For the Good Times (Ray Price album)

1970 studio album by Ray Price

For the Good Times

Studio album by

Ray Price

Released| 1970
Studio| Columbia Studio A (Nashville, Tennessee)[1]
Genre| Country
Length| 32:40
Label| Columbia
Producer| Don Law
Ray Price chronology
| The World of Ray Price
(1970)  | For the Good Times
(1970)  | I Won't Mention It Again
(1971)

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For the Good Times is a studio album by country music artist Ray Price. It was released in 1970 by Columbia Records (catalog no. C-30106).

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's country album chart on September 5, 1970, held the No. 1 spot for nine weeks, and remained on the chart for a total of 120 weeks. It was the best-selling album of Price's career. It included three No. 1 or No. 2 hits: "For the Good Times" (No. 1); "Crazy Arms (No. 1); and "Heartaches by the Number" (No. 2).[2]

For the Good Times was Kris Kristofferson's first No. 1 hit as a songwriter. The album also included another Kristofferson song, "Help Me Make It Through the Night", which became a No. 1 hit when it was covered later in the year by Sammi Smith.

AllMusic gave the album four-and-a-half stars.[3]

## Track listing

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Side A

1. "For the Good Times" (Kris Kristofferson)
2. "Gonna Burn Some Bridges" (Mel Tillis)
3. "Crazy Arms" (Chuck Seals, Ralph Mooney)
4. "I'll Go to a Stranger" (Dave Kirby, Ray Pennington)
5. "Black and White Lies" (Buck Fowler, Jimmy Fowler)
6. "Grazin' in Greener Pastures" (Ray Pennington)

Side B

1. "Help Me Make It Through the Night" (Kris Kristofferson)
2. "Lonely World" (Elbert West)
3. "You Can't Take it with You" (Hal Bynum, Jim Kandy)
4. "A Cold Day in July" (Richard C. Leigh)
5. "Heartaches by the Number" (Harlan Howard)

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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| Chart (1970–1971)  | Peak
position

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US Billboard 200[4] | 28
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] | 1

### Year-end charts

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| Chart (1970)  | Position

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US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] | 33
Chart (1971)  | Position
US Billboard 200[7] | 41
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] | 2
Chart (1972)  | Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9] | 4

## References

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1. ^ "Recording Studios on Nashville's Music Row" (PDF). newschannel5. National Trust for Historic Preservation. 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
2. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 137\. ISBN 0898201241.
3. ^ "For the Good Times". AllMusic. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
4. ^ "Ray Price Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
5. ^ "Ray Price Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
6. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1970". Billboard. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
7. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1971". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
8. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1971". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
9. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1972". Billboard. Retrieved July 23, 2021.

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Studio albums|

* Ray Price Sings Heart Songs (1957)
* Talk to Your Heart (1958)
* Ray Price Sings San Antonio Rose (1962)
* Night Life (1963)
* Love Life (1964)
* Burning Memories (1965)
* The Other Woman (1965)
* Another Bridge to Burn (1966)
* Touch My Heart (1967)
* Danny Boy (1968)
* Take Me as I Am (1968)
* She Wears My Ring (1969)
* For the Good Times (1970)
* I Won't Mention It Again (1971)
* The Lonesomest Lonesome (1972)
* She's Got to Be a Saint (1973)
* You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me (1974)
* Like Old Times Again (1974)
* San Antonio Rose (1980)
* Last of the Breed (2007)

Songs|

* "I Can't Escape from You"
* "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes"
* "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)"
* "Release Me"
* "Crazy Arms"
* "I've Got a New Heartache"
* "Curtain in the Window"
* "Invitation to the Blues"
* "City Lights"
* "Heartaches by the Number"
* "The Same Old Me"
* "Under Your Spell Again"
* "I Wish I Could Fall in Love Today"
* "Pride"
* "Make the World Go Away"
* "Night Life"
* "Please Talk to My Heart"
* "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)"
* "Danny Boy"
* "Crazy"
* "She Wears My Ring"
* "For the Good Times"
* "I Won't Mention It Again"
* "She's Got to Be a Saint"
* "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me"
* "Faded Love"
* "San Antonio Rose"
* "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You"
* "All the Way"
* "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"
* "Looking Back"

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