For the Good Times (Ray Price album)

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).

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.

Track listing
Side A
 * 1) "For the Good Times" (Kris Kristofferson)
 * 2) "Gonna Burn Some Bridges" (Mel Tillis)
 * 3) "Crazy Arms" (Chuck Seals, Ralph Mooney)
 * 4) "I'll Go to a Stranger" (Dave Kirby, Ray Pennington)
 * 5) "Black and White Lies" (Buck Fowler, Jimmy Fowler)
 * 6) "Grazin' in Greener Pastures" (Ray Pennington)

Side B
 * 1) "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (Kris Kristofferson)
 * 2) "Lonely World" (Elbert West)
 * 3) "You Can't Take it with You" (Hal Bynum, Jim Kandy)
 * 4) "A Cold Day in July" (Richard C. Leigh)
 * 5) "Heartaches by the Number" (Harlan Howard)