![]() “I Just Can’t Leave Your Love Alone” is another song by Sample and Jennings, this time a mid-tempo blues number, with a traditional jazz accompaniment including clarinet. Crystal handles it well but her version pales to the McClinton original, and I suspect grittier female country vocalists such as Gus Hardin, Lacy J Dalton, Gail Davies, Wilma Lee Cooper or Jean Shepard could have done the song better (not that Wilma Lee or Jean could ever have been persuaded to record this song). The great Delbert McClinton wrote “Take It Easy’ which proved to be a minor hit for Crystal Gayle, reaching #17. Help yourselves to each other, that’s the way it’s meant to be ![]() It’s a long road we must cling to one another Who will offer shelter to candles in the windĪnd it follows we are only helpless childrenĮver changing like sunlight through the trees Don Williams recorded the song as an album track but I think Crystal’s version is better, even exquisite. A slow ballad with flute and string accompaniment, I could see this song being released as a single to Adult Contemporary radio. With a different arrangement, I might like “Same Old Story (Same Old Song)”, but the background vocals on the “Same Old Story (Same Old Song)” probably belong on a Patti Labelle record rather than anything recorded by Crystal Gayle, and the Kenny G style sax leaves me completely cold.Īllen Reynolds and Bob McDill usually crafted good songs, and “Help Yourselves to Each Other” is no exception. Written by Michael Price and Daniel Walsh, the song leans toward modern R&B, as does the next song “Same Old Story (Same Old Song)”, which I find disappointing as Will Jennings and Joe Sample have decent track records as country songsmiths. Crystal sings it well but the song itself leaves me cold. “Ain’t No Love In the Heart of The City” is typical cocktail lounge pop. The instrumentation is basically jazz piano with orchestration. This is followed by “If You Ever Change Your Mind”, a nice ballad written by Parker McGee and Bob Gundry. This song is moderately up-tempo with a rock guitar break. The album opens up with “Too Many Lovers”, a #1 record written by Mark True, Ted Lindsay, Sam Hogin. The album seems to run between 80’s lounge and classic pop standards. It is also my least favorite of her albums, although there are many redeeming moments. Although very successful on Billboard’s Country Albums chart reaching #6 and being certified gold s also definitely NOT a country album. Released in August 1980, These Days was Crystal Gayle’s second of three albums recorded for Columbia.
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