Night Life (Ray Price album)

Reception

Night Life was Ray Price's first LP to hit the charts. It was released in April, 1963, but Billboard didn't start publishing a Country Album chart until January, 1964. At that time, it was still selling well enough to appear and in the chart's second week, it was the number one album, the first of five to reach #1 during Price's career.

Allmusic awarded the compilation album 5 stars stating "this 12-song collection is the last gasp of true honky tonk, the first stab at mainstreaming it into the Nashville sound of the 1960s, or country music's first concept album".

Track listing

1. "Introduction and Theme / Night Life" (Walt Breeland, Paul Buskirk, Willie Nelson) - 2:05
2. "Lonely Street" (Carl Belew, Kenny Sowder, W.S. Stevenson) - 4:41
3. "The Wild Side of Life" (Arlie Carter, William Warren) - 3:01
4. "Sittin' and Thinkin'" (Charlie Rich) - 2:57
5. "The Twenty-Fourth Hour" (Ray Price) - 2:50
6. "A Girl in the Night" (Hank Thompson) - 2:47
7. "Pride" (Wayne P. Walker/Irene Stanton) - 2:34
8. "There's No Fool Like a Young Fool" (Bette Thomasson) - 2:54
9. "If She Could See Me Now" (Hank Cochran) - 2:39
10. "Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women" (Eddie Kirkland) - 2:22
11. "Are You Sure" (Buddy Emmons, Willie Nelson) - 2:20
12. "Let Me Talk to You" (Don Stewart Davis, Danny Dill)- 3:00

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