Three Good Reasons
1992 studio album by Crystal Gayle
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Three Good Reasons is an album by the American musician Crystal Gayle, released in 1992.[2][3] Many of its songs are about the ending of a relationship.[4] The title track was released as the album's first single.[5] Gayle supported the album with a North American tour.[6]
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| Released | 1992 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 32:34 | |||
| Label | Liberty[1] | |||
| Producer | Buzz Stone | |||
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Critical reception
The Ottawa Citizen wrote that Gayle's voice "retains its other-worldly quality, that cool distance that lets her pass through any song without getting the least bit involved in it."[8] The Richmond Times-Dispatch called the album "a smart departure from the syrupy, pops-flavored crossover hits she had in the mid-'70s."[9] The Miami Herald noted that "a bluesy rhythm track accents 'The Trouble With Me (Is You)' while Gayle delivers a sly, '40s style performance."[10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Why Cry?" | Jackson Leap | 2:39 |
| 2. | "A Rose Between Two Thorns" | Gene Nelson, Robert Byrne | 3:07 |
| 3. | "The Trouble with Me (Is You)" | L. Davis Lewis, Kim Williams | 2:53 |
| 4. | "If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me" | Jimmy Buffett, Will Jennings, Michael Utley | 3:25 |
| 5. | "One Less Set of Footsteps" | Jim Croce | 2:57 |
| 6. | "The Least That I Can Do" | Allen Holmes, James Dean Hicks, Roger Murrah | 3:38 |
| 7. | "Love to, Can't Do" | Mark Wright, B. James Lowry | 3:16 |
| 8. | "99% of the Time" | Paul Davis, Even Stevens, Hillary Kanter, Amy Sky | 3:47 |
| 9. | "Living in Tears" | Tommy Polk, David Mills | 2:55 |
| 10. | "Three Good Reasons" | Don Schlitz, David Wingo | 3:57 |
Personnel
- Crystal Gayle – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Joel Bouchillon – acoustic piano
- Ronnie Godfrey – acoustic piano
- Bobby All – acoustic guitar
- Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
- Brian Smith – electric guitar
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
- Ron De La Vega – bass
- Steve Turner – drums
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Charles Cochran – string arrangements
- Bob Mason – cello
- Gary Vanosdale – viola
- Kristin Wilkinson – viola
- Conni Ellisor – violin
- Carl Gorodetzky – violin
- Lee Larrison – violin
- Ted Madsen – violin
- Pamela Sixfin – violin
- Jim Ferguson – backing vocals
- Wendell Mobley – backing vocals
- Cindy Richardson-Walker – backing vocals
- Harry Stinson – backing vocals
- Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
Production
- Buzz Stone – producer
- Mike Griffith – digital recording, overdub engineer
- Stephen Tillisch – digital recording, mixing
- Joel Bouchillon – recording assistant, assistant overdub engineer, mix assistant
- Todd Culross – recording assistant, assistant overdub engineer
- Milan Bogdan – digital editing
- Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Virginia Team – art direction
- Jerry Joyner – design
- Mark Tucker – photography
- Mary Beth Felts – make-up