''True Love'' is a studio album by the American

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musician

Don Williams Donald Ray Williams (May 27, 1939 – September 8, 2017) was an American country singer, songwriter, and 2010 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He began his solo career in 1971, singing popular ballads and amassing seventeen number ...

. It was released on August 7, 1990, via

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. The album includes the singles "

Back in My Younger Days "Back in My Younger Days" is a song written by Danny Flowers, and recorded by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in September 1990 as the first single from Williams' album '' True Love''. The song reached number 2 on the ...

", " True Love" and " Lord Have Mercy on a Country Boy".

Production

The album was coproduced by Williams and

Garth Fundis Garth Fundis is an American country music record producer. Active since the 1970s, Fundis has produced albums for several country artists, including Alabama, Don Williams, Trisha Yearwood, Sugarland, and Keith Whitley. He has also served as a ju ...

. "Just 'Cause I'm in Love with You" is a cover of the

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song.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "Williams's classic unadorned signature ... is lukewarm on ''True Love''." The ''

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'' deemed the album an "unusually rhythmic collection," writing that Williams's voice "remains as warm as a favorite memory." ''

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'' opined that "nobody sings about the average lives of average Americans with more poignancy than Don Williams." The ''

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'' noted that "Lord, Have Mercy on a Country Boy" "may be the least preachy and most elegant song yet about the devastation to our environment."

Track listing

Chart performance

References

{{Don Williams Don Williams albums 1990 albums RCA Records albums Albums produced by Garth Fundis