House on Old Lonesome Road
1989 studio album by Conway Twitty
House on Old Lonesome Road | ||||
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Studio album by Conway Twitty | ||||
Released | July 7, 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1988−89 | |||
Studio | Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 32:57 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Jimmy Bowen, Dee Henry, Conway Twitty | |||
Conway Twitty chronology | ||||
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House on Old Lonesome Road is the fifty-fourth studio album by American country music singer Conway Twitty. It was released in 1989 on MCA Records, and features the hit "She's Got a Single Thing in Mind", which Allmusic's Jason Ankeny called "the energizing hit which reaffirmed Twitty's standing among the era's country's giants."
"Play, Ruby, Play" was later released as a single by Clinton Gregory.
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "She's Got a Single Thing in Mind" | Walt Aldridge | 3:42 |
2. | "Who's Gonna Know" | Jimmy Griffin, Richard Mainegra, Rick Yancey | 2:49 |
3. | "Play, Ruby, Play" | Tony Brown, Troy Seals | 3:29 |
4. | "House on Old Lonesome Road"" | Dave Gibson, Bernie Nelson | 3:57 |
5. | "Nobody Can Fill Your Shoes" | Roger Murrah, James Dean Hicks | 2:43 |
6. | "Private Part of My Heart" | Max D. Barnes, Seals | 3:30 |
7. | "Child with Child" | Dave Goodman, Allen Ray | 2:57 |
8. | "Take Me Home to Mama" | Karen Staley, Gary Harrison | 3:18 |
9. | "Pieces of You" | Barnes, Skip Ewing | 3:20 |
10. | "Too White to Sing the Blues" | Lacy J. Dalton, Murrah | 3:12 |
Production
- Produced by Conway Twitty, Dee Henry and Jimmy Bowen
- Engineer: Ron Treat
- Second engineers: Mark J. Coddington, Tim Kish, Russ Martin
- Mixing: Chuck Ainlay
- Digital editing: Milan Bogdan
- Mastering: Glenn Meadows
Personnel
- Conway Twitty: lead vocals
- Billy Joe Walker Jr.: acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Reggie Young: electric guitar
- David Hungate: bass guitar
- Eddie Bayers: drums
- John Barlow Jarvis: keyboards
- Mike Lawler: synthesizer
- Hoot Hester: fiddle, mandolin
- Vince Gill, Conway Twitty, Joe Manuel: harmony vocals
Chart performance
Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 39[2] |
References
- v
- t
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- Sings
- Saturday Night with Conway Twitty
- Lonely Blue Boy
- The Rock & Roll Story
- I Can't See Me Without You
- Honky Tonk Angel
- I'm Not Through Loving You Yet
- Linda on My Mind
- The High Priest of Country Music
- Now and Then
- I've Already Loved You in My Mind
- Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring
- Cross Winds
- Heart & Soul
- Rest Your Love on Me
- Mr. T
- Southern Comfort
- Dream Maker
- Lost in the Feeling
- By Heart
- Don't Call Him a Cowboy
- Chasin' Rainbows
- Fallin' for You for Years
- Borderline
- Still in Your Dreams
- House on Old Lonesome Road
- Crazy in Love
- Even Now
- Final Touches
- We Only Make Believe
- Lead Me On
- Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
- Country Partners
- Dynamic Duo
- Number Ones
- Classic Conway
- Conway's Latest Greatest Hits Volume 1
- Greatest Hits Volume III
- 25 Number Ones
- "It's Only Make Believe"
- "Mona Lisa"
- "Danny Boy"
- "Lonely Blue Boy"
- "What Am I Living For"
- "Next in Line"
- "I Love You More Today"
- "To See My Angel Cry"
- "Hello Darlin'"
- "Fifteen Years Ago"
- "How Much More Can She Stand"
- "I Can't See Me Without You"
- "(Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date"
- "I Can't Stop Loving You"
- "She Needs Someone to Hold Her (When She Cries)"
- "You've Never Been This Far Before"
- "There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll Take Me Back In)"
- "I'm Not Through Loving You Yet"
- "I See the Want To in Your Eyes"
- "Linda on My Mind"
- "Touch the Hand"
- "This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me"
- "After All the Good Is Gone"
- "The Games That Daddies Play"
- "I Can't Believe She Gives It All to Me"
- "Play Guitar Play"
- "I've Already Loved You in My Mind"
- "Georgia Keeps Pulling on My Ring"
- "Boogie Grass Band"
- "Your Love Had Taken Me That High"
- "Don't Take It Away"
- "I May Never Get to Heaven"
- "Happy Birthday Darlin'"
- "I'd Love to Lay You Down"
- "Rest Your Love on Me"
- "Tight Fittin' Jeans"
- "Red Neckin' Love Makin' Night"
- "The Clown"
- "Slow Hand"
- "We Did But Now You Don't"
- "The Rose"
- "We Had It All"
- "Lost in the Feeling"
- "Heartache Tonight"
- "Three Times a Lady"
- "Somebody's Needin' Somebody"
- "I Don't Know a Thing About Love (The Moon Song)"
- "Ain't She Somethin' Else"
- "Don't Call Him a Cowboy"
- "Between Blue Eyes and Jeans"
- "Desperado Love"
- "Fallin' for You for Years"
- "Julia"
- "I Want to Know You Before We Make Love"
- "That's My Job"
- "Goodbye Time"
- "Saturday Night Special"
- "I Wish I Was Still in Your Dreams"
- "She's Got a Single Thing in Mind"
- "House on Old Lonesome Road"
- "Fit to Be Tied Down"
- "Crazy in Love"
- "I Couldn't See You Leavin'"
- "Rainy Night in Georgia"
- "After the Fire Is Gone"
- "Lead Me On"
- "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man"
- "Feelins'"
- "The Letter"
- "I Can't Love You Enough"
- "Making Believe"
- "Don't Cry Joni"