Cage the Songbird

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Cage the Songbird
Cage the Songbird cover
Studio album by Crystal Gayle
Released 1983
Genre Country
Label Warner Bros. Records
Producer(s) Jimmy Bowen
Professional reviews
Crystal Gayle chronology
True Love
(1982)
Cage the Songbird
(1983)
Nobody Wants to Be Alone
(1985)


Cage the Songbird was a #5 Billboard Country Album by Crystal Gayle. Four of its tracks became hit singles, with two #1 songs: Chronologically they were "The Sound of Goodbye" at #1, "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" at #2, "Turning Away" at #1, and "Me Against the Night" at #4. The title song, "Cage the Songbird," was co-written and first recorded by Elton John in 1976.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "The Sound of Goodbye" (Hugh Prestwood) – 3:12
  2. "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" (Joey Carbone) – 3:15
  3. "Me Against the Night" (Pam Rose/Mary Ann Kennedy/Pat Bunch) – 2:49
  4. "Cage the Songbird" (Elton John/Bernie Taupin/Davey Johnstone) – 4:09
  5. "Turning Away" (Tim Krekel) – 2:55
  6. "Come Back (When You Can Stay Forever)" (Chris Waters/Bucky Jones/Tom Shapiro) – 2:55
  7. "Victim or a Fool" (Rodney Crowell) – 2:35
  8. "You Made a Fool of Me" (Melissa Cordell/Eric Borenstein) – 3:30
  9. "On Our Way to Love" (Norman Sallitt) – 3:21
  10. "Take Me Home" (Tom Waits) – 2:35