Three Good Reasons is an album by the American musician Crystal Gayle, released in 1992. Many of its songs are about the ending of a relationship. The title track was released as the album's first single. Gayle supported the album with a North American tour.
Critical reception
The Ottawa Citizen wrote that Gayle's voice "retains its other-worldly quality, that cool distance that lets her pass through any song without getting the least bit involved in it." The Richmond Times-Dispatch called the album "a smart departure from the syrupy, pops-flavored crossover hits she had in the mid-'70s." The Miami Herald noted that "a bluesy rhythm track accents 'The Trouble With Me (Is You)' while Gayle delivers a sly, '40s style performance."
Track listing
Personnel
Crystal Gayle – lead vocals, backing vocals
Joel Bouchillon – acoustic piano
Ronnie Godfrey – acoustic piano
Bobby All – acoustic guitar
Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
Brian Smith – electric guitar
Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
Ron De La Vega – bass
Steve Turner – drums
Rob Hajacos – fiddle
Charles Cochran – string arrangements
Bob Mason – cello
Gary Vanosdale – viola
Kristin Wilkinson – viola
Conni Ellisor – violin
Carl Gorodetzky – violin
Lee Larrison – violin
Ted Madsen – violin
Pamela Sixfin – violin
Jim Ferguson – backing vocals
Wendell Mobley – backing vocals
Cindy Richardson-Walker – backing vocals
Harry Stinson – backing vocals
Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
Production
Buzz Stone – producer
Mike Griffith – digital recording, overdub engineer
Stephen Tillisch – digital recording, mixing
Joel Bouchillon – recording assistant, assistant overdub engineer, mix assistant
Todd Culross – recording assistant, assistant overdub engineer
Milan Bogdan – digital editing
Glenn Meadows – mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee) Virginia Team – art direction Jerry Joyner – design Mark Tucker – photography Mary Beth Felts – make-up Bill Gatzimos – management