Somebody Like Me (album) explained

Somebody Like Me
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Eddy Arnold
Cover:	Somebody Like Me (Eddy Arnold album).png
Released:	1966
Genre:	Country
Label:	RCA Victor
Prev Title:	The Last Word in Lonesome
Prev Year:	1966
Next Title:	Lonely Again
Next Year:	1967

Somebody Like Me is an album by American country music singer Eddy Arnold. It was released by RCA Victor in 1966.^[1]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart on December 24, 1966, spent two weeks at No. 1, and remained on the chart for a total of 36 weeks. The album included two hit singles: "Somebody Like Me" (No. 1) and "The Tip of My Fingers" (No. 3).^[2]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of two stars.^[3] Reviewer Greg Adams called it "one of the blandest middle-of-the-road pop records Eddy Arnold made in the '60s, [and] also one of his most commercially successful."^[3]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Somebody Like Me" (Wayne Carson)
2. "Lay Some Happiness on Me"
3. "There's Always Me"
4. "Come By Me Nice and Slow"
5. "You Made Up for Everything"
6. "At Sunset

Side B

1. "The Tip of My Fingers" (Bill Anderson)
2. "Love on My Mind"
3. "I Love You Drops"
4. "Don't Laugh at My Love"
5. "Ev'ry Step of the Way"
6. "It's Only Love"

Notes and References

1. Web site: Somebody Like Me. 1966 . Discogs. December 18, 2020.
2. Book: Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc.. 1997. 9. 0898201241.
3. Web site: Somebody Like Me. AllMusic. December 18, 2020.