''These Days'' is the eighth studio album by American
country music
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singer
Crystal Gayle
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. Released in August 1980, it peaked at No. 6 on the
Billboard
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Country Album chart.
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
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by the
RIAA
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in 1994 for sales of over 500,000 copies.
Track listing
Personnel
*Crystal Gayle - lead and harmony vocals
*Jon Goin, Chris Leuzinger, Billy Sanford - guitar
*
Tommy Cogbill
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Life and career
Cogbill was born in Johnson Grove, Tennessee. He was a high ...
, Richard "Spady" Brannan, Joe Allen - bass
*Bobby Wood - acoustic piano, organ
*Charles Cochran - electric and acoustic piano, string arrangements
*Larrie Londin, Gene Chrisman,
Kenny Malone
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Life and career
Malone was born in Denver, Colorado. From the 1970s onwards, he was a prominent session musician in folk, country and many other acousti ...
- drums
*Farrell Morris - tambourine
*Jay Patten - saxophone
*Denis Solee - saxophone, flute, clarinet
*The Sheldon Kurland Strings (Carl Gorodetzky, Dennis Molchan, George Binkley, Lennie Haight, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Samuel Terranova, Sheldon Kurland, Stephanie Woolf, Virginia Christensen) - strings
*Bruce Dees,
David Loggins
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, Jennifer Kimball, Marcia Routh, Pebble Daniel, Steve Brantley - harmony vocals on "Take It Easy"
;Technical
*
Garth Fundis
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, John Donegan - engineer
*Virginia Team - art direction
*Beverly Parker, Brian Hagiwara - photography
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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Crystal Gayle albums
1980 albums
Albums produced by Allen Reynolds
Columbia Records albums