''Less and Less'' (more completely ''Less and Less & I Don't Love You Anymore'') is the debut album by

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singer Charlie Louvin, released in 1964. The album is titled after Louvin's first two solo singles. Both reached the

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Country Singles top 40 chart; "Less and Less" reached number 27 and "I Don't Love You Anymore" peaked at number 4. "See the Big Man Cry" was released as a single in 1965 and reached number 7. The album reached number 6 on the Billboard Country Albums chart.

History

Louvin performed country and Gospel music with his brother

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for many years as the successful duo The Louvin Brothers. They recorded twelve Top 40 Country singles and over a dozen albums. After breaking up in 1963, each began a solo career. Ira died on June 20, 1965, when a drunken driver struck his car. "Just Between the Two of Us" later became a hit for Merle Haggard and

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Reception

Greg Adams has since called it a strong album and wrote in his

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review: "Although his solo sides for Capitol are less essential and were less successful on the charts overall han later releases they are very good and deserve to be reissued."

Track listing

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I Don't Love You Anymore "I Don't Love You Anymore" is a single by the American country music artist Charlie Louvin. Released in May 1964, it was the first single from his album '' Less and Less/I Don't Love You Anymore''. In the US, it peaked at number 4 on the ''Billboa ...

" ( Bill Anderson) – 2:30 # "I'll Have Made It to the Bridge" – 2:45 # "

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" (Bill Anderson) – 2:20 # "Just Between the Two of Us" ( Liz Anderson) – 2:58 # "I'm No Longer in Your Heart" – 2:30 # "I Don't Want It" (Lonnie Coleman) – 2:18 # "Less and Less" (

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) – 2:23 # "See the Big Man Cry" – 3:03 # "I Think I'll Live" – 2:49 # "Plenty of Everything But You" – 2:33 # "What Can Any Man Do" – 2:49 # "Tall Dark Stranger" – 3:14

References

{{Authority control 1964 debut albums Charlie Louvin albums Capitol Records albums