For the Good Times (Dean Martin album) explained

For the Good Times
Type:	studio
Artist:	Dean Martin
Cover:	MartinGoodTimes.jpg
Released:	January 1971
Recorded:	September 1970
Genre:	Country pop
Length:	27:11
Label:	Reprise RS 6428
Producer:	Jimmy Bowen
Prev Title:	My Woman, My Woman, My Wife
Prev Year:	1970
Next Title:	Dino
Next Year:	1972

For the Good Times is a 1971 studio album by Dean Martin arranged by Ernie Freeman and produced by Jimmy Bowen.

The album peaked at 113 on the Billboard 200 and 41 on the Billboard top Country Albums chart. It was reissued on CD by Capitol Records in 2006 and Hip-O Records in 2009. Though Martin was recording infrequently at this stage of his career, this was the second album he recorded in 1970.

Reception

The initial Billboard review from 6 February 1971 commented that "Dean Martin is an old timer who knows how to make time with the new crop of writers".^[1] William Ruhlmann on Allmusic.com gave the album two and a half stars out of five. Ruhlmann said that "Martin handled the material with his usual careless aplomb, but the result was just another record, no better or worse than its immediate predecessors".

Track listing

Side One:

"For the Good Times" (Kris Kristofferson) – 3:50
"Marry Me" (Barry Mason, Les Reed) – 2:34
"Georgia Sunshine" (Jerry Reed Hubbard) – 2:58
"Invisible Tears" (Ned Miller, Sue Miller) – 2:10
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:43

Side Two:

"A Perfect Mountain" (Gene Thomas) – 2:46
"Raining in My Heart" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) – 2:37
"She's a Little Bit of Country" (Harlan Howard) – 2:34
"For Once in My Life" (Ron Miller, Orlando Murden) – 2:19
"Sweetheart" (Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb) – 2:40

Personnel

Dean Martin – vocals
Ernie Freeman – arranger
Ed Thrasher – art direction
- Eddie Brackett – engineer Jimmy Bowen – record producer

Notes and References

Book: Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. Billboard. 14 July 2013. 6 February 1971. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. 58–. 0006-2510.