Especially for You (Don Williams album)

Especially for You

Studio album by

Don Williams

Released

June 26, 1981

Studio

Sound Emporium Studios, Nashville, TN^[1]

Don Williams, Garth Fundis, Brian Ahern

Don Williams chronology

I Believe in You
(1980)

Especially for You
(1981)

Listen to the Radio
(1982)

Especially for You is the eleventh studio album by American 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.^[2]

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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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Fairweather Friends"	Joe Allen, Johnny Cash	4:14
2.	"I Don't Want to Love You"	Bob McDill	4:04
3.	"Years from Now"	Roger Cook, Charles Cochran	2:41
4.	"Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good"	Dave Hanner	4:06
5.	"Especially You"	Rick Beresford	2:30
6.	"If I Needed You" (duet with Emmylou Harris)	Townes Van Zandt	3:25
7.	"Now and Then"	Wayland Holyfield	3:21
8.	"Smooth Talking Baby"	Dave Kirby, Red Lane	3:07
9.	"I've Got You to Thank for That"	Blake Mevis, Don Pfrimmer	2:32
10.	"Miracles"	Cook	3:01

Production

All tracks produced by Don Williams and Garth Fundis except for "If I Needed You", which was co-produced with Brian Ahern.^[1]
Recorded at Sound Emporium Studios by Garth Fundis and Gary Laney
Remixed by Garth Fundis and Don Williams
Mastered by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics, Nashville

Personnel

from liner notes^[1]

Don Williams - lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar
Joe Allen - electric and upright bass
Charles Cochran - piano, organ, Prophet Synthesizer, string arrangements
Roger Cook - ukulele and harmony vocals on "Miracles"
Garth Fundis - harmony and backing vocals
Lloyd Green - steel guitar
David Kirby - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Shelley Kurland - violin solo on "Now and Then"
Pat McLaughlin - mandolin
Kenny Malone - conga, bongos, tambourine, shakers, drums
Billy Sanford - acoustic guitar
Biff Watson - synthesizer, gut-string guitar
The Sheldon Kurland Strings - strings

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[3]	109
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	5

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	37

Sources

^ ^a ^b ^c Especially for You (LP). Don Williams. MCA Records. 1981. 5210.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ WesterGaard, Sean. "Don Williams — Especially for You/I Believe in You". Allmusic. Archived from the original on October 12, 2009. Retrieved October 11, 2009.
^ "Don Williams Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
^ "Don Williams Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1982". Billboard. Retrieved January 30, 2021.

v t e Don Williams
Studio albums	Don Williams Volume One Don Williams Volume Two Don Williams Vol. 3 You're My Best Friend Harmony Visions I Believe in You Especially for You Listen to the Radio Yellow Moon Cafe Carolina New Moves One Good Well True Love And So It Goes
Singles	"The Shelter of Your Eyes" "Come Early Morning" "Atta Way to Go" "We Should Be Together" "I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me" "The Ties That Bind" "You're My Best Friend" "(Turn Out the Light And) Love Me Tonight" "'Til the Rivers All Run Dry" "Say It Again" "I Recall a Gypsy Woman" "She Never Knew Me" "Some Broken Hearts Never Mend" "I'm Just a Country Boy" "I've Got a Winner in You" "Rake and Ramblin' Man" "Tulsa Time" "Lay Down Beside Me" "It Must Be Love" "Love Me Over Again" "Good Ole Boys Like Me" "I Believe In You" "Falling Again" "Miracles" "If I Needed You" (with Emmylou Harris) "Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good" "Listen to the Radio" "Mistakes" "If Hollywood Don't Need You (Honey I Still Do)" "Love Is on a Roll" "Nobody but You" "Stay Young" "That's the Thing About Love" "Maggie's Dream" "Walkin' a Broken Heart" "It's Time for Love" "We've Got a Good Fire Goin''" "Heartbeat in the Darkness" "Then It's Love" "Señorita" "I'll Never Be in Love Again" "I Wouldn't Be a Man" "Another Place, Another Time" "Desperately" "Old Coyote Town" "One Good Well" "I've Been Loved by the Best" "Just as Long as I Have You" "Maybe That's All It Takes" "Back in My Younger Days" "True Love" "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy"
Related articles	Discography List of songs written by Don Williams "Amanda" Pozo Seco Singers Bob McDill Allen Reynolds

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