Old Home Town

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Old Home Town
Glen Campbell Old Home Town album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1982
Recorded1982
StudioFootprint Sound Studio, Sherman Oaks, California
Genre Country, [1] [2] [3] pop [2] [3]
Label Atlantic
Producer Jerry Fuller
Glen Campbell chronology
Glen Campbell Live
(1981)
Old Home Town
(1982)
Letter to Home
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Old Home Town is the thirty-ninth album by American singer/guitarist Glen Campbell, released in 1982 (see 1982 in music). It was his first album released on Atlantic Records after twenty years with Capitol Records.

Contents

Track listing

Side