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Three Good Reasons

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]

Three Good Reasons
Studio album by
Crystal Gayle
Released1992
Studio
  • Groundstar Labs (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Quad Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Sound Stage (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Sound Shop (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length32:34
LabelLiberty[1]
ProducerBuzz Stone
Crystal Gayle chronology
Ain't Gonna Worry
(1990) 		Three Good Reasons
(1992) 		Best Always
(1993)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [7]
USA Today    [4]

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

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Why Cry?"Jackson Leap2:39
2."A Rose Between Two Thorns"Gene Nelson, Robert Byrne3:07
3."The Trouble With Me (Is You)"L. Davis Lewis, Kim Williams2:53
4."If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me"Jimmy Buffett, Will Jennings, Michael Utley3:25
5."One Less Set of Footsteps"Jim Croce2:57
6."The Least That I Can Do"Allen Holmes, James Dean Hicks, Roger Murrah3:38
7."Love To, Can't Do"Mark Wright, B. James Lowry3:16
8."99% of the Time"Paul Davis, Even Stevens, Hillary Kanter, Amy Sky3:47
9."Living in Tears"Tommy Polk, David Mills2:55
10."Three Good Reasons"Don Schlitz, David Wingo3:57

Personnel

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  • 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

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  • 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
  • Bill Gatzimos – management

References

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  1. ^ "Other key country releases...". Weekend. Rocky Mountain News. May 2, 1992. p. 76.
  2. ^ Kohlhaase, Bill (6 May 1992). "Gayle Lets Only Her Hair Down at the Crazy Horse". Los Angeles Times. p. F2.
  3. ^ Hurst, Jack (5 July 1992). "Gayle's new force". Arts. Chicago Tribune. p. 12.
  4. ^ a b Zimmerman, David (6 Aug 1992). "Dunn & Gayle". USA Today. p. 4D.
  5. ^ Edwards, Joe (May 28, 1992). "Gayle's Force!". Entertainment. Toronto Sun. AP. p. 49.
  6. ^ Farmer, G. Robert (June 28, 1992). "Crystal". Watertown Daily Times. p. D1.
  7. ^ Three Good Reasons at AllMusic
  8. ^ Beyer, Susan (1 Aug 1992). "Country Music". Ottawa Citizen. p. G3.
  9. ^ Rowe, Norman (June 28, 1992). "Gayle's Upbeat Delivery Tops Good Reasons for 'Reasons'". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. J6.
  10. ^ Tarradell, Mario (August 14, 1992). "Crystal Gayle's Reasons Showcases Pristine Voice". Miami Herald. p. 11G.
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