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Bettye LaVette – Let Me Down Easy (1991) | Track profile | Dork

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Bettye LaVette
Not Gonna Happen Twice
Let Me Down Easy

TRACK

Let Me Down Easy

Release date: 1991

From Not Gonna Happen TwiceTrack 73:49

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About This Track

"Let Me Down Easy" is a track by Bettye LaVette, from the album Not Gonna Happen Twice, released 1991. The track is 3:49 long.

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Bettye LaVette

Bettye LaVette

Track details

From Not Gonna Happen Twice

3:491991

Album

Not Gonna Happen Twice

Track number

7

Release year

1991

1Not Gonna Happen Twice
8:08
2Love Caught Me Out
7:35
3Out Of The Blue
4:15
4Have A Heart
6:38
5Right Out Of Time
7:29
6Too Great A Price To Pay
4:13
7Let Me Down Easy
3:49
8Good Luck
4:13
9Jimmy Mack
3:42
10Time Won't Change This Love
4:00
11Danger! Heartbreak Dead Ahead
3:55
12Surrender
3:20

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