The Will to Love

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The Will to Love
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 19, 1989
Genre Country
Length34:24
Label MCA
Producer Jimmy Bowen, Skip Ewing
Skip Ewing chronology
The Coast of Colorado
(1988)
The Will to Love
(1989)
A Healin' Fire
(1990)

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]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Will to Love" Skip Ewing, Don Sampson3:13
2."Please Don't Leave Me Now"Ewing, Sampson4:!2
3."If a Man Could Live on Love Alone"Ewing, Red Lane 3:22
4."Karen"Ewing, Sampson3:37
5."The Door"Ewing, Lane3:43
6."It Wasn't His Child"Ewing3:42
7."It's You Again"Ewing, Mike Geiger, Woody Mullis3:00
8."Age Doesn't Matter at All"Ewing4:03
9."Ain't That the Way It Always Ends"Ewing, Sampson2:48
10."She's Makin' Plans"Ewing2:42

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1989)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [3] 44

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References

  1. Skip Ewing - The Will To Love(1989, Pinckneyville Pressing, Vinyl - Discogs.
  2. The Will to Love (CD booklet). Skip Ewing. MCA Records. 1989. MCA-42301.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. "Skip Ewing Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.