Cage The Songbird is an album by the American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Crystal Gayle

Crystal Gayle

Crystal Gayle is an American country music singer best known for her 1977 country-pop hit, "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue". An award-winning singer, she accumulated 18 number one country hits during the 1970s and 1980s...

. Released in 1983, it peaked at #5 on the Billboard Country Album chart.

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

Cage the Songbird (song)

"Cage the Songbird" is a song written by Elton John, Bernie Taupin, and Davey Johnstone and performed by Elton John, first appearing on the album Blue Moves in 1976. It tells the fictional story of torch singer Edith Piaf's last hours before a tragic suicide...

", was co-written and first recorded by Elton John

Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

 in 1976.

Track listing

1. "The Sound of Goodbye
   The Sound of Goodbye
   "The Sound of Goodbye" is a track from Crystal Gayle's 1983 album "Cage the Songbird" "The Sound of Goodbye" was written by Hugh Prestwood and was Crystal Gayle's thirteenth number one country single as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks...
   
   " (Hugh Prestwood
   Hugh Prestwood
   Hugh Prestwood is an American songwriter whose work is primarily in country music. His first hit as a songwriter was "Hard Time for Lovers", which was recorded in 1978 by Judy Collins. Prestwood also wrote "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart", a Number One for Randy Travis in 1990, and a song for...
   
   ) – 3:12
2. "I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love" (Joey Carbone) – 3:15
3. "Me Against The Night" (Pam Rose
   Pam Rose
   Pam Rose is an American country music songwriter. In her career, she has been a member of the groups Calamity Jane and Kennedy Rose, both times pairing with fellow songwriter Mary Ann Kennedy. Rose's co-writing credits include the Grammy Award-nominated songs "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands"...
   
   /Mary Ann Kennedy
   Mary Ann Kennedy (singer)
   Mary Ann Kennedy is an American country music songwriter. In her career, she has been a member of the groups Calamity Jane and Kennedy Rose, both times pairing with fellow songwriter Pam Rose. Kennedy's co-writing credits include the Grammy Award-nominated songs "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her...
   
   /Pat Bunch) – 2:49
4. "Cage The Songbird" (Elton John
   Elton John
   Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
   
   /Bernie Taupin
   Bernie Taupin
   Bernard John "Bernie" Taupin is an English lyricist, poet, and singer, best known for his long-term collaboration with Elton John, writing the lyrics for the majority of the star's songs, making his lyrics some of the best known in pop-rock's history.In 1967, Taupin answered an advertisement in...
   
   /Davey Johnstone
   Davey Johnstone
   Davey Johnstone , is a Scottish rock guitarist and vocalist, best known for his work with Elton John.-Career:...
   
   ) – 4:09
5. "Turning Away
   Turning Away
   "Turning Away" is a 1984 single written by Tim Krekel and recorded by Crystal Gayle."Turning Away" was Crystal Gayle's fourteenth number one single on the country chart...
   
   " (Tim Krekel
   Tim Krekel
   Tim Krekel was an American rock musician and country music songwriter from Louisville, Kentucky.- Early life :...
   
   ) – 2:55
6. "Come Back (When You Can Stay Forever)" (Chris Waters
   Chris Waters
   Christopher Waters Dunn is an American country music singer and songwriter, known professionally as Chris Waters. The brother of singer Holly Dunn, Waters has co-written singles for other artists, including Number Ones for Tim McGraw and Cyndi Thomson.-Biography:Christopher Waters Dunn was born in...
   
   /Bucky Jones/Tom Shapiro
   Tom Shapiro
   Tom Shapiro is an American songwriter and occasional record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. To date, he holds four Country Songwriter of the Year awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as the Songwriter of the Decade award from the Nashville Songwriters...
   
   ) – 2:55
7. "Victim Or A Fool" (Rodney Crowell
   Rodney Crowell
   Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....
   
   ) – 2:35
8. "You Made A Fool Of Me" (Melissa Cordell/Eric Borenstein) – 3:30
9. "On Our Way To Love" (Norman Sallitt) – 3:21
10. "Take Me Home" (Tom Waits
    Tom Waits
    Thomas Alan "Tom" Waits is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by critic Daniel Durchholz as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months, and then taken outside and run over with a car."...
    
    ) – 2:35

Chart performance

Chart (1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	171