House on Old Lonesome Road
| House on Old Lonesome Road | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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
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.
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
Allmusic |   [1] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- harmony vocals
Chart performance
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 39[2] |
References
- AllMusic
- ^ "Conway Twitty". Billboard.
