Released August 1987 (1987-08) The Best of Crystal Gayle
(1987) Nobody's Angel
(1988) Label Warner Bros. Records | Recorded 1982–1986 Artist Crystal Gayle Genre Country pop | |
Producer Jimmy Bowen
Michael Masser
Jim Ed Norman
Allen Reynolds Similar Crystal Gayle albums, Other albums | ||
The Best of Crystal Gayle is a compilation album by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in August 1987 on Warner Bros. Records. The album contained Gayle's major hit singles while recording for the latter label between 1982 and 1986. She would depart from Warner Bros. the following year.
Contents
Background and reception
The Best of Crystal Gayle consists of ten tracks, all of which had been previously recorded and been issued on Gayle's albums for the Warner Bros. label. According to Allmusic, the album contained many of her major hits with the record company including, "'Til I Gain Control Again", "Turning Away", and "Straight to the Heart". The album was originally released in several different formats. It was first issued as a Vinyl LP, followed by an audio cassette and then a compact disc. The Best of Crystal Gayle was released in the United States, Canada, Germany, and Japan.
The Best of Crystal Gayle was officially issued in August 1987 on Warner Bros. Records. The record reached the fifty third position on the Billboard Top Country Albums on the chart issued for August 13. The album spawned one single in late 1987 entitled "Only Love Can Save Me Now". It originally had been recorded for Gayle's 1986 studio album Straight to the Heart. The single peaked at number eleven on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number eighteen on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
Charts
Songs
1Cry4:16
2Turning Away2:54
3Baby - What About You2:43