I'll Always Love You (album) explained

I'll Always Love You
Type:Studio
Artist:Anne Murray
Cover:AnneMurray1979.png
Released:October 1979
Studio:
  • Eastern Sound (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Genre:Country
Label:Capitol
Producer:Jim Ed Norman
Prev Title:New Kind of Feeling
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:Somebody's Waiting
Next Year:1980

I'll Always Love You is the sixteenth studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray, released in 1979 via Capitol Records. In the U.S. the album reached #4 on the Billboard Country albums chart and number 24 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. It achieved American sales of approximately 900,000 copies. It was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America RIAA.

The disc contains Murray's fourth #1 Country hit "Broken Hearted Me". It also contains her revival of The Monkees' 1967 #1 hit "Daydream Believer" which peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album also contained compositions by Dave Loggins, Rory Bourke, Charlie Black and Jesse Winchester.

The photo on the album cover depicts Murray, seated alone in a restaurant after what appears to be a broken engagement. Murray, who was then pregnant with her daughter Dawn Langstroth, is seated at a table so that her pregnancy is not visible in the photo.

Personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Australia Albums (Kent Music Report)[1] 86
Canadian Albums (RPM)18
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)1

Year-end charts

References

  1. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 212.
  2. Web site: Top Country Albums – Year-End 1980. Billboard. May 30, 2021.