Cage the Songbird

Cage the Songbird
Studio album by Crystal Gayle
Released	October 17, 1983
Genre	Country
Length	31:16
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Jimmy Bowen
Crystal Gayle chronology
True Love (1982) Cage the Songbird (1983) Crystal Gayle's Greatest Hits (1983)
Singles from Cage the Songbird
"The Sound of Goodbye" Released: October 1983 "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" Released: February 25, 1984 "Turning Away" Released: June 1984 "Me Against the Night" Released: October 27, 1984

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Cage the Songbird is an album by the American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released on October 17, 1983, it peaked at #5 on the Billboard Country Album chart.^{[citation needed]}

Four of the album's tracks became Top 5 hits on the Country Singles chart, with two of them reaching #1. Chronologically they were "The Sound of Goodbye" (#1), "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" (#2), "Turning Away" (#1), and "Me Against the Night" (#4).

The title song, "Cage the Songbird", was co-written and first recorded by Elton John in 1976 album, Blue Moves. Victim or a Fool was originally recorded by the songwriter, Rodney Crowell on his 1981 eponymous album.

"Take Me Home" was originally sung by Gayle on a Tom Waits composed 1982 soundtrack album called One from the Heart for a movie of the same name. The version on this album is a re-recorded longer version.

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Personnel[]

• Crystal Gayle – vocals

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