Some Things Don't Come Easy
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{{Infobox album
| name = Some Things Don't Come Easy
| type = Album
| artist = England Dan & John Ford Coley
| cover = Some Things Don't Come Easy (album cover).jpg
| alt =
| released = March 1978
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Studio By The Pond (Hendersonville, TN)
| length =
| label = Big Tree
| producer = Kyle Lehning
| prev_title = Dowdy Ferry Road
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Dr. Heckle and Mr. Jive
| next_year = 1979
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Some Things Don't Come Easy
| type = studio
| single1 = We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again
| single1date = February 17, 1978
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=r6798|first=Joe|last=Viglione}}
| rev2 =
| rev2Score =
| noprose = yes
}}
Some Things Don't Come Easy is the sixth studio album by the pop rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley.
Track listing
- "Some Things Don't Come Easy" (Dan Seals) - 4:22
- "If The World Ran Out Of Love Tonight" (Michael Garvin, Blake Mevis, Admiral S. Clay Wilson, Kelly Wilson) - 3:03
- "You Can't Dance" (Tim Ryan, Bob Yeomans) - 2:56
- "Who's Lonely Now" (John Ford Coley, Seals) - 3:19
- "Hold Me" (Coley, Bob Gundry, Simon Waltzer) - 3:32
- "We'll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again" (Jeffrey Comanor) - 2:49
- "Lovin' Somebody on a Rainy Night" (Dave Loggins) - 3:24
- "Beyond the Tears" (Comanor, Gundry) - 3:45
- "Calling For You Again" (Coley, Gundry) - 2:44
- "Wanting You Desperately" (Seals) - 3:55
- "Just the Two of Us" (Coley, Seals) - 2:20
Personnel
- Dan Seals – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- John Ford Coley – lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar
- Shane Keister – keyboards
- Bobby Emmons – organ
- Johnny Christopher – acoustic guitar
- Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitar
- Doyle Grisham – steel guitar
- Joe Osborn – bass
- Jack Williams – bass
- Larrie Londin – drums
- Farrell Morris – percussion
- Gove Scrivenor – autoharp
- Cindy Reynolds – harp
- Harvey Thompson – saxophone solo
- Muscle Shoals Horns – horns
- Billy Puett – woodwinds
- Bergen White – string arrangements
- The Shelly Kurland Strings – strings
- Sheri Kramer – backing vocals
- Lisa Silver – backing vocals
- Diane Tidwell – backing vocals
- Vicki Lehning – backing vocals (11)
= Production =
- Producer – Kyle Lehning
- Engineers – Kyle Lehning and Marshall Morgan
- Assistant Engineer – Tom Knox
- Recorded at Studio By The Pond (Hendersonville, TN).
- Mixed by Elliot Scheiner at A&R Studios (New York, NY), assisted by Ed Rak.
- Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics (Nashville, TN).
- Photography – Alan Bergman
- Management – Susan Joseph
Charts
| class="wikitable"
!Year !Chart !Position |
| 1978
|align="center"|61 |
References
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Category:England Dan & John Ford Coley albums