True Love (Crystal Gayle album)

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True Love
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1982
StudioJacks's Tracks Recording Studio, Sound Stage Studios and Emerald Sound Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
Genre Country
Length33:04 (US edition)
35:58 (UK edition)
Label Elektra
Producer Jimmy Bowen, Allen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle chronology
A Woman's Heart
(1981)
True Love
(1982)
Cage the Songbird
(1983)
Singles from True Love
  1. "'Til I Gain Control Again"
    Released: October 27, 1982
  2. "Our Love Is on the Faultline"
    Released: March 1983
  3. "Baby, What About You"
    Released: June 1983
Professional ratings
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True Love is the tenth studio album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in November 1982, it peaked at #14 on the Billboard Country Albums charts.

Contents

Three of the album's tracks reached #1 on the Country Singles chart; "'Til I Gain Control Again", "Our Love is on the Faultline" and "Baby What About You".

The oft-covered track "Everything I Own" was released as a single in the UK where it peaked at #93 on the UK Singles Chart in early 1983. The song was originally recorded by the band Bread in 1972, and also was a UK #1 hit for Ken Boothe in 1974. In 1987, four years after Gayle's version, the song was recorded by Boy George (his first solo recording) who also had a UK #1 hit with it.

Track listing

US edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Our Love Is on the Faultline"Reece Kirk3:54
2."Deeper in the Fire"Don Singleton3:26
3."'Til I Gain Control Again" Rodney Crowell 3:56
4."Baby, What About You" Josh Leo, Wendy Waldman 2:42
5."You Bring Out the Lover in Me" Charlie Black, Layng Martine Jr. 2:48
6."True Love"Craig Morley, Kelly Harland2:50
7."Everything I Own" David Gates 3:01
8."Let Your Feelings Show" Roger Cook 3:24
9."Easier Said Than Done"Barbara Wyrick, Suzy Storm3:54
10."He Is Beautiful to Me"Bobby Wood, Clive Westlake3:09

UK edition

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Our Love Is on the Faultline"Reece Kirk3:54
2."Deeper in the Fire"Don Singleton3:26
3."'Til I Gain Control Again" Rodney Crowell 3:56
4."Baby, What About You" Josh Leo, Wendy Waldman 2:42
5."You Bring Out the Lover in Me" Charlie Black, Layng Martine, Jr. 2:48
6."Take Me to the Dance"Sharon Ferrara2:54
7."True Love"Craig Morley, Kelly Harland2:50
8."Everything I Own" David Gates 3:01
9."Let Your Feelings Show" Roger Cook 3:24
10."Easier Said Than Done"Barbara Wyrick, Suzy Storm3:54
11."He Is Beautiful to Me"Bobby Wood, Clive Westlake3:09

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Chart (1982)Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums14
U.S. Billboard 200120

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References

  1. "True Love Review by Tom Roland". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 July 2023.