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| The Will to Love | ||||
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| Released | September 19, 1989 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 34:24 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Bowen, Skip Ewing | |||
| Skip Ewing chronology | ||||
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The Will to Love is the second studio album by American country music artist Skip Ewing. It was released on September 19, 1990, via MCA Records. The album includes the singles "It's You Again" and "If a Man Could Live on Love Alone". [1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Will to Love" | Skip Ewing, Don Sampson | 3:13 |
| 2. | "Please Don't Leave Me Now" | Ewing, Sampson | 4:!2 |
| 3. | "If a Man Could Live on Love Alone" | Ewing, Red Lane | 3:22 |
| 4. | "Karen" | Ewing, Sampson | 3:37 |
| 5. | "The Door" | Ewing, Lane | 3:43 |
| 6. | "It Wasn't His Child" | Ewing | 3:42 |
| 7. | "It's You Again" | Ewing, Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis | 3:00 |
| 8. | "Age Doesn't Matter at All" | Ewing | 4:03 |
| 9. | "Ain't That the Way It Always Ends" | Ewing, Sampson | 2:48 |
| 10. | "She's Makin' Plans" | Ewing | 2:42 |
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [2] | 44 |
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