Sooner or Later (Rex Smith album)

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Sooner or Later
Sooner of Later Rex Smith.jpg
Studio album by
Released1979
Genre
Length32:58
Label Columbia
Producer
Rex Smith chronology
Where Do We Go from Here
(1977)
Sooner or Later
(1979)
Forever
(1979)
Singles from Forever
  1. "You Take My Breath Away"
    Released: 1979
  2. "Simply Jessie"
    Released: 1979
  3. "Never Gonna Give You Up"
    Released: 1979
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Sooner or Later is the third studio album by American singer-actor Rex Smith, released in 1979 by Columbia Records, and it also serves as a soundtrack album to the 1979 made-for-television film of the same name, starring Smith and Denise Miller.

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The album peaked at number 19 on the Billboard albums chart on June 23, 1979, [2] and spawned the hit singles: "You Take My Breath Away", "Simply Jessie" and "Never Gonna Give You Up". [3]

Track listing

The first four soundtrack songs were featured in the film Sooner or Later.

No.TitleLength
1."You Take My Breath Away" (Stephen Lawrence, Bruce Hart)3:18
2."Sooner or Later" (Stephen Lawrence, Bruce Hart)2:54
3."Simply Jessie" (Stephen Lawrence, Bruce Hart)3:08
4."Better Than It's Ever Been Before" (Stephen Lawrence, Bruce Hart)4:07
5."Love Street" (Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker)2:59
6."Never Gonna Give You Up" (Greg Guidry)2:59
7."Sway" (Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker)3:10
8."Oh What a Night for Romance" (Russ Ballard)3:12
9."Ain't That Peculiar" (William "Smokey" Robinson, Marvin Tarplin, Ronald White)3:33
10."If You Think You Know How to Love Me" (Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman)3:38

Charts

Chart (1979)Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 92
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)19

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References

  1. "Sooner or Later Review by Ed Hogan". AllMusic. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  2. "Billboard" (PDF). Americanradiohistory.com. 1979-06-23. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  3. "Lyrics: You Take My Breath Away by Rex Smith". Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.