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| released = October 20, 1975
| released = October 20, 1975
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| recorded = [[Jack Clement]] Recording Studios, [[Nashville, Tennessee]]
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| studio = [[Jack Clement Recording Studio|Jack Clement Recording]] (Nashville, Tennessee)
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| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = 26:09
| length = 26:09
| label = [[United Artists Records|United Artists]]
| label = [[United Artists Records|United Artists]]<ref name=RS/>
| producer = [[Allen Reynolds]]
| producer = [[Allen Reynolds]]
| prev_title = [[Crystal Gayle (album)|Crystal Gayle]]
| prev_title = [[Crystal Gayle (album)|Crystal Gayle]]
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{{Album reviews
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|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
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|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>https://www.allmusic.com/album/somebody-loves-you-mw0000087337</ref>
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/somebody-loves-you-mw0000087337|title=Somebody Loves You - Crystal Gayle &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=3 |page=704}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Record Guide]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|1|5}}<ref name="RS">{{cite book |title=The New Rolling Stone Record Guide |date=1983 |publisher=Random House |page=194}}</ref>
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'''''Somebody Loves You''''' is the second [[album]] by [[Crystal Gayle]]. It was released on October 20, 1975. It peaked at #11 on the [[Billboard Music Charts|Billboard]] Country Albums chart, with two tracks that broke into the Top Ten Country Singles: the title song, "Somebody Loves You", peaked at #8, and Gayle scored her first ever #1 country hit with "I'll Get Over You", in April 1976.
'''''Somebody Loves You''''' is the second studio album by American [[country music]] artist [[Crystal Gayle]].<ref name=CL/> It was released on October 20, 1975. It peaked at #11 on the [[Billboard Music Charts|''Billboard'']] Country Albums chart, with two tracks that broke into the Top Ten Country Singles: the title song, "Somebody Loves You", peaked at #8, and Gayle scored her first ever #1 country hit with "I'll Get Over You".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/crystal-gayle/chart-history/clp/|title=Crystal Gayle|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
Reviewing a reissue of the album, ''[[Record Collector]]'' wrote that "the elegant two-step of 'I’ll Get Over You' and the bouncy title track [give] Gayle more substantial and challenging melodies to tackle."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/album/crystal-gaylesomebody-loves-you|title=Crystal Gayle/Somebody Loves You - Record Collector Magazine}}</ref>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
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|length5 = 2:18
|length5 = 2:18
|title6 = [[Somebody Loves You (Crystal Gayle song)|Somebody Loves You]]
|title6 = [[Somebody Loves You (Crystal Gayle song)|Somebody Loves You]]
|writer6 = Allen Reynolds
|writer6 = Reynolds
|length6 = 2:24
|length6 = 2:24
|title7 = What You've Done for Me
|title7 = What You've Done for Me
|writer7 = Sandy Mason Theoret
|writer7 = [[Sandy Mason Theoret]]
|length7 = 2:51
|length7 = 2:51
|title8 = Coming Closer
|title8 = Coming Closer
|writer8 = Crystal Gayle, Bill Gatzimos
|writer8 = [[Crystal Gayle]], Bill Gatzimos
|length8 = 2:29
|length8 = 2:29
|title9 = Dreaming My Dreams with You
|title9 = Dreaming My Dreams with You
|writer9 = Allen Reynolds
|writer9 = Reynolds
|length9 = 2:56
|length9 = 2:56
|title10 = What I've Been Needin'
|title10 = What I've Been Needin{{'-}}
|writer10 = [[Ray Griff]]
|writer10 = [[Ray Griff]]
|length10 = 2:40
|length10 = 2:40
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*[[Kenny Malone]] - drums, percussion
*[[Kenny Malone]] - drums, percussion
*[[Garth Fundis]], Janie Fricke - backing vocals
*[[Garth Fundis]], Janie Fricke - backing vocals

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
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! scope="col"| Chart (1975–1976)
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{{album chart|BillboardCountry|11|artist=Crystal Gayle|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 19, 2021}}
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===Year-end charts===
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! scope="col"| Chart (1976)
! scope="col"| Position
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! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1976/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1976|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 19, 2021}}</ref>
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==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 15:51, 30 July 2024

Somebody Loves You
Studio album by
Crystal Gayle
ReleasedOctober 20, 1975
StudioJack Clement Recording (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length26:09
LabelUnited Artists[1]
ProducerAllen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle chronology
Crystal Gayle
(1975) 		Somebody Loves You
(1975) 		Crystal
(1976)
Singles from Somebody Loves You
  1. "Somebody Loves You"
    Released: December 1975
  2. "I'll Get Over You"
    Released: March 1976
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide[1]

Somebody Loves You is the second studio album by American country music artist Crystal Gayle.[3] It was released on October 20, 1975. It peaked at #11 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, with two tracks that broke into the Top Ten Country Singles: the title song, "Somebody Loves You", peaked at #8, and Gayle scored her first ever #1 country hit with "I'll Get Over You".[4]

Critical reception

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Reviewing a reissue of the album, Record Collector wrote that "the elegant two-step of 'I’ll Get Over You' and the bouncy title track [give] Gayle more substantial and challenging melodies to tackle."[5]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Before I'm Fool Enough (To Give It One More Try)"Allen Reynolds2:06
2."I'll Get Over You"Richard Leigh3:30
3."Sweet Baby on My Mind"Jim Owen2:34
4."I Want to Lose Me in You"Jim Rushing, Marshall Chapman2:21
5."High Time"Bobby David2:18
6."Somebody Loves You"Reynolds2:24
7."What You've Done for Me"Sandy Mason Theoret2:51
8."Coming Closer"Crystal Gayle, Bill Gatzimos2:29
9."Dreaming My Dreams with You"Reynolds2:56
10."What I've Been Needin'"Ray Griff2:40

Personnel

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Charts

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References

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  1. ^ a b The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 194.
  2. ^ "Somebody Loves You - Crystal Gayle | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 704.
  4. ^ "Crystal Gayle". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Crystal Gayle/Somebody Loves You - Record Collector Magazine".
  6. ^ "Crystal Gayle Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  7. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1976". Billboard. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
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