Now and Again (Daryle Singletary album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Now and Again
| type = compilation
| artist = Daryle Singletary
| cover = darylenow.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2000|07|11}}
| recorded =
| venue =
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| genre = Country
| length = 33:26
| label = Audium
| producer = John Hobbs, David Malloy, James Stroud, Randy Travis
| prev_title = Ain't It the Truth
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = That's Why I Sing This Way
| next_year = 2002
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/now-and-again-mw0000066974|title=Now and Again - Daryle Singletary | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev2Score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=7 |page=488}}
}}
Now and Again is a compilation album by the American country music singer Daryle Singletary, released in 2000 via Audium.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1121892/new-daryle-singletary-album-leads-weeks-releases/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420195339/http://www.mtv.com/news/1121892/new-daryle-singletary-album-leads-weeks-releases/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 20, 2021|title=New Daryle Singletary Album Leads Week's Releases|website=MTV News}}{{cite journal |last1=Gordon |first1=Nancy |title=Reunion draws Supernaw to Waynesville |journal=The Pantagraph |date=22 June 2000 |page=G6}}
The album includes six songs from his previous albums for Giant Records: "I Let Her Lie", "Too Much Fun" and "Would These Arms Be in Your Way" from Daryle Singletary, "Amen Kind of Love" from All Because of You, and "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet" and "The Note" from Ain't It the Truth. It also includes four new tracks in "I've Thought of Everything", "Dumaflache", a cover of Savage Garden's "I Knew I Loved You", and the title track.
"I Knew I Loved You" and "I've Thought of Everything" were both released as singles, peaking at No. 55 and No. 70 on the U.S. country singles charts.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/daryle-singletary/chart-history/csi/|title=Daryle Singletary|magazine=Billboard}}
Critical reception
Country Standard Time called the album "fabulous," and compared Singletary to George Jones and Faron Young.{{Cite web|url=https://www.countrystandardtime.com/d/cdreview.asp?xid=686|title=Daryle Singletary - Now and Again|website=www.countrystandardtime.com}} Rolling Stone, in article published after Singletary's death, praised the "less polished and a lot more organic" cover of "I Knew I Loved You".{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country-lists/daryle-singletary-his-10-essential-songs-204953/|title=Daryle Singletary: His 10 Essential Songs|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 13, 2018}}
Track listing
- "Too Much Fun" (Curtis Wright, T.J. Knight) – 2:45
- "I've Thought of Everything" (Trey Matthews, Daryle Singletary, Kerry Singletary) – 3:28
- "You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet" (Tony Haselden, Tim Mensy) – 4:10
- "Amen Kind of Love" (Trey Bruce, Wayne Tester) – 3:29
- "I Let Her Lie" (Tim Johnson) – 2:58
- "Would These Arms Be in Your Way" (Hank Cochran, Vern Gosdin, Red Lane) – 3:07
- "Dumaflache" (Billy Lawson) – 3:18
- "I Knew I Loved You" (Daniel Jones, Darren Hayes) – 3:31
- "Now and Again" (Chris Cummings, D. Singletary) – 3:15
- "The Note" (Buck Moore, Michele Rae) – 3:27
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Category:2000 compilation albums