These Days (Crystal Gayle album)

These Days is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in August 1980, it peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Country Album chart.

Continuing Gayle's run of No. 1 Billboard Country singles, the album contained the No. 1 hits "If You Ever Change Your Mind" and "Too Many Lovers". Another track, "Take It Easy" also became a Country hit, peaking at No. 17.

The album was certified gold by the RIAA in 1994 for sales of over 500,000 copies.

Personnel

 * Crystal Gayle - lead and harmony vocals
 * Jon Goin, Chris Leuzinger, Billy Sanford - guitar
 * Tommy Cogbill, Richard "Spady" Brannan, Joe Allen - bass
 * Bobby Wood - acoustic piano, organ
 * Charles Cochran - electric and acoustic piano, string arrangements
 * Larrie Londin, Gene Chrisman, Kenny Malone - drums
 * Farrell Morris - tambourine
 * Jay Patten - saxophone
 * Denis Solee - saxophone, flute, clarinet
 * The Sheldon Kurland Strings (Carl Gorodetzky, Dennis Molchan, George Binkley, Lennie Haight, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Samuel Terranova, Sheldon Kurland, Stephanie Woolf, Virginia Christensen) - strings
 * Bruce Dees, David Loggins, Jennifer Kimball, Marcia Routh, Pebble Daniel, Steve Brantley - harmony vocals on "Take It Easy"
 * Technical
 * Garth Fundis, John Donegan - engineer
 * Virginia Team - art direction
 * Beverly Parker, Brian Hagiwara - photography