For the Good Times (Ray Price album)
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| Released | 1970 | |||
| Studio | Columbia Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee)[1] | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 32:40 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Don Law | |||
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For the Good Times is a studio album by country music artist Ray Price. It was released in 1970 by Columbia Records (catalog no. C-30106).
The album debuted on Billboard magazine's country album chart on September 5, 1970, held the No. 1 spot for nine weeks, and remained on the chart for a total of 120 weeks. It was the best-selling album of Price's career. It included three No. 1 or No. 2 hits: "For the Good Times" (No. 1); "Crazy Arms (No. 1); and "Heartaches by the Number" (No. 2).[2]
For the Good Times was Kris Kristofferson's first No. 1 hit as a songwriter. The album also included another Kristofferson song, "Help Me Make It Through the Night", which became a No. 1 hit when it was covered later in the year by Sammi Smith.
AllMusic gave the album four-and-a-half stars.[3]
Track listing
[edit]Side A
- "For the Good Times" (Kris Kristofferson)
- "Gonna Burn Some Bridges" (Mel Tillis)
- "Crazy Arms" (Chuck Seals, Ralph Mooney)
- "I'll Go to a Stranger" (Dave Kirby, Ray Pennington)
- "Black and White Lies" (Buck Fowler, Jimmy Fowler)
- "Grazin' in Greener Pastures" (Ray Pennington)
Side B
- "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (Kris Kristofferson)
- "Lonely World" (Elbert West)
- "You Can't Take it with You" (Hal Bynum, Jim Kandy)
- "A Cold Day in July" (Richard C. Leigh)
- "Heartaches by the Number" (Harlan Howard)
Charts
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References
[edit]- ^ "Recording Studios on Nashville's Music Row" (PDF). newschannel5. National Trust for Historic Preservation. 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 137. ISBN 0898201241.
- ^ "For the Good Times". AllMusic. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ^ "Ray Price Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ "Ray Price Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1970". Billboard. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1971". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1971". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1972". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
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