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{{Infobox album
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| name = Somebody Loves You
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = Somebody Loves You |
| type = [[Album]]
Type = [[Album]] |
| artist = [[Crystal Gayle]]
| cover = CrystalGayleSomebodyLovesYou.jpg
Artist = [[Crystal Gayle]] |
| alt =
Cover = CrystalGayleSomebodyLovesYou.jpg |
Released = 1975 |
| released = October 20, 1975
Recorded = |
| recorded =
| venue =
Genre = [[country music|Country]] |
| studio = [[Jack Clement Recording Studio|Jack Clement Recording]] (Nashville, Tennessee)
Length = 26:09 |
Label = [[United Artists Records|United Artists]] |
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = 26:09
Producer = [[Allen Reynolds]] |
| label = [[United Artists Records|United Artists]]<ref name=RS/>
Reviews = [[Allmusic]] {{Rating|3.5|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rf6uak8k5m3b] <nowiki></nowiki> |
| producer = [[Allen Reynolds]]
Last album = ''[[Crystal Gayle (album)|Crystal Gayle]]'' <br /> (1975) |
| prev_title = [[Crystal Gayle (album)|Crystal Gayle]]
This album = '''''Somebody Loves You''''' <br /> (1975) |
| prev_year = 1975
Next album = ''[[Crystal (Crystal Gayle album)|Crystal]]'' <br /> (1976) |}}
| next_title = [[Crystal (Crystal Gayle album)|Crystal]]
| next_year = 1976
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Somebody Loves You
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Somebody Loves You (Crystal Gayle song)|Somebody Loves You]]
| single1date = December 1975
| single2 = [[I'll Get Over You]]
| single2date = March 1976
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|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>
}}
'''''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==
'''''Somebody Loves You''''' was the second album by [[Crystal Gayle]]. It rose as high as #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 of 1976. Another song, "Dreaming My Dreams with You," was recorded thirty years later by [[Patty Loveless]] on her album ''[[Dreamin' My Dreams]]'' in 2005.
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==
{{track list
#"Before I'm Fool Enough (to Give It One More Try)" (Allen Reynolds) – 2:06
|title1 = Before I'm Fool Enough (To Give It One More Try)
#"I'll Get Over You" ([[Richard Leigh (songwriter)|Richard Leigh]]) – 3:30
|writer1 = [[Allen Reynolds]]
#"Sweet Baby on My Mind" (Jim Owen) – 2:34
|length1 = 2:06
#"I Want to Lose Me in You" (Jim Rushing/Mike Chapman) – 2:21
|title2 = [[I'll Get Over You]]
#"High Time" (Bobby David) – 2:18
|writer2 = [[Richard Leigh (songwriter)|Richard Leigh]]
#"[[Somebody Loves You (Crystal Gayle song)|Somebody Loves You]]" (Allen Reynolds) – 2:24
|length2 = 3:30
#"What You've Done for Me" (Sandy Mason Theoret) – 2:51
|title3 = Sweet Baby on My Mind
#"Coming Closer" (Crystal Gayle/Bill Gatzimos) – 2:29
|writer3 = [[Jim Owen (singer-songwriter)|Jim Owen]]
#"Dreaming My Dreams with You" (Allen Reynolds) – 2:56
|length3 = 2:34
#"What I've Been Needin'" ([[Ray Griff]]) – 2:40
|title4 = I Want to Lose Me in You
|writer4 = Jim Rushing, [[Marshall Chapman]]
|length4 = 2:21
|title5 = High Time
|writer5 = Bobby David
|length5 = 2:18
|title6 = [[Somebody Loves You (Crystal Gayle song)|Somebody Loves You]]
|writer6 = Reynolds
|length6 = 2:24
|title7 = What You've Done for Me
|writer7 = [[Sandy Mason Theoret]]
|length7 = 2:51
|title8 = Coming Closer
|writer8 = [[Crystal Gayle]], Bill Gatzimos
|length8 = 2:29
|title9 = Dreaming My Dreams with You
|writer9 = Reynolds
|length9 = 2:56
|title10 = What I've Been Needin{{'-}}
|writer10 = [[Ray Griff]]
|length10 = 2:40
}}

==Personnel==
*Crystal Gayle - vocals
*Jimmy Colvard - electric and acoustic guitar
*[[Allen Reynolds]] - acoustic guitar, backing vocals
*[[Lloyd Green]] - steel guitar
*[[Buddy Spicher]] - fiddle
*Joe Allen - bass
*[[Shane Keister]] - keyboards
*Charles Cochran - keyboards, string arrangements
*[[Kenny Malone]] - drums, percussion
*[[Garth Fundis]], Janie Fricke - backing vocals

==Charts==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1975–1976)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|11|artist=Crystal Gayle|rowheader=true|accessdate=July 19, 2021}}
|}
{{col-2}}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1976)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! 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>
| 6
|}
{{col-end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Crystal Gayle}}

{{Authority control}}


[[Category:Crystal Gayle albums]]
[[Category:Crystal Gayle albums]]

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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