The Intimate Jim Reeves Explained

The Intimate Jim Reeves
Type:	studio
Artist:	Jim Reeves
Cover:	The Intimate Jim Reeves.png
Released:	1960
Genre:	Country
Label:	RCA Victor
Producer:	Chet Atkins
Prev Title:	According to My Heart
Prev Year:	1960
Next Title:	He'll Have to Go
Next Year:	1960

The Intimate Jim Reeves is an album recorded by Jim Reeves (backed by the Anita Kerr Singers and a string section) and released in 1960 on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. LPM-2216). The album was produced by Chet Atkins and arranged by Marty Gold and Cliff Parman.^[1]

In Billboard magazine's annual poll of country and western disc jockeys, it was ranked No. 6 among the "Favorite C&W Albums" of 1960.^[2]

In July 1964, the album's fourth track, "I'm Getting Better", reached No. 3 on the Billboard country and western chart.^[3]

AllMusic gave the album three-and-a-half stars, and critic Bruce Eder called it: "Superb countrypolitan pop by the man who practically invented the format, near the peak of his powers as a singer."^[4]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Dark Moon" (Miller) [2:38]
2. "Oh, How I Miss You Tonight" (Davis, Burke, Fisher) [2:05]
3. "Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me" (Walker) [2:44]
4. "I'm Gettin' Better" (Reeves) [2:14]
5. "Almost" (Toombs, McAlpin) [2:45]
6. "You're Free to Go" (Robertson, Herscher) [2:00]

Side B

1. "You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me)" (Toombs) [2:19]
2. "Have I Stayed Away Too Long?" (Loesser) [3:01]
3. "No One to Cry to" (Willing, Robin) [2:36]
4. "I Was Just Walking Out the Door" (Walker) [2:12]
5. "Room Full of Roses" (Spencer) [2:40]
6. "We Could" (Bryant) [3:02]

See also

• Jim Reeves discography

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jim Reeves - The Intimate Jim Reeves. Discogs. December 7, 2020.
2. News: Favorite C&W Albums. The Billboard. October 31, 1960. 24.
3. Book: The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Joel Whitburn. Billboard Books. 1996. 0823076326 . 264.
4. Web site: Jim Reeves - The Intimate Jim Reeves. Allmusic.com. December 7, 2020.