Comin' Home to Stay

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Comin' Home to Stay
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 28, 1988 (1988-03-28)
Recorded1987
StudioTreasure Isle Recorders (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length33:07
Label Epic
Producer Ricky Skaggs
Ricky Skaggs chronology
Love's Gonna Get Ya!
(1986)
Comin' Home to Stay
(1988)
Kentucky Thunder
(1989)
Singles from Comin' Home to Stay
  1. "Thanks Again"
    Released: June 11, 1988
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Comin' Home to Stay is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in 1988 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Tired"Buck Peddy, Webb Pierce, Mel Tillis 2:38
2."Hold Whatcha Got" Jimmy Martin 3:10
3."(Angel on My Mind) That's Why I'm Walkin'" Melvin Endsley, Stonewall Jackson 2:52
4."Home Is Wherever You Are"Wayland Patton3:33
5."If You Don't Believe the Bible" Carl Jackson, Glenn Sutton 2:57
6."San Antonio Rose" Bob Wills 4:07
7."Lord, She Sure Is Good at Lovin' Me" Paul Overstreet, Randy Travis 2:55
8."Old Kind of Love"Overstreet3:29
9."Thanks Again"Jim Rushing3:36
10."Woman You Won't Break Mine"Hunter Moore, Rushing3:32

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Chart (1988)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums12

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References

  1. Ankeny, Jason. "Comin' Home to Stay review". Allmusic . Retrieved 2 March 2011.
  2. "Comin' Home to Stay Charts". Allmusic . Retrieved 2 March 2011.