The Jim Reeves Way
{{Infobox album
| name = The Jim Reeves Way
| type = Studio
| artist = Jim Reeves
| cover = The Jim Reeves Way cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1965
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| genre = Country
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| label = RCA Victor
| producer = Chet Atkins, Bob Ferguson
| prev_title = Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = Up Through the Years
| next_year = 1965
| misc =
}}
{{Album ratings
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| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-jim-reeves-way-mw0001879930|title=The Jim Reeves Way - Jim Reeves|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=2022-05-06}}
| rev2 = Record Mirror
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Peter |author-link1=Peter Jones (journalist) |last2= Jopling |first2= Norman |date=15 May 1965 |title=Jim Reeves: The Jim Reeves Way |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/65/Record-Mirror-1965-05-15.pdf |magazine=Record Mirror |issue=218 |page=11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225425/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/65/Record-Mirror-1965-05-15.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=17 August 2022}}
| rev3 = The Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music
}}
The Jim Reeves Way is a studio album by Jim Reeves, released posthumously in 1965 on RCA Victor. It was produced by Chet Atkins and Bob Ferguson.
The album included 12 tracks, among which "Make the World Go Away" and "Maureen".{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mSgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22The+Jim+Reeves+Way%22&pg=PA34|title=Billboard 12 February 1965|date=13 February 1965 }}
The album opens with a cover of Hank Cochran's song "Make the World Go Away", recorded by Reeves at his last recording session in July 1964.
"I Can't Stop Loving You" is another song from that session{{citation needed|date=May 2022}} and is in fact the last song Reeves ever recorded:
When the session ended with some time remaining on the schedule, Reeves suggested that he should record one more song. And he taped "I Can't Stop Loving You".{{Cite web|url=https://kboeradio.com/this-day-in-1964-jim-reeves-final-rca-sessions/|title=This day in 1964: Jim Reeves' final RCA Victor sessions | KBOE 104.9FM Hot Country|website=Kboeradio.com|access-date=August 9, 2021}}{{cite book |last=Jordan |first=Larry |date=December 24, 2018 |title=Jim Reeves: His Untold Story |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G-OGHWrU4HMC&q=jim+reeves+beechcraft+crash&pg=PA617 |publisher=Page Turner Books International |page=574 |isbn=978-0615524306}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
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| title1 = Make the World Go Away
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| writer1 = Hank Cochran
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| title2 = In the Misty Moonlight
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| writer2 = Cindy Walker
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| title3 = You'll Never Know
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| writer3 = Mack Gordon / Harry Warren
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| title4 = There's That Smile Again
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| writer4 = Benny Davis / Jim Reeves
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| title5 = Bolandse nooientjie
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| writer5 = Jim Reeves
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| title6 = It Hurts So Much (to See You Go)
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| writer6 = Bob Moore / Jim Reeves / Bobby Warren
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| title7 = I Can't Stop Loving You
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| writer7 = Don Gibson
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| title8 = A Nickel Piece of Candy
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| writer8 = Alex Zanetis
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| title9 = Where Do I Go to Throw a Picture Away
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| writer9 = Carl Belew / Jim Reeves
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| title10 = Maureen
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| writer10 = Robert B. Sherman
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| title11 = Ek verlang na jou
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| title12 = Somewhere Along the Line
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| writer12 = Jim Reeves / Jimmy Tipton
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Charts
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! scope="col"| Chart (1964–1965) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|45|artist=Jim Reeves|rowheader=true|access-date=May 6, 2022|refname=}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|2|artist=Jim Reeves|rowheader=true|access-date=May 6, 2022|refname=BillboardCountry}} |
Awards and nominations
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!scope="col"| Award !scope="col"| Year{{efn|Indicates the year of ceremony.}} !scope="col"| Category !scope="col"| Result !scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |
| rowspan="1" scope="row"| Billboard Country Music Awards
|rowspan="1" scope="row"| 1965 | Favorite Album (1964–'65) | {{nom}} |rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KCkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=The+Jim+Reeves+Way&pg=PA8 | title=Billboard | date=23 October 1965 }}{{cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JSkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=The+Jim+Reeves+Way&pg=PA56 | title=Billboard | date=16 October 1965 }} |
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| rowspan="1" scope="row"| Grammy Awards
|rowspan="1" scope="row"| 1966 | Best Country & Western Album | {{nom}} |rowspan="1" style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/8th-annual-grammy-awards|title=8th Annual GRAMMY Awards {{!}} 1965|website=GRAMMY.com|access-date=May 6, 2022}} |
Notes
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References
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