When It's Just You and Me (album)

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When It's Just You and Me
Dottie West-1977 Comeback Album.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 1977
RecordedSeptember 1976–February 1977
StudioJack Clement Recording Studio
Genre
Label United Artists
Producer Larry Butler
Dottie West chronology
Carolina Cousins
(1975)
When It's Just You and Me
(1977)
Dottie
(1978)
Singles from When It's Just You and Me
  1. "When It's Just You and Me"
    Released: October 1976
  2. "Every Word I Write"
    Released: March 1977
  3. "Tonight You Belong to Me"
    Released: June 1977
  4. "That's All I Wanted to Know"
    Released: September 1977

When It's Just You and Me is a studio album by American country artist Dottie West. It was released in July 1977 via United Artists Records and contained 11 tracks. It was the 24th studio album in West's career and her first for the United Artists label. Of its 11 songs, four of them were spawned as singles: the title track, "Every Word I Write", "Tonight You Belong to Me" and "That's All I Wanted to Know". The title track reached the top 20 on the US and Canadian country singles charts. The album was reviewed positively by Billboard magazine following its original release.

Contents

Background, recording and content

Dottie West had first found success at the RCA Victor label during the 1960s and early 1970s. With producer Chet Atkins, West recorded much of her own material and it was combined with the Nashville Sound musical style. At the label she had top ten singles with "Here Comes My Baby" (1964), "Paper Mansions" (1967) and "Country Sunshine" (1973). [2] In 1976, West moved to United Artists Records where she would have her greatest commercial success. [3] Her first United Artists album would be 1977's When It's Just You and Me. [4]

The album was cut at the Jack Clement Recording Studio (located in Nashville, Tennessee) in sessions held between September 1976 and February 1977. [4] The project consisted of 11 tracks. [1] Included was a cover of Tammy Wynette's chart-topping US country song "'Til I Get It Right". [5] It also featured a cover of the standard "Tonight You Belong to Me". [6] Remaining tracks were new material. Among its new recordings was "The Lovin' Kind", which was co-written by the album's producer Larry Butler. [4]

Release and critical reception

When It's Just You and Me was originally released in July 1977 on United Artists Records. It was West's 24th studio album in her career. The label originally distributed it as a vinyl LP, featuring five songs on "side 1" and six songs on "side 2". [4] It was later be re-released digitally via Capitol Records Nashville. [7] When It's Just You and Me was reviewed positively by Billboard magazine in July 1977. "If you can get past the cover, which doesn't say much for the artist, you'll find some interesting material included inside," the publication wrote. The magazine also made note of the album's use of both uptempo material and ballads. [8] Although no formal review was given, AllMusic named the title track, "By Your Side" and "Save a Little for the Morning" as "AllMusic track picks". [1]

Chart performance and singles

When It's Just You and Me spent three weeks on the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart. Making its debut on July 30, 1977, the album later reached the number 44 position by August. It was West's fifteenth album to make the Billboard country chart and was among her lowest-charting albums there. [9] A total of four singles were spawned from When It's Just You and Me. The title track was first released as the lead single in October 1976. [10] In early 1977, it reached number 19 on the US Hot Country Songs chart and number 12 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. [11] [12] "Every Word I Write" was issued as the album's second single in March 1977. [13] By May 1977, it reached the number 28 position on the US country chart and number 33 on the Canadian country chart. [11] [12] "Tonight You Belong to Me" was issued as the third single in June 1977. [14] It later reached number 30 on the US country chart and number 42 on the Canadian country chart. [11] [12] The fourth and final single would be "That's All I Wanted to Know". [15] It reached number 57 on the US country chart in November 1977. [11]

Track listing

Side one [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When It's Just You and Me" K. O'Dell 3:04
2."That's All I Wanted to Know"
3:07
3."Tonight You Belong to Me"
2:13
4."You're a Beautiful Place to Be" V. Stephenson 2:47
5."By Your Side" B. Peters 2:32
Side two [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Every Word I Write"2:56
2."All Night Long"
  • R. Mainegra
  • M. Blackford
2:50
3."Save a Little for the Morning"
  • M.A. Leiken
  • G. Sklerov
3:22
4."The Lovin' Kind"
2:55
5."'Til I Get It Right"2:45
6."Tiny Fingers" J. Chesnut 3:05

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of When It's Just You and Me. [4]

Chart performance

Chart (1977)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [16] 44

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
North AmericaJuly 1977Vinyl LPUnited Artists Records [4]
South Africa [17]
North Americacirca 2023
  • Music download
  • streaming
Capitol Records Nashville [7]

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