Southern Nights (Glen Campbell album)

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Southern Nights
Glen Campbell Southern Nights album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1977
Recorded1976
Studio Capitol (Hollywood)
Genre Country pop
Length30:15
Label Capitol
Producer Gary Klein, Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell chronology
Bloodline
(1976)
Southern Nights
(1977)
Live at the Royal Festival Hall
(1978)
Singles from Southern Nights
  1. "Southern Nights" / "William Tell Overture"
    Released: 1977
  2. "Sunflower" / "How High Did We Go"
    Released: 1977
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Southern Nights is an album by American singer and guitarist Glen Campbell, released in 1977 by Capitol Records. [2] The album peaked at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and one of the singles from the album, "Southern Nights" (a cover of the song by Allen Toussaint), also reached the number one spot on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts.

Contents

Track listing

Side 1:

  1. "Southern Nights" (Allen Toussaint) – 3:07
  2. "This Is Sarah's Song" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:34
  3. "For Cryin' Out Loud" (Micheal Smotherman) – 3:03
  4. "God Only Knows" (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher) – 3:18
  5. "Sunflower" (Neil Diamond) – 2:50

Side 2:

  1. "Guide Me" (John Jennings) – 2:24
  2. "Early Morning Song" (Jimmy Webb) – 3:30
  3. "(I'm Getting) Used to the Crying" (Roger Miller, Micheal Smotherman) – 2:47
  4. "Let Go" (Brian Cadd) – 3:30
  5. "How High Did We Go" (Victoria Medlin, Ned Albright) – 3:04

Personnel

Production

Charts

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC
1977"Southern Nights"111211
"Sunflower"4391737

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