We Should Be Together (album)

We Should Be Together
Studio album by Crystal Gayle
Released	June 19, 1979
Genre	Country
Length	24:15
Label	United Artists
Producer	Allen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle chronology
When I Dream (1978) We Should Be Together (1979) Classic Crystal (1979)
Singles from We Should Be Together
"Your Kisses Will" Released: July 1979 "Your Old Cold Shoulder" Released: November 1979

We Should Be Together is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. It was released on June 19, 1979. Like all of her previous albums for United Artists, Allen Reynolds produced. It peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, with two of its tracks reaching the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart: "Your Kisses Will" (No. 7) and "Your Old Cold Shoulder" (No. 5). The album title comes from the album's last song, written by Allen Reynolds, and which was previously a hit single for Don Williams in 1974. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Record Mirror	[6]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Sneakin' Out the Back Door"	James Valentini, Frank Saulino	2:19
2.	"You'll Be Loved Someday"	Sandy Mason Theoret	2:41
3.	"Beyond You"	Bill Gatzimos, Crystal Gayle	2:38
4.	"You're the Best Thing in My Life"	Charley Sauls	2:41
5.	"Time Will Prove That I'm Right"	Harlan Howard	2:38
6.	"Your Kisses Will"	Van Stephenson	2:05
7.	"Your Old Cold Shoulder"	Richard Leigh	2:17
8.	"Through Believing in Love Songs"	Gatzimos, Gayle	2:39
9.	"Too Deep for Tears"	Leigh	2:11
10.	"We Should Be Together"	Allen Reynolds	3:06

Personnel

• Crystal Gayle
• Chris Leuzinger, David Kirby, Jimmy Colvard, Ray Edenton, Rod Smarr, Sonny Curtis - guitar
• Lloyd Green - steel guitar
• Buddy Spicher - fiddle
• Bob Moore, Joe Allen, Spady Brannan - bass
• Bobby Wood, Dwight Scott, Hargus "Pig" Robbins - keyboards
• Charles Cochran - keyboards, string and horn arrangements
• Gene Chrisman, Jimmy Isbell, Kenny Malone, Steve Krawczyn - drums
• Dennis Good, Don Sheffield - horns
• Allen Reynolds, Garth Fundis - backing vocals
• The Shelly Kurland Strings - strings

References

1. "We Should Be Together". AllMusic. November 23, 2019. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
2. Henderson, Lol, Stacey, Lee (2014). Encyclopedia of Music from the 20th Century. Routledge. p. 239. ISBN   9781579580797.
3. "Allen Reynolds Biography". PBS-Country Music. Retrieved November 23, 2019.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 463–464. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
5. "AllMusic Rating". AllMusic . Netaktion LLC. Archived from the original on June 29, 2022. Retrieved November 10, 2022.
6. Coyne, Peter (October 20, 1979). "Review: Crystal Gayle — We Should Be Together" (PDF). Record Mirror . London: Spotlight Publications Ltd. p. 18. ISSN   0144-5804. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 1, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022– via World Radio History.