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Especially for You (Don Williams album)

Especially for You
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Studio album by Don Williams
Released 1981
Recorded Sound Emporium Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre Country
Label MCA
Producer Don Williams and Garth Fundis
Don Williams chronology
I Believe in You
(1980)I Believe in You1980
Especially for You
(1981)
Listen to the Radio
(1982)Listen to the Radio1982

Especially for You is the title of the eleventh studio album released by country music artist Don Williams. It was released in 1981 (see 1981 in country music). Three singles were released from the album which all reached the top ten. These were "Miracles" (#4), "If I Needed You" (with Emmylou Harris) (#3) and "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" (#1). The album peaked at #5 in the U.S. and reached #109 on the Billboard 200. This album, paired with his previous album, I Believe in You, were re-released on one CD in 1989.

His name is embossed on the upper part of the cover and is not visible on scans.

Many songs on this album are covers of earlier songs or would later be covered by other artists. "Fair-weather Friends" was released by its co-writer, Johnny Cash in 1982 on his album, The Adventures of Johnny Cash. "Years from now" was previously recorded by Bobbi Humphrey in 1977 and would later be made famous by Dr. Hook. "Lord, I Hope This Day is Good" has been covered by Anne Murray and by Lee Ann Womack on her 2000 album, I Hope You Dance. The duet with Emmylou Harris, "If I Needed You", was first recorded by Townes Van Zandt on his 1972 album, The Late Great Townes Van Zandt.

from liner notes

Arrangements for violins, violas and cellos by Charles Cochran. Performed by The Sheldon Kurland Strings.


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