True_Love_(Crystal_Gayle_album)

<i>True Love</i> (Crystal Gayle album)

True Love (Crystal Gayle album)

1982 studio album by Crystal Gayle

For other uses, see True love (disambiguation).

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.

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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

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UK edition

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Personnel

  • Crystal Gayle – lead vocals, harmony vocals (1, 2, 7)
  • Shane Keister – synthesizers (1, 5, 6, 9, 10)
  • Charles Cochran – string arrangements (1, 10), keyboards (3, 4, 7, 10)
  • Bobby Wood – acoustic piano (3, 4, 6, 7), keyboards (8, 9)
  • Chris Leuzinger – lead guitar (1–6, 9), guitars (7, 8, 10)
  • Bruce Dees – guitars (1, 5)
  • Jon Goin – guitars (2, 6, 8)
  • Reggie Young – guitars (3, 4, 7)
  • Larry Byrom – guitars (9)
  • David Hungate – bass (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10)
  • Tom Robb – bass (2)
  • Tommy Cogbill – bass (6, 8)
  • James Stroud – drums (1–5, 7)
  • Gene Chrisman – drums (6, 8)
  • Tony Newman – drums (9)
  • Jay Patten – saxophone (8)
  • Al De Lory – string arrangements (7)
  • Nashville String Machine – strings (1, 7, 10)
  • Kathy Burdick – harmony vocals (1, 5, 9)
  • Sherilyn Huffman – harmony vocals (1, 5, 7, 9)
  • Paul Davis – harmony vocals (2, 6)
  • Rodney Crowell – harmony vocals (3)
  • Bill Lamb – harmony vocals (4)
  • Roger Cook – harmony vocals (8)
  • Louis Nunley – harmony vocals (10)
  • Judy Rodman – harmony vocals (10)
  • Donna Sheridan – harmony vocals (10)
  • Hurshel Wiginton – harmony vocals (10)

Production

  • Crystal Gayle – album direction
  • Alan Reynolds – producer (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
  • Jimmy Bowen – producer (3, 4, 7), engineer (3, 4, 7)
  • Joseph Bogan – engineer (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
  • Ron Treat – engineer (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10)
  • J.T. Cantwell – second engineer (3, 4, 7)
  • Curt Allen – recording, remixing
  • John Donegan – technical assistant
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Ron Coro – art direction
  • Denise Minobe – art direction, design
  • Norman Seeff – photography

Chart performance

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References

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