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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = House on Old Lonesome Road
| name = House on Old Lonesome Road
| Type = Studio
| type = Studio
| Artist = [[Conway Twitty]]
| artist = [[Conway Twitty]]
| cover = houseonoldlonesomeroad.jpg
| Released = 1989
| Genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| alt =
| Length = 32:57
| released = July 7, 1989
| recorded = 1988−89
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| Label = [[MCA Records|MCA]]
| venue =
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| Producer = [[Jimmy Bowen]], Dee Henry, Conway Twitty
| studio = Sound Stage Studios, [[Nashville, TN]]
| Last album = ''Still in Your Dreams''<br />(1988)
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| This album = '''''House on Old Lonesome Road'''''<br />(1989)
| length = 32:57
| Next album = ''[[Crazy In Love (Conway Twitty album)|Crazy in Love]]''<br/ >(1990)
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| label = [[MCA Records|MCA]]
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| producer = [[Jimmy Bowen]], Dee Henry, Conway Twitty
| prev_title = [[Making Believe (album)|Making Believe]]
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title = [[Greatest Hits Volume III (Conway Twitty album)|Greatest Hits Volume III]]
| next_year = 1990
}}
}}


'''''House on Old Lonesome Road''''' is a full-length album by country 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''''' 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]].


{{Album reviews
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r94437|pure_url=yes}} link]
|rev1score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r94437}}</ref>
}}
}}


==Track listing==
== Track listing ==
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#"[[She's Got a Single Thing in Mind]]" ([[Walt Aldridge]]) - 3:42
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#"Who's Gonna Know" ([[Jimmy Griffin]], Richard Mainegra, Rick Yancey) - 2:49
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#"Play, Ruby, Play" ([[Tony Brown (record producer)|Tony Brown]], [[Troy Seals]]) - 3:29
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#"[[House on Old Lonesome Road (song)|House on Old Lonesome Road]]" (Dave Gibson, Bernie Nelson) - 3:57
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#"Nobody Can Fill Your Shoes" ([[Roger Murrah]], James Dean Hicks) - 2:43
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#"Private Part of My Heart" ([[Max D. Barnes]], Seals) - 3:30
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#"Child With Child" (Dave Goodman, Allen Ray) - 2:57
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#"Take Me Home to Mama" (Karen Staley, Gary Harrison) - 3:18
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#"Pieces of You" (Barnes, [[Skip Ewing]]) - 3:20
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#"Too White to Sing the Blues" ([[Lacy J. Dalton]], Murrah) - 3:12


{{Track listing
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==Production==
| collapsed =
| headline =
| total length =

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| title1 = [[She's Got a Single Thing in Mind]]
| writer1 = [[Walt Aldridge]]
| length1 = 3:42

| title2 = Who's Gonna Know
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| writer2 = [[Jimmy Griffin]], Richard Mainegra, Rick Yancey
| length2 = 2:49

| title3 = [[Play, Ruby, Play]]
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| writer3 = [[Tony Brown (record producer)|Tony Brown]], [[Troy Seals]]
| length3 = 3:29

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| title4 = [[House on Old Lonesome Road (song)|House on Old Lonesome Road]]"
| writer4 = [[Dave Gibson (American songwriter)|Dave Gibson]], Bernie Nelson
| length4 = 3:57

| title5 = Nobody Can Fill Your Shoes
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| writer5 = [[Roger Murrah]], James Dean Hicks
| length5 = 2:43

| title6 = Private Part of My Heart
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| writer6 = [[Max D. Barnes]], Seals
| length6 = 3:30

| title7 = Child with Child
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| writer7 = Dave Goodman, Allen Ray
| length7 = 2:57

| title8 = Take Me Home to Mama
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| writer8 = [[Karen Staley]], [[Gary Harrison]]
| length8 = 3:18

| title9 = Pieces of You
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| writer9 = Barnes, [[Skip Ewing]]
| length9 = 3:20

| title10 = Too White to Sing the Blues
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| writer10 = [[Lacy J. Dalton]], Murrah
| length10 = 3:12
}}

