Pure Love (album)

Pure Love
Pure Love
Studio album by Ronnie Milsap
Released	April 1974
Studio	RCA Victor Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Tom Collins, Jack D. Johnson
Ronnie Milsap chronology
Singles from Pure Love
	"Pure Love"; Released: March 1974; "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"; Released: July 1974;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Pure Love is the third studio album by American country music artist Ronnie Milsap, released in 1974 by RCA Records. The album produced two #1 hits for Milsap, including his first hit "Pure Love" penned by Eddie Rabbitt and "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends," which marked his debut on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at #95.

Pure Love reached #8 on Country album charts. Allmusic described the album as having "a solid country foundation" highlighting "My Love Is Deep, My Love Is Wide" and "Blue Ridge Mountains Turnin' Green" as being among a "strong set of songs."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"My Love Is Deep, My Love Is Wide"	Ben Peters	2:34
2.	"Amazing Love"	John Schweers	3:18
3.	"Pure Love"	Eddie Rabbitt	2:21
4.	"Four Walls"	George Campbell, Marvin Moore	3:06
5.	"Streets of Gold"	Jim Lunsford	2:15
6.	"Love the Second Time Around"	Schweers	3:02
7.	"Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"	Kris Kristofferson	2:44
8.	"All My Roads (Lead Back to You)"	Bob Morrison	2:32
9.	"Behind Closed Doors"	Kenny O'Dell	2:53
10.	"Blue Ridge Mountains Turnin' Green"	Lunsford	3:05

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[2]	8

Year-end charts

Chart (1974)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	31

Singles

Year	Song	US Country
1974	"Pure Love"	1
1974	"Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends"	1

References

^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r93223
^ "Ronnie Milsap Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1974". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2021.

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Studio albums	Ronnie Milsap Where My Heart Is Pure Love Legend in My Time A Rose By Any Other Name Night Things 20/20 Vision It Was Almost Like a Song Only One Love in My Life Images Milsap Magic Out Where the Bright Lights Are Glowing There's No Gettin' Over Me Inside Keyed Up One More Try for Love Lost in the Fifties Tonight Christmas with Ronnie Milsap Heart & Soul Stranger Things Have Happened Back to the Grindstone True Believer Sings His Best for Capitol Records Just for a Thrill My Life Then Sings My Soul
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Greatest Hits, Vol. 3 40 #1 Hits 16 Biggest Hits
#1 singles	"Pure Love" "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" "(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time" "Daydreams About Night Things" "What Goes On When the Sun Goes Down" "(I'm A) Stand by My Woman Man" "Let My Love Be Your Pillow" "It Was Almost Like a Song" "What a Difference You've Made in My Life" "Only One Love in My Life" "Let's Take the Long Way Around the World" "Back on My Mind Again" "Nobody Likes Sad Songs" "Why Don't You Spend the Night" "My Heart" "Cowboys and Clowns" "Smoky Mountain Rain" "Am I Losing You" "(There's) No Gettin' Over Me" "I Wouldn't Have Missed It for the World" "Any Day Now" "He Got You" "Inside" "Stranger in My House" "Don't You Know How Much I Love You" "Show Her" "Still Losing You" "She Keeps the Home Fires Burning" "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" "In Love" "How Do I Turn You On" "Snap Your Fingers" "Make No Mistake, She's Mine" (with Kenny Rogers) "Where Do the Nights Go" "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" "A Woman in Love" "Stranger Things Have Happened"
Other songs	"Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" "Just in Case" "In No Time at All" "Prisoner of the Highway" "Old Folks" (with Mike Reid) "Button Off My Shirt" "Houston Solution" "Are You Lovin' Me Like I'm Lovin' You" "Since I Don't Have You" "Turn That Radio On" "All Is Fair in Love and War" "True Believer"
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