House on Old Lonesome Road

House on Old Lonesome Road
House on Old Lonesome Road
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

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
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
Vince Gill, Conway Twitty, Joe Manuel: harmony vocals

Chart performance

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

References

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

[1] House on Old Lonesome Road at AllMusic

[2] "Conway Twitty". Billboard.

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Studio albums	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
Collaboration albums	We Only Make Believe Lead Me On Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man Country Partners Dynamic Duo
Compilation albums	Number Ones Classic Conway Conway's Latest Greatest Hits Volume 1 Greatest Hits Volume III 25 Number Ones
Notable singles	"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"
Collaboration singles	"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"
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