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arranged by Ernie Freeman and produced by Jimmy Bowen. The album peaked at 113 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and 41 on the Billboard top Country Albums chart. It was reissued on CD by

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in 2006 and

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in 2009. Though Martin was recording infrequently at this stage of his career, this was the second album he recorded in 1970.

Reception

The initial ''

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'' review from 6 February 1971 commented that "Dean Martin is an old timer who knows how to make time with the new crop of writers". William Ruhlmann on Allmusic.com gave the album two and a half stars out of five. Ruhlmann said that "Martin handled the material with his usual careless aplomb, but the result was just another record, no better or worse than its immediate predecessors".

Track listing

Side One: # " For the Good Times" ( Kris Kristofferson) - 3:50 # "Marry Me" (

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, Les Reed) - 2:34 # "Georgia Sunshine" ( Jerry Reed Hubbard) - 2:58 # "Invisible Tears" (

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) - 2:10 # " Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" (

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, Hal David) - 2:43 Side Two: # "A Perfect Mountain" (

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) - 2:46 # "

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" ( Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) - 2:37 # "She's a Little Bit of Country" ( Harlan Howard) - 2:34 # " For Once in My Life" ( Ron Miller, Orlando Murden) - 2:19 # " Sweetheart" ( Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb) - 2:40

Personnel

– vocals * Ernie Freeman -

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* Ed Thrasher - art direction * Eddie Brackett - engineer * Jimmy Bowen - record producer

References

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