These Days (Crystal Gayle album)
{{Infobox album
| name = These Days
| type = Album
| artist = Crystal Gayle
| cover = CrystalGayleTheseDays.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 1980
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Jack's Tracks (Nashville, Tennessee)
| genre = Country
| length = 33:53
| label = Columbia
| producer = Allen Reynolds
| prev_title = Miss the Mississippi
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = Favorites
| next_year = 1980
| misc = {{Singles
| name = These Days
| type = studio
| single1 = If You Ever Change Your Mind
| single1date = August 26, 1980
| single2 = Take It Easy
| single2date = January 1981
| single3 = Too Many Lovers
| single3date = May 1981
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |title=These Days Review by Jason Ankeny |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/these-days-mw0000189982 |website=AllMusic |access-date=7 December 2023}}
}}
These Days is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in August 1980, it peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Country Album chart.
Continuing Gayle's run of No. 1 Billboard Country singles, the album contained the No. 1 hits "If You Ever Change Your Mind" and "Too Many Lovers". Another track, "Take It Easy" also became a Country hit, peaking at No. 17.
The album was certified gold by the RIAA in 1994 for sales of over 500,000 copies.
Track listing
{{track list
|title1 = Too Many Lovers
|writer1 = Mark True, Ted Lindsay, Sam Hogin
|length1 = 3:46
|title2 = If You Ever Change Your Mind
|writer2 = Parker McGee, Bob Gundry
|length2 = 3:16
|title3 = Ain't No Love in the Heart of the City
|writer3 = Michael Price, Daniel Walsh
|length3 = 3:50
|title4 = Same Old Story (Same Old Song)
|writer4 = Joe Sample, Will Jennings
|length4 = 3:12
|title5 = Help Yourselves to Each Other
|writer5 = Allen Reynolds, Bob McDill
|length5 = 2:50
|title6 = Take It Easy
|writer6 = Delbert McClinton
|length6 = 3:58
|title7 = I Just Can't Leave Your Love Alone
|writer7 = Sample, Jennings
|length7 = 2:54
|title8 = You've Almost Got Me Believin{{'-}}
|writer8 = Barbara Wyrick
|length8 = 3:30
|title9 = Lover Man
|writer9 = Maxwell Anderson, Kurt Weill
|length9 = 3:44
|title10 = What a Little Moonlight Can Do
|writer10 = Harry M. Woods
|length10 = 2:53
}}
Personnel
- Crystal Gayle - lead and harmony vocals
- Jon Goin, Chris Leuzinger, Billy Sanford - guitar
- Tommy Cogbill, Richard "Spady" Brannan, Joe Allen - bass
- Bobby Wood - acoustic piano, organ
- Charles Cochran - electric and acoustic piano, string arrangements
- Larrie Londin, Gene Chrisman, Kenny Malone - drums
- Farrell Morris - tambourine
- Jay Patten - saxophone
- Denis Solee - saxophone, flute, clarinet
- The Sheldon Kurland Strings (Carl Gorodetzky, Dennis Molchan, George Binkley, Lennie Haight, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Samuel Terranova, Sheldon Kurland, Stephanie Woolf, Virginia Christensen) - strings
- Bruce Dees, David Loggins, Jennifer Kimball, Marcia Routh, Pebble Daniel, Steve Brantley - harmony vocals on "Take It Easy"
;Technical
- Garth Fundis, John Donegan - engineer
- Virginia Team - art direction
- Beverly Parker, Brian Hagiwara - photography
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1980)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{album chart|Billboard200|79|artist=Crystal Gayle|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 4, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|6|artist=Crystal Gayle|rowheader=true|accessdate=June 4, 2021}} |
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1981)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1981/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1981|work=Billboard|accessdate=June 4, 2021}}
| 28 |