Days Gone By (James House album)

Days Gone By is the third studio album by American country music artist James House, released in 1995. It was also his only album for the Epic Records label.

Days Gone By
Studio album by
Released1995
GenreCountry
Length35:46
LabelEpic
ProducerDon Cook
James House chronology
Hard Times for an Honest Man
(1990)
Days Gone By
(1995)
Broken Glass Twisted Steel
(2014)

The album itself peaked at 48 on the U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums charts, and 19 on Top Heatseekers. Four of its singles entered the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts: "A Real Good Way to Wind Up Lonesome", "Little by Little", "This Is Me Missing You", and "Anything for Love"; "This Is Me Missing You" was the highest-charting single of his career, peaking at No. 6 in mid-1995. In addition, the album's title track was included in the soundtrack to the 1994 movie The Cowboy Way.

Days Gone By also features guest vocals from Trisha Yearwood, as well as Raul Malo (of The Mavericks) and Nikki Nelson (who was then the lead singer for Highway 101).

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."This Is Me Missing You"James House, Monty Powell, Debi Cochran3:28
2."A Real Good Way to Wind Up Lonesome"J. House, Dale Dodson, John Jarrard3:25
3."Until You Set Me Free"J. House, Rafe Van Hoy3:40
4."Anything for Love"J. House, Phil Barnhart, Sam Hogin3:40
5."Little by Little"J. House, Rick Bowles4:18
6."Only a Fool"J. House, Van Hoy, Stan Lynch3:23
7."Silence Makes a Lonesome Sound"J. House, Barnhart, Hogin2:54
8."Days Gone By"J. House, Holly House, Dean Miller4:03
9."Take Me Away"J. House, Wally Wilson2:57
10."That's Something (You Don't See Every Day)"J. House, Allen Shamblin3:58

Personnel

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The House Band

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  • John Bohlinger – electric guitar
  • Jeanie Cioff – fiddle, background vocals
  • Steve Cox – keyboards
  • Craig Flynn – bass guitar, background vocals
  • James House – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
  • Kenneth Smith – drums

Additional musicians

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Strings on "Until You Set Me Free" and "That's Something (You Don't See Every Day)" performed by the Nashville String Machine and arranged by Dennis Burnside.

Chart performance

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Chart (1995) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 48
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 19

References

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  • Days Gone By at Allmusic
  • Days Gone By (CD insert). James House. Epic Records Nashville. 1995. 57501.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)