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."
House on Old Lonesome Road | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
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 | |||
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"Play, Ruby, Play" was later released as a single by Clinton Gregory.
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Track listing
editNo. | 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
editChart (1989) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 39[2] |