For the Good Times, fully titled For the Good Times (and Other Country Moods), is the forty-second studio album by guitarist Chet Atkins. At the Grammy Awards of 1972, "Snowbird" won the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance. The album peaked at number 17 on the Billboard Country Albums charts.
| For the Good Times (and Other Country Moods) | ||||
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| Released | 1971 | |||
| Recorded | RCA "Nashville Sound" Studio, Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country, pop, jazz | |||
| Length | 26:18 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | Bob Ferguson | |||
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Track listing
editSide one
edit- "Snowbird" (Gene MacLellan) – 2:10
- "Chaplin in New Shoes" (Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:10
- "Walk Right Back" (Sonny Curtis) – 2:25
- "Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old Kentucky Home" (Lewis, Young, Meyer) – 2:44
- "Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci)" – 2:33
Side two
edit- "For the Good Times" (Kris Kristofferson) – 3:08
- "El Cóndor Pasa" (Paul Simon, George Milchberg) – 2:55
- "Just One Time" (Don Gibson) – 2:40
- "Together Alone" (Bruce Cockburn) – 3:06
- "Theme from Love Story" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 2:27
Personnel
edit- Chet Atkins – guitar
Production notes
- Al Pachucki – engineer
- Bob Vandevort – engineer
- Roy Shockley – recording technician
- Jimmy Moore – cover photo