Three Good Reasons
Studio album by
Crystal Gayle
Released1992
StudioGroundStar Laboratory, Quad Studios, Sound Stage Studios, Sound Shop Studios and 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)

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]

Critical reception

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

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

Production

References

  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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