Lionel Cartwright (album)

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Lionel Cartwright
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 6, 1989
Recorded1988
StudioSound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre Country
Length34:18
Label MCA
Producer Tony Brown
Steuart Smith
Lionel Cartwright chronology
Lionel Cartwright
(1989)
I Watched It on the Radio
(1990)
Singles from Lionel Cartwright
  1. "You're Gonna Make Her Mine"
    Released: October 1988
  2. "Like Father Like Son"
    Released: February 18, 1989
  3. "Give Me His Last Chance"
    Released: June 5, 1989
  4. "In My Eyes"
    Released: October 2, 1989

Lionel Cartwright is the debut studio album by the American country music singer of the same name. 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.

Contents

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

All songs written by Lionel Cartwright except "Like Father Like Son", written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz. [2]

  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

Chart (1989)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums44

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US Country CAN Country
1988"You're Gonna Make Her Mine"45
1989"Like Father Like Son"1421
"Give Me His Last Chance"37
"In My Eyes"126
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [2]

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References

  1. Cooper, Dan. "Lionel Cartwright review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  2. 1 2 Lionel Cartwright (CD booklet). Lionel Cartwright. MCA Records. 1989. MCAD-42276.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)