Lionel Cartwright is the debut studio album by American country music singer Lionel Cartwright. It was released in March 1989 (see 1989 in country music) on MCA Records. The album includes the singles "You're Gonna Make Her Mine", "Like Father, Like Son", "Give Me His Last Chance" and "In My Eyes". These latter three singles all charted in the Top 40 on the Billboard country singles charts.
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| Released | March 6, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Studio | Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 34:18 | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Producer | Tony Brown Steuart Smith | |||
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Dan Cooper of Allmusic rated the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that out of Cartwright's three albums, it was "still his best."[1]
Track listing
editAll songs written by Lionel Cartwright except "Like Father Like Son", written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz.[2]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Fallin' Again" | 3:29 |
| 2. | "Like Father Like Son" | 3:28 |
| 3. | "You're Gonna Make Her Mine" | 2:32 |
| 4. | "A Little Lesser Blue" | 3:17 |
| 5. | "In My Eyes" | 4:14 |
| 6. | "Give Me His Last Chance" | 4:12 |
| 7. | "That's Why They Call It Falling" | 2:57 |
| 8. | "Blue Fiddle Waltz" | 3:26 |
| 9. | "She Never Saw Love" | 3:23 |
| 10. | "Let the Hard Times Roll" | 3:20 |
Chart performance
edit| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 44 |
Singles
edit| Year | Single | Peak positions | ||||
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| US Country | CAN Country | |||||
| 1988 | "You're Gonna Make Her Mine" | 45 | — | |||
| 1989 | "Like Father Like Son" | 14 | 21 | |||
| "Give Me His Last Chance" | 3 | 7 | ||||
| "In My Eyes" | 12 | 6 | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
Personnel
editAs listed in liner notes.[2]
- Eddie Bayers - drums
- Lionel Cartwright - mandolin, acoustic guitar, piano, fiddle, lead vocals, background vocals
- Pat Flynn - acoustic guitar
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Steve Gibson - electric guitar
- Vince Gill - background vocals
- David Hungate - bass guitar
- John Barlow Jarvis - piano
- Mac McAnally - acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Mark O'Connor - mandolin, viola
- Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
- Tom Robb - bass guitar
- Matt Rollings - piano
- Steuart Smith - piano, electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Harry Stinson - drums, background vocals
References
edit- ^ Cooper, Dan. "Lionel Cartwright review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
- ^ a b Lionel Cartwright (CD booklet). Lionel Cartwright. MCA Records. 1989. MCAD-42276.
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