Southern Comfort is the forty-fourth studio album by American country music singer Conway Twitty. The album was released in February 1982,[2] by Elektra Records.[3] Twitty had signed with the label after a long tenure with MCA Records and one of its predecessors, Decca Records; the change in allegiance was owed to a change in management in MCA which also shifted its focus to marketing and promoting newer artists.
Southern Comfort | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 1982[1] | |||
Recorded | 1981 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 32:04 | |||
Label | Elektra Records | |||
Producer | Conway Twitty, Jimmy Bowen | |||
Conway Twitty chronology | ||||
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Singles from Southern Comfort | ||||
This album spawned two #1 country hits. One was in an original song called "The Clown" and the other was in a rendition of the Pointer Sisters' 1981 hit "Slow Hand", which he reworked to suit his personality. The latter single, his 29th #1 country hit, was his final multi-week #1 hit on Billboard's country single charts.[4]
Track listing
editNo. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Slow Hand" | John Bettis, Michael Clark[5] | 2:55 |
2. | "The Clown" | Brenda Barnett, Charlie Chalmers, Sandra Chalmers, Wayne Carson[6] | 4:00 |
3. | "The Boy Next Door" | Eddie Setser, Troy Seals[7] | 2:35 |
4. | "Love and Only Love" | Hugh Moffatt[8] | 2:54 |
5. | "When Love Was Something Else" | Roger Murrah, Scott Anders[9] | 2:37 |
6. | "She Only Meant to Use Him" | Charles Quillen, Dallas Cody[10] | 3:55 |
7. | "It Turns Me Inside Out" | Jan Crutchfield[11] | 3:23 |
8. | "Southern Comfort" | Jamie O'Hara[12] | 2:36 |
9. | "Something Strange Got Into Her Last Night" | Bobby Harden[13] | 3:42 |
10. | "I Was the First" | Terry Skinner[14] | 3:14 |
Personnel
edit- Acoustic Guitar – Kenny Bell
- Acoustic Guitar, Lead Guitar – Brent Rowan
- Arranged By (strings) – Bergen White
- Art Direction – Norm Ung
- Backing Vocals – Wennis W. Wilson, Don Gant, Doug Clements, Duane West, James E. "Buzz" Cason, Lea Jane Berinati, Vicki Hampton, Yvonne Hodges
- Banjo – Jack Hicks
- Bass – Bob Wray
- Design – Kosh
- Drums, Percussion – James Stroud, Jerry Carrigan
- Engineer – Ron Treat
- Keyboards – Randy McCormick
- Lead Guitar – Reggie Young
- Lead Vocals – Conway Twitty
- Mastered By – Glenn Meadows
- Photography By – Jim Shea
- Producer – Conway Twitty
- Producer, Recorded By – Jimmy Bowen
- Steel Guitar, Dobro – John Hughey
- Strings – Sheldon Kurland Strings[15]
Charts
editChart (1982) | Peak position |
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US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[16] | 5 |
References
edit- ^ "Original Release Date". genius.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Original Release Date". genius.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Southern Comfort - Conway Twitty". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 362.
- ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Conway Twitty Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 18, 2019.