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The Country Way
Studio album by Charley Pride
Released	December 1967
Studios	RCA Studio A, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Label	RCA Victor
Producers	Chet Atkins, Jack Clement, Felton Jarvis
Charley Pride chronology
Pride of Country Music (1967) The Country Way (1967) Make Mine Country (1968)
Singles from The Country Way
"Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger" Released: August 1967 "The Day the World Stood Still" Released: December 1967

The Country Way is the third studio album by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in 1967 on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. LSP-3895). The album was awarded four-and-a-half stars from the web site AllMusic. It debuted on Billboard's country album chart on December 23, 1967, peaked at No. 1, and remained on the chart for 42 weeks.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Too Hard to Say I'm Sorry"	Jack Clement, Jack D. Johnson	2:32
2.	"The Little Folks"	Clement	2:47
3.	"Crystal Chandelier"	Ted Harris	2:47
4.	"Act Naturally"	Johnny Russell, Voni Morrison	2:31
5.	"Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger"	Jerry Crutchfield, Don Robertson	2:16
6.	"Mama Don't Cry for Me"	Norro Wilson, Fred Foster	2:51
7.	"The Day the World Stood Still"	Bill Rice, Jerry Foster	2:30
8.	"Gone, on the Other Hand"	Clement	2:29
9.	"You Can Tell the World"	"Country" Johnny Mathis	2:34
10.	"I'll Wander Back to You"	Danny Dill, Fred Burch, Mel Tillis	3:01
11.	"Life Turned Her That Way"	Harlan Howard	2:16
12.	"I Threw Away the Rose"	Merle Haggard	3:00

Charts

Chart performance for The Country Way

Chart (1967)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	199
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	1