Love's Ups & Downs

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Love's Ups & Downs
Love's Ups & Downs cover
Studio album by Barbara Mandrell
Released 1977
Genre Country
Label ABC/Dot Records
Producer Tom Collins
Barbara Mandrell chronology
Lovers, Friends, & Strangers
1977		 Love's Ups & Downs
1977		 Moods
1978

Love's Ups & Downs is the name of an album by American country singer, Barbara Mandrell, released in 1977.

This was Mandrell's second album released in 1977. The previous album released two singles, one of which was a Top 5 hit. This album also released two singles. Both singles became Top 10 hits on the Billboard Country charts, the first time Mandrell had two solo Top 10 hits in a row. The first single, "Woman to Woman" peaked in the Top 5 and was a major hit that year. The song also marked the first time one of Mandrell's singles peaked inside the Billboard Hot 100, only peaking at #92. It also was the first time one of Mandrell's songs reached the Adult Contemporary charts, but again, it wasn't a major hit, only reaching the Top 50. The second single, "Tonight" was another Top 5 hit but did not chart on the Hot 100 or Adult Contemporary charts. The album as a whole was not majorly successful, only peaking at #29 on the Top Country Albums chart.

The album included cover versions of some songs, including a remake of Rita Coolidge's Pop hit from that year, "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher". The album also consisted of 10 tracks, some of which were new songs.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher"
  2. "Don't Hand Me No Hand-Me-Down Love"
  3. "If I Were a River"
  4. "Magician"
  5. "Woman to Woman"
  6. "Tonight"
  7. "Let the Rain Out"
  8. "Fancy Place to Cry"
  9. "Walking Home In the Rain"
  10. "How Long"

[edit] Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1977 Top Country Albums #29
1977 The Billboard 200 #N/A

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1977 "Woman to Woman" Hot Country Singles & Tracks #4
1977 "Woman to Woman" Billboard Hot 100 #92
1977 "Woman to Woman" Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart #49
1978 "Tonight" Hot Country Singles & Tracks #5