Crystal Gayle is the eponymous debut album by Crystal Gayle, although she had previously recorded material which was not released until later. It was released on February 7, 1975. The album peaked at #25 on the Billboard Country Albums chart, and included three charting Hot Country Singles: "Wrong Road Again" at #6, "Beyond You" at #27, and "This Is My Year for Mexico" at #21.

Crystal Gayle
Studio album by Crystal Gayle
Released	February 7, 1975
Studio	Jack Clement Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Length	26:21
Label	United Artists
Producer	Allen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle chronology
Crystal Gayle (1975) Somebody Loves You (1975)
Singles from Crystal Gayle
"Wrong Road Again" Released: September 1974

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Also included is her first rendition of "When I Dream," which would become a big hit three years later on the release of her 1978 album When I Dream. The recording of "Beyond You" is the same one that reappears on 1979's We Should Be Together. The song was later covered by Ava Barber, who included a version on her 1976 album Country as Grits. It was composed by Gayle and her then husband and manager, Bill Gatzimos.

Track listing

Personnel

• Crystal Gayle – vocals
• Jimmy Colvard - electric and rhythm guitar
• Allen Reynolds - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
• Lloyd Green - steel guitar, dobro
• Buddy Spicher - fiddle
• Joe Allen - bass
• Charles Cochrane - keyboards, string arrangements
• Bobby Wood - keyboards
• Jimmy Isbell, Kenny Malone - drums, percussion
• Garth Fundis - baritone horn, backing vocals, engineer

Technical

• Lloyd Ziff - art direction
• Ria Lewerke - design
• Doug Metzler - photography

References