listened To Mama
  7. The Air That I Breathe
  8. Crazy Little Lover Boy
  9. Drowning in Magic
  10. My Boyfriend's Back
  11. Love Is Falling in Love Again
  12. I Wanna Boogie Wid Ya

Personnel

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References

  1. Ref. Printed Material: Back Cover of LP main source of information
  2. Songs Are Such Good Things on Discogs