Three Good Reasons

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Three Good Reasons
CrystalGayleThreeGoodReasons.jpg
Studio album by
Released1992
Studio
  • Groundstar Labs (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Quad Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Sound Stage (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Sound Shop (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length32:34
Label Liberty [1]
Producer Buzz Stone
Crystal Gayle chronology
Ain't Gonna Worry
(1990)
Three Good Reasons
(1992)
Best Always
(1993)

Three Good Reasons is an album by the American musician Crystal Gayle, released in 1992. [2] [3] Many of its songs are about the ending of a relationship. [4] The title track was released as the album's first single. [5] Gayle supported the album with a North American tour. [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]

The Ottawa Citizen wrote that Gayle's voice "retains its other-worldly quality, that cool distance that lets her pass through any song without getting the least bit involved in it." [8] The Richmond Times-Dispatch called the album "a smart departure from the syrupy, pops-flavored crossover hits she had in the mid-'70s." [9] The Miami Herald noted that "a bluesy rhythm track accents 'The Trouble With Me (Is You)' while Gayle delivers a sly, '40s style performance." [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Why Cry?"Jackson Leap2:39
2."A Rose Between Two Thorns"Gene Nelson, Robert Byrne 3:07
3."The Trouble With Me (Is You)"L. Davis Lewis, Kim Williams2:53
4."If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me" Jimmy Buffett, Will Jennings, Michael Utley 3:25
5."One Less Set of Footsteps" Jim Croce 2:57
6."The Least That I Can Do"Allen Holmes, James Dean Hicks, Roger Murrah 3:38
7."Love To, Can't Do" Mark Wright, B. James Lowry3:16
8."99% of the Time" Paul Davis, Even Stevens, Hillary Kanter, Amy Sky 3:47
9."Living in Tears"Tommy Polk, David Mills2:55
10."Three Good Reasons" Don Schlitz, David Wingo3:57

Personnel

Production

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