Sometimes You Win

Sometimes You Win is the ninth album from the country rock band Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show. It features three songs which became U.S. chart hits: "Better Love Next Time" (#12), "Sexy Eyes" (#5) and "Years From Now" (#51). All three singles from the album also charted in the UK, Canada and Australia.

Sometimes You Win
Studio album by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
Released	October 5, 1979
Recorded	1979
Studio	Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, Alabama; The Sound Lab, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country rock, soft rock [1]
Length	32:31
Label	Capitol
Producer	Ron Haffkine
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show chronology
Pleasure and Pain (1978) Sometimes You Win (1979) Rising (1980)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Track listing

1. "Better Love Next Time" – 2:59
2. "In Over My Head" – 3:40
3. "Sexy Eyes" – 3:30
4. "Oh! Jesse" – 2:54
5. "Years From Now" – 3:14
6. "I Don't Feel Much Like Smilin'" - 2:41
7. "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" - 3:00
8. "What Do You Want?" – 3:08
9. "Love Monster" – 3:10
10. "Mountain Mary" – 2:37
11. "Help Me Mama" – 4:02

Personnel

Dr. Hook

• Ray Sawyer - Guitar, Vocals
• Dennis Locorriere - Guitar, Vocals
• Billy Francis - Keyboards, Vocals
• John Wolters - Drums, Vocals
• Rik Elswit - Guitar, Vocals
• Jance Garfat - Bass
• Bob "Willard" Henke - Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals

Additional musicians

• Barry Beckett, Billy Puett, David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Jon Goin, Larry Byrom, Mickey Buckins, Randy McCormick, Rod Smarr, Roger Hawkins, Shane Keister
• Diane Tidwell, Lisa Silver, Sheri Kramer, The Cherry Sisters - backing vocals
• The Nashville Horns - horns
• The Shelly Kurland Strings - strings

Production

• Pat Holt - Engineer
• James Cotton - Engineer
• Michael Kanarek - front cover design and illustration

Charts

Year	Chart	Peak position
1979	Billboard 200[3]	71

References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/sometimes-you-win-mw0000656917
2. Allmusic review
3. Billboard Charts - Dr. Hook - Sometimes You Win