These Days (Crystal Gayle album)

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These Days
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 1980
Studio Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length33:53
Label Columbia
Producer Allen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle chronology
Miss the Mississippi
(1979)
These Days
(1980)
Favorites
(1980)
Singles from These Days
  1. "If You Ever Change Your Mind"
    Released: August 26, 1980
  2. "Take It Easy"
    Released: January 1981
  3. "Too Many Lovers"
    Released: May 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
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These Days is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in August 1980, it peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Country Album chart.

Contents

Continuing Gayle's run of No. 1 Billboard Country singles, the album contained the No. 1 hits "If You Ever Change Your Mind" and "Too Many Lovers". Another track, "Take It Easy" also became a Country hit, peaking at No. 17.

The album was certified gold by the RIAA in 1994 for sales of over 500,000 copies.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Too Many Lovers"Mark True, Ted Lindsay, Sam Hogin 3:46
2."If You Ever Change Your Mind"Parker McGee, Bob Gundry3:16
3."Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City"Michael Price, Daniel Walsh3:50
4."Same Old Story (Same Old Song)" Joe Sample, Will Jennings 3:12
5."Help Yourselves to Each Other" Allen Reynolds, Bob McDill 2:50
6."Take It Easy" Delbert McClinton 3:58
7."I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone"Sample, Jennings2:54
8."You've Almost Got Me Believin'" Barbara Wyrick 3:30
9."Lover Man" Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill 3:44
10."What a Little Moonlight Can Do" Harry M. Woods 2:53

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1980)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [2] 79
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [3] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1981)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [4] 28

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References

  1. "These Days Review by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  2. "Crystal Gayle Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  3. "Crystal Gayle Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  4. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved June 4, 2021.