Always & Forever (Randy Travis album)

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Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 5/5 stars [1]
Los Angeles Times 1/4 stars [2]
Robert Christgau B [3]

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.

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

Production

  • Engineer Outboard Gear Service: Studio Equipment Rental (co owner: Pamela M Jones)

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1987) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Albums 16
US Billboard Top Country Albums 1
US Billboard 200 19

Reception

On episode #1515 of the award-winning podcast Never Not Funny, comedian Jimmy Pardo revealed this album as his #2 favorite album of 1987, behind Don Dixon's Romeo at Juilliard. Pardo admits, however, that he has never seen Travis in concert.[4]

References

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Preceded by 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 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
  1. ↑ Always & Forever at AllMusic
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