True Love (Don Williams album)

True Love
True Love
Studio album by Don Williams
Released	August 7, 1990
Genre	Country
Length	33:34
Label	RCA
Producer	Don Williams, Garth Fundis
Don Williams chronology

True Love is a studio album by the American country musician Don Williams.^[1] It was released on August 7, 1990, via RCA Records. The album includes the singles "Back in My Younger Days", "True Love" and "Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy".

Production[edit]

The album was coproduced by Williams and Garth Fundis.^[2] "Just 'Cause I'm in Love with You" is a cover of the Jesse Winchester song.^[3]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
Chicago Tribune	^[5]

The Province wrote that "Williams's classic unadorned signature ... is lukewarm on True Love."^[6] The Chicago Tribune deemed the album an "unusually rhythmic collection," writing that Williams's voice "remains as warm as a favorite memory."^[5] The Buffalo News opined that "nobody sings about the average lives of average Americans with more poignancy than Don Williams."^[7] The Orange County Register noted that "Lord, Have Mercy on a Country Boy" "may be the least preachy and most elegant song yet about the devastation to our environment."^[8]

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"True Love"	Pat Alger	2:50
2.	"Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy"	Bob McDill	2:56
3.	"Darlin' That's What Your Love Does"	Hugh Prestwood	3:41
4.	"Come a Little Closer"	McDill, Paul Harrison	3:39
5.	"Just 'Cause I'm in Love with You"	Jesse Winchester	3:32
6.	"Back in My Younger Days"	Danny Flowers	3:15
7.	"Donald and June"	Craig Bickhardt	3:43
8.	"Diamonds to Dust"	Dan Fogelberg	3:15
9.	"Jamaica Farewell"	Irving Burgie	2:52
10.	"Loving You's Like Coming Home"	McDill	3:55

Chart performance[edit]

Chart (1990)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[9]	56

References[edit]

^ Rowe, Norman (November 4, 1990). "Don Williams is on the Nashville charts...". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. K10.
^ Hurst, Jack (8 Nov 1990). "On the Record". Chicago Tribune. p. 19C.
^ Abbott, Jim (21 Dec 1990). "Don Williams". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 26.
^ "True Love Review by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
^ ^a ^b Hurst, Jack (29 Nov 1990). "Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 9.
^ Mason, Bruce (2 Nov 1990). "Country". The Province. p. P25.
^ Herbeck, Dan (November 23, 1990). "Country". The Buffalo News. p. G36.
^ Davis, Noel (November 30, 1990). "Country Albums". Orange County Register. p. P30.
^ "Don Williams Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.

[1] Rowe, Norman (November 4, 1990). "Don Williams is on the Nashville charts...". Richmond Times-Dispatch. p. K10.

[2] Hurst, Jack (8 Nov 1990). "On the Record". Chicago Tribune. p. 19C.

[3] Abbott, Jim (21 Dec 1990). "Don Williams". Calendar. Orlando Sentinel. p. 26.

[4] "True Love Review by Jason Ankeny". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 March 2023.

[CT-5] Hurst, Jack (29 Nov 1990). "Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 9.

[6] Mason, Bruce (2 Nov 1990). "Country". The Province. p. P25.

[7] Herbeck, Dan (November 23, 1990). "Country". The Buffalo News. p. G36.

[8] Davis, Noel (November 30, 1990). "Country Albums". Orange County Register. p. P30.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Don_Williams-9] "Don Williams Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.

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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"
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