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== Production ==
*[[Record producer|Produced]] by [[Conway Twitty]], Dee Henry and [[Jimmy Bowen]]
*[[Record producer|Produced]] by [[Conway Twitty]], Dee Henry and [[Jimmy Bowen]]
*[[Audio engineering|Engineer]]: Ron Treat
*[[Audio engineering|Engineer]]: Ron Treat
*Second engineers: Mark J. Coddington, Tim Kish, Russ Martin
*Second engineers: Mark J. Coddington, Tim Kish, Russ Martin
*[[Audio mixing|Mixing]]: Chuck Ainlay
*[[Audio mixing (recorded music)|Mixing]]: Chuck Ainlay
*[[Digital editing]]: Milan Bogdan
*[[Digital editing]]: Milan Bogdan
*[[Audio mastering|Mastering]]: Glenn Meadows
*[[Audio mastering|Mastering]]: Glenn Meadows


==Personnel==
== Personnel ==
*Conway Twitty: [[vocals]], [[guitar]]s
*Conway Twitty: lead vocals
*[[Billy Joe Walker Jr.]]: [[acoustic guitar]], [[electric guitar]]
*[[Reggie Young]]: electric guitar
*[[David Hungate]]: [[bass guitar]]
*[[David Hungate]]: [[bass guitar]]
*Eddie Bayers: [[drum kit|drums]]
*[[Eddie Bayers]]: [[drum kit|drums]]
*John Barlow Jarvis: [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
*[[John Barlow Jarvis]]: [[keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
*Mike Lawler: [[synthesizer]]
*Mike Lawler: [[synthesizer]]
*Hoot Hester: [[fiddle]], [[mandolin]]
*Hoot Hester: [[fiddle]], [[mandolin]]
*[[Vince Gill]], Joe Manuel: [[harmony vocals]]
*[[Vince Gill]], Conway Twitty, Joe Manuel: [[harmony vocals]]


==Chart performance==
== Chart performance ==
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! Chart (1989)
! Chart (1989)
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| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 39<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/conway-twitty/chart-history/clp/|title=Conway Twitty|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref>
| align="center"| 39
|}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Conway Twitty}}

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[[Category:MCA Records albums]]
[[Category:MCA Records albums]]
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[[Category:Albums produced by Jimmy Bowen]]

Latest revision as of 22:36, 6 February 2023

House on Old Lonesome Road
Studio album by
Conway Twitty
ReleasedJuly 7, 1989
Recorded1988−89
StudioSound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN
GenreCountry
Length32:57
LabelMCA
ProducerJimmy Bowen, Dee Henry, Conway Twitty
Conway Twitty chronology
Making Believe
(1988) 		House on Old Lonesome Road
(1989) 		Greatest Hits Volume III
(1990)

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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."She's Got a Single Thing in Mind"Walt Aldridge3:42
2."Who's Gonna Know"Jimmy Griffin, Richard Mainegra, Rick Yancey2:49
3."Play, Ruby, Play"Tony Brown, Troy Seals3:29
4."House on Old Lonesome Road""Dave Gibson, Bernie Nelson3:57
5."Nobody Can Fill Your Shoes"Roger Murrah, James Dean Hicks2:43
6."Private Part of My Heart"Max D. Barnes, Seals3:30
7."Child with Child"Dave Goodman, Allen Ray2:57
8."Take Me Home to Mama"Karen Staley, Gary Harrison3:18
9."Pieces of You"Barnes, Skip Ewing3:20
10."Too White to Sing the Blues"Lacy J. Dalton, Murrah3:12

Production

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Personnel

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Chart performance

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Chart (1989) Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 39[2]

References

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  1. ^ House on Old Lonesome Road at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Conway Twitty". Billboard.
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