Sooner or Later
Studio album by
Released1979
Recorded1978–1979
GenrePop, soft rock
Length32:58
LabelColumbia
ProducerCharles Calello
Stephen Lawrence
Rex Smith chronology
Where Do We Go from Here
(1977)
Sooner or Later
(1979)
Forever
(1979)
Singles from Forever
  1. "You Take My Breath Away"
    Released: 1979
  2. "Simply Jessie"
    Released: 1979
  3. "Never Gonna Give You Up"
    Released: 1979
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Sooner or Later is the third studio album by American singer-actor Rex Smith, released in 1979 by Columbia Records, and it also serves as a soundtrack album to the 1979 made-for-television film of the same name, starring Smith and Denise Miller.

The album peaked at number 19 on the Billboard albums chart on June 23, 1979 [1] and spawned the hit singles: "You Take My Breath Away", "Simply Jessie" and "Never Gonna Give You Up".[2]

Track listing

The first four soundtrack songs were featured in the film Sooner or Later.

No.TitleLength
1."You Take My Breath Away" (Stephen Lawrence, Bruce Hart)3:18
2."Sooner or Later" (Stephen Lawrence, Bruce Hart)2:54
3."Simply Jessie" (Stephen Lawrence, Bruce Hart)3:08
4."Better Than It's Ever Been Before" (Stephen Lawrence, Bruce Hart)4:07
5."Love Street" (Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker)2:59
6."Never Gonna Give You Up" (Greg Guidry)2:59
7."Sway" (Dominic Bugatti, Frank Musker)3:10
8."Oh What a Night for Romance" (Russ Ballard)3:12
9."Ain't That Peculiar" (William "Smokey" Robinson, Marvin Tarplin, Ronald White)3:33
10."If You Think You Know How to Love Me" (Nicky Chinn, Mike Chapman)3:38

Charts

Chart (1979) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 92
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard) 19

References

  1. "Billboard" (PDF). Americanradiohistory.com. 1979-06-23. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  2. "Lyrics: You Take My Breath Away by Rex Smith". Archived from the original on 2016-06-24. Retrieved 2016-06-11.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 279. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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