A Rose by Any Other Name (album)

A Rose by Any Other Name
Studio album by Ronnie Milsap
Released	1975
Genre	Country
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Dan Penn, Chips Moman
Ronnie Milsap chronology
Legend in My Time (1975) A Rose by Any Other Name (1975) Night Things (1975)

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A Rose by Any Other Name is the fifth studio album by country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was released in 1975 by Warner Bros. Records. Five tracks of the album were recycled from Ronnie Milsap. "Me and You, You and Me" was recorded at Quadrophonic studios in Nashville, Produced by Glen Spreen.

The album reached #23 on Country charts. Allmusic stated that the additions to the tracks from Ronnie Milsap "push[ed] the album closer toward country" than the debut but that it "doesn't hold together as well as the original debut." The publication described the album "as a fitfully entertaining record instead of a cohesive one."

Track listing

1. "She Even Woke Me Up to Say Goodbye" (Doug Gilmore, Mickey Newbury) – 3:25
2. "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" (Kris Kristofferson) – 3:00
3. "You and Me, Me and You" (Will Jennings, Troy Seals) – 3:18
4. "I Just Can't Help Believin'" (Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil) – 2:57
5. "Keep on Smiling" (Spooner Oldham) – 3:21
6. "A Rose by Any Other Name" (Irvin Levine, Toni Wine) – 2:41
7. "Crying" (Joe Melson, Roy Orbison) – 3:16
8. "Blue Skies of Montana" (Spooner Oldham, Dan Penn) – 3:25
9. "Why" (Swain Schafer) – 3:03
10. "Loving You's a Natural Thing" (Mark James, George Klein, Glen Spreen) – 2:37

Chart

Chart (1975)	Peak position
U.S. Top Country Albums	23

References

• Erlewine, Stephen. A Rose By Any Other Name, Allmusic.