Crystal Gayle - We Must Believe In Magic (1977/2018)

Despite the inclusion of Don't it make my brown eyes blue, this is a very upbeat album, full of optimism and happiness. The big international hit is the only sad song here, although it blends in well with the rest of the album. Many of the other songs are originals. My favorites are River road, All I wanna do in life and the title track, but all of them are brilliant. There are at least two covers. The oldest song here (It's all right with me) is by Cole Porter despite being sometimes credited to Irving Berlin. Green door was a fifties pop hit in the USA for Jim Love and in the UK for Frankie Vaughn. It was revived by Shakin' Stevens in the eighties. This was a brilliant album when first released and still sounds brilliant today.