Maybe it’s because she’s more unassuming than her older sister Loretta Lynn, or maybe it’s just the fickleness of pop music history, but it feels like Crystal Gayle is the overlooked queen of 70s pop country. We’re sure you know and love Crystal Gayle’s two chart-toppers: TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP and DON’T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE. So, let’s look at five other Frank favorites.
Crystal is dealing with an ex-lover who turns up unexpectedly on her doorstep to try and rekindle their love. And, rightly so, she is suspicious. All the while Allen Reynolds blends folk harmonies and handclaps with a smooth yacht rock groove.
This gentle song of self-empowerment has beautifully bleak lyrics like “You'll never break in woman in me though you might break the smile. You'll never hurt the woman in me, but you might hurt the child.” And It is Frank’s favorite of Crystal’s hits.
Bleaker still, and written by Allen Reynolds, this 1974 cut fills you up with the loneliness and restlessness felt by a truly unhappy friend. Since Hollywood’s auteur of ‘70s pop, Quentin Tarantino, used it on the soundtrack of The Hateful Eight, you know we are not exaggerating its goodness.
Sounding like the lost theme to a glitzy early 80s soap opera, this 1979 summery floor filler is essential slow disco. The production only pushed Crystal further creatively as she experimented with sounds that would cement her reputation as a crossover artist in the new decade.
With her LPs, Crystal always comes off the blocks strong. The songs she chooses to open her albums are absolute bangers, this opener of her 1976 album Crystal is no different. Recorded at Jack Clements’s Tracks studio in Nashville, I’LL DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN is a breezy slice (with electric piano!) of sugary country-pop deliciousness.
Maybe it’s because she’s more unassuming than her older sister Loretta Lynn, or maybe it’s just the fickleness of pop music history, but it feels like Crystal Gayle is the overlooked queen of 70s pop country. We’re sure you know and love Crystal Gayle’s two chart-toppers: TALKING IN YOUR SLEEP and DON’T IT MAKE MY BROWN EYES BLUE. So, let’s look at five other Frank favorites.
Crystal is dealing with an ex-lover who turns up unexpectedly on her doorstep to try and rekindle their love. And, rightly so, she is suspicious. All the while Allen Reynolds blends folk harmonies and handclaps with a smooth yacht rock groove.
WHY HAVE YOU LEFT THE ONE YOU LEFT ME FOR
This gentle song of self-empowerment has beautifully bleak lyrics like “You'll never break in woman in me though you might break the smile. You'll never hurt the woman in me, but you might hurt the child.” And It is Frank’s favorite of Crystal’s hits.
THE WOMAN IN ME
Bleaker still, and written by Allen Reynolds, this 1974 cut fills you up with the loneliness and restlessness felt by a truly unhappy friend. Since Hollywood’s auteur of ‘70s pop, Quentin Tarantino, used it on the soundtrack of The Hateful Eight, you know we are not exaggerating its goodness.
READY FOR THE TIMES TO GET BETTER
Sounding like the lost theme to a glitzy early 80s soap opera, this 1979 summery floor filler is essential slow disco. The production only pushed Crystal further creatively as she experimented with sounds that would cement her reputation as a crossover artist in the new decade.
HALF THE WAY
With her LPs, Crystal always comes off the blocks strong. The songs she chooses to open her albums are absolute bangers, this opener of her 1976 album Crystal is no different. Recorded at Jack Clements’s Tracks studio in Nashville, I’LL DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN is a breezy slice (with electric piano!) of sugary country-pop deliciousness.
I’LL DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN
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