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〕 | Length = 35:54| Label = Columbia | Producer = Dick Glasser 〔(1971) "Love Story" by Andy Williams (jacket ). New York: Columbia Records KC 30497.〕 | Last album = ''The Andy Williams Show'' (1970)| This album = ''Love Story'' (1971)| Next album = ''Love Story (U.K.)'' (1971)| Misc = }} ''Love Story'' is an album by American pop singer Andy Williams that was released on February 3, 1971, by Columbia Records.〔 The album made its first appearance on the Top LP's chart in the issue of ''Billboard'' magazine dated February 20, 1971, and remained there for 33 weeks, peaking at number three.〔.〕 One month later, on March 22, the album received Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America, and Platinum certification was awarded on November 21, 1986.〔(RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for titles by Andy Williams )〕 For its release in the UK, the album was entitled ''Home Lovin' Man'' and did not include the title song from the original album (which was subtitled "Where Do I Begin?"), and this retitled edition entered the UK album chart on March 27, 1971, and spent two weeks at number one during its 26 weeks there. The title track from the original album was included on a UK LP that was also called ''Love Story'' but otherwise had a completely different set of songs, and that release entered the UK album chart on July 31 of that year and reached number 11 over the course of 11 weeks.〔 The first single from the original ''Love Story'' album was, in fact, "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story", which entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the issue of the magazine dated February 6, 1971, and stayed on the chart for 13 weeks, eventually peaking at number nine.〔.〕 The song also entered the magazine's list of the 40 most popular Easy Listening songs of the week in that same issue for its first of 15 weeks, later spending four weeks at number one and tying his previous record there, which was set by "Can't Get Used to Losing You" in 1963.〔.〕 Its lifespan on the UK singles chart began on March 20 of that same year and lasted 18 weeks, during which time it reached number four.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=(Where Do I Begin) Love Story )〕 The first single from the ''Home Lovin' Man'' LP was that album's title track, which began a seven-week run to number 10 and back on the Easy Listening chart in the US on October 24, 1970.〔 Although it did not make the pop chart stateside, it did enter the UK singles chart on November 21, 1970, and got as high as number seven during its 12 weeks there.〔 The original ''Love Story'' album was released on compact disc for the first time by Columbia Records in 1988.〔 A Columbia 3-CD box set including this album along with ''Andy Williams' Greatest Hits'' and ''Andy Williams' Greatest Hits Vol. 2'' was released on August 12, 1997. ==Track listing== # "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 3:10 # "Your Song" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) – 3:27 # "For the Good Times" (Kris Kristofferson) – 3:37 # "Something" (George Harrison) – 3:01 # "It's Impossible" (Armando Manzanero, Sid Wayne) – 2:47 # "We've Only Just Begun" (Roger Nichols, Paul Williams) – 3:15 # "I Think I Love You" (Tony Romeo) – 2:42 # "Candida" (Irwin Levine, Toni Wine) – 3:38 # "Fire and Rain" (James Taylor) – 3:36 # "Rose Garden" (Joe South) – 2:31 # "My Sweet Lord" (George Harrison) – 4:14 For the ''Home Lovin' Man'' album in the UK, "(Where Do I Begin) Love Story" was replaced with the title track, but the remaining 10 songs followed the same order listed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Love Story (Andy Williams album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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