I Love You Because (album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = I Love You Because

| type = studio

| artist = Al Martino

| cover =I Love You Because (album).jpg

| alt =

| released = July 7, 1963

| recorded = 1963

| studio =

| genre = Easy listening

| length = 30:42

| label = Capitol

| producer = Voyle Gilmore

| prev_title = When Your Love Has Gone

| prev_year = 1963

| next_title = Painted, Tainted Rose

| next_year = 1963

| misc = {{Singles

| name = I Love You Because

| type = studio

| single1 = I Love You Because

| single1date = March 4, 1963

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = New Record Mirror

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last= Watson|first= Jimmy |date=24 August 1963 |title=Al Martino: I Love You Because |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-08-24.pdf |magazine=New Record Mirror |issue=128 |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401224842/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/63/Record-Mirror-1963-08-24.pdf|archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=6 August 2022}}

}}

I Love You Because is the sixth album by American recording artist Al Martino. It peaked at number seven on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart in 1963. Its biggest hit was "I Love You Because", which peaked at number one on the adult contemporary chart on May 25, 1963, and later peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 on June 1, 1963.

Track listing

Side one

  1. "I Love You Because" – 2:40
  2. "Bouquet of Roses" – 2:17
  3. "I Really Don't Want to Know" – 2:43
  4. "Lonely Drifter" – 2:00
  5. "It's a Sin" – 2:23
  6. "Losing You" – 2:52

Side two

  1. "Still" – 2:49
  2. "If I Never Get to Heaven" – 2:27
  3. "You Win Again" – 2:02
  4. "Merry-Go-Round" – 2:21
  5. "Just Call Me Lonesome" – 2:57
  6. "Take These Chains From My Heart – 2:28

Charts

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
scope=col | Chart (1963)

!scope=col | Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|7|artist=Al Martino|rowheader=true}}

References