Released April 4, 1987 Label Warner Bros. Nashville Artist Randy Travis Producer Kyle Lehning | Length 30:33 Always & Forever
(1987) Old 8×10
(1988) Release date 4 April 1987 Genre Country music | |
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Recorded 1986 at StarGem and Audio Media – Nashville, TN Awards Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance Similar An Old Time Christmas, Storms of Life, The Very Best of Randy Tr, This Is Me, Old 8×10 | ||
Always & Forever is the second album by country music singer Randy Travis. It was released on April 4, 1987 by Warner Bros. Records. Released from this album were the singles "Too Gone Too Long", "I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)", "Forever and Ever, Amen" and "I Told You So", all of which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
Contents
The track "What'll You Do About Me" has been covered by several artists, including single releases by Steve Earle, The Forester Sisters and Doug Supernaw. "I Told You So" was covered by Carrie Underwood as a duet with Travis on her 2007 album Carnival Ride, from which it was released as a single in January 2009.
Track listing
- "Too Gone Too Long" (Gene Pistilli) – 2:24
- "My House" (Al Gore, Paul Overstreet) – 2:54
- "Good Intentions" (Marvin Coe, Merle Haggard, Randy Travis) – 3:37
- "What'll You Do About Me" (Dennis Linde) – 2:38
- "I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)" (Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals) – 3:08
- "Forever and Ever, Amen" (Overstreet, Don Schlitz) – 3:31
- "I Told You So" (Travis) – 3:40
- "Anything" (Ronny Scaife, Phil Thomas) – 2:41
- "The Truth Is Lyin' Next to You" (Susan Longacre, Kent Robbins) – 3:24
- "Tonight We're Gonna Tear Down the Walls" (Jim Sales, Travis) – 2:38
Production
Reception
On episode #1515 of the award-winning podcast Never Not Funny, comedian Jimmy Pardo revealed this album as his #2 favorite album of 1987, behind Don Dixon's Romeo at Juilliard. Pardo admits, however, that he has never seen Travis in concert.
Songs
1Too Gone Too Long2:27
2My House2:54
3Good Intentions3:39