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40 Golden Greats (Jim Reeves album)

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40 Golden Greats
Greatest hits album by
Jim Reeves
Released1975 (1975)
GenrePop, rock
Length97:18
LabelArcade

40 Golden Greats is a greatest hits album by Jim Reeves. It was released in 1975 and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart,[1] where it was a posthumous number one. Surprisingly, it does not include "I Love You Because".

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Distant Drums"Cindy Walker2:50
2."Bimbo"Glenn O'Dell2:50
3."Am I Losing You"Jim Reeves2:18
4."Mexican Joe"Mitchell Torok2:35
5."The Blizzard"Harlan Howard3:22
6."Gypsy Feet"Leona Butrum, Nellie Smith1:40
7."I Fall To Pieces"Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard3:03
8."But You Love Me Daddy"Pat Twitty2:09
9."Guilty"Alex Zanetis3:09
10."Missing You"Dale Noe, Red Sovine2:35
Total length:26:31
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."I Won't Forget You"Harlan Howard2:01
12."The Hawaiian Wedding Song"Al Hoffman, Charles E. King, Dick Manning2:07
13."When You Are Gone"Dean Manuel, Jim Reeves2:52
14."The Storm"Alex Zanetis, Jim Reeves2:07
15."One Dozen Roses"Dick Jurgens, Joe Washburne, Roger Lewis, Walter Donovan1:50
16."Not Until the Next Time"Gail Talley2:45
17."Penny Candy"Cal Veale2:32
18."Anna Marie"Cindy Walker2:16
19."He'll Have to Go"Audrey Allison, Joe Allison2:17
20."Four Walls"George Campbell, Marvin Moore2:57
Total length:23:44
Side three
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
21."Welcome to My World"John Hathcock, Ray Winkler2:32
22."Scarlet Ribbons"Evelyn Danzig, Jack Segal2:16
23."According to My Heart"Gary Walker2:39
24."Make the World Go Away"Hank Cochran2:26
25."Crying In My Sleep"Leona Butrum, Nellie Smith1:56
26."Deep Dark Water"Jim Reeves2:24
27."I Won't Come In While He's There"Gene Davis2:05
28."Golden Memories Silver Tears"Cindy Walker2:51
29."Roses Are Red (My Love)"Al Byron, Paul Evans2:45
30."Memories Are Made of This"Frank Miller, Richard Dehr, Terry Gilkyson2:20
Total length:24:14
Side four
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
31."You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me)"Jack Toombs2:15
32."The Wreck Of The Number Nine"Carson Robison2:14
33."Yonder Comes a Sucker"Jim Reeves2:30
34."How Can I Write on Paper (what I Feel In My Heart)"Danny Harrison, Don Carter, George Kent, Jim Reeves2:23
35."Have I Told You Lately That I Love You"Scotty Wiseman1:27
36."Auf Wiederseh'n Sweetheart"Eberhard Storch, Geoffrey Parsons, John Turner3:06
37."Missing Angel"Dale Noe2:09
38."Is This Me"Bill West, Dottie West2:07
39."Angels Don't Lie"Dale Noe2:23
40."Is It Really Over?"Jim Reeves2:15
Total length:22:49

Chart performance

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[4] Platinum 300,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Official Charts Company - Elvis Presley - 40 Greatest
  2. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Top Selling Albums For 1975" (PDF). Music Week. 27 December 1975. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 March 2021 – via worldradiohistory.com.
  4. ^ "British album certifications – Jim Reeves – 40 Golden Greats". British Phonographic Industry.