Always & Forever (Randy Travis album)

Always & Forever
Studio album by Randy Travis
Released April 4, 1987
Recorded 1986 at StarGem and Audio Media - Nashville, TN
Genre Country
Length 30:33
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Kyle Lehning
Randy Travis chronology
Storms of Life
(1986)		 Always & Forever
(1987)		 Old 8×10
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

Always & Forever is the second album by country music singer Randy Travis. It was released on April 4, 1987 by Warner Bros. Records. Released from this album were the singles "Too Gone Too Long", "I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)", "Forever and Ever, Amen" and "I Told You So", all of which reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.

The track "What'll You Do About Me" has been covered by several artists, including single releases by Steve Earle, The Forester Sisters and Doug Supernaw. "I Told You So" was covered by Carrie Underwood as a duet with Travis on her 2007 album Carnival Ride, from which it was released as a single in January 2009.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Too Gone Too Long" (Gene Pistilli) - 2:24
  2. "My House" (Al Gore, Paul Overstreet) - 2:54
  3. "Good Intentions" (Marvin Coe, Merle Haggard, Randy Travis) - 3:37
  4. "What'll You Do About Me" (Dennis Linde) - 2:38
  5. "I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)" (Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals) - 3:08
  6. "Forever and Ever, Amen" (Overstreet, Don Schlitz) - 3:31
  7. "I Told You So" (Travis) - 3:38
  8. "Anything" (Ronny Scaife, Phil Thomas) - 2:41
  9. "The Truth Is Lyin' Next to You" (Susan Longacre, Kent Robbins) - 3:24
  10. "Tonight We're Gonna Tear Down the Walls" (Jim Sales, Travis) - 2:38

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1987) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
U.S. Billboard 200 19
Canadian RPM Top Albums 16
Preceded by
Hillbilly Deluxe by Dwight Yoakam		 Top Country Albums number-one album
June 20, 1987 - August 29, 1987		 Succeeded by
Born to Boogie by Hank Williams, Jr.
Preceded by
Born to Boogie by Hank Williams, Jr.		 Top Country Albums number-one album
September 5, 1987 - November 7, 1987		 Succeeded by
Greatest Hits Volume Two by George Strait
Preceded by
Greatest Hits Volume Two by George Strait		 Top Country Albums number-one album
November 14, 1987		 Succeeded by
Just Us by Alabama
Preceded by
Just Us by Alabama		 Top Country Albums number-one album
November 28, 1987 - February 20, 1988		 Succeeded by
80's Ladies by K.T. Oslin
Preceded by
If You Ain't Lovin', You Ain't Livin' by George Strait		 Top Country Albums number-one album
May 7, 1988 - June 11, 1988		 Succeeded by
Reba by Reba McEntire
Preceded by
Storms of Life
by Randy Travis		 Top Country Albums number-one album of the year
1988		 Succeeded by
Loving Proof
by Ricky Van Shelton

References

  1. ^ Always & Forever (Randy Travis album) at Allmusic
Randy Travis
Studio albums
Compilation albums
Greatest Hits, Volume 1 · Greatest Hits, Volume 2 · Forever & Ever... The Best of Randy Travis · Greatest #1 Hits · Super Hits, Volume 1 · Trail of Memories: The Randy Travis Anthology · The Essential Randy Travis · The Very Best of Randy Travis · I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis · Three Wooden Crosses: The Inspirational Hits of Randy Travis · I'll Fly Away · Top 10 · Randy Travis
Holiday albums
Live albums
Randy Ray: Live at the Nashville Palace · Live: It Was Just a Matter of Time
Notable singles
"1982" · "On the Other Hand" · "Diggin' Up Bones" · "No Place Like Home" · "Forever and Ever, Amen" · "I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)" · "Too Gone Too Long" · "I Told You So" · "Honky Tonk Moon" · "Deeper Than the Holler" · "Is It Still Over?" · "Promises" · "It's Just a Matter of Time" · "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" · "He Walked on Water" · "A Few Ole Country Boys" · "Heroes and Friends" · "Point of Light" · "Forever Together" · "Better Class of Losers" · "I'd Surrender All" · "If I Didn't Have You" · "Look Heart, No Hands" · "Cowboy Boogie" · "Before You Kill Us All" · "Whisper My Name" · "This Is Me" · "The Box" · "Out of My Bones" · "The Hole" · "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" · "Stranger in My Mirror" · "A Man Ain't Made of Stone" · "Three Wooden Crosses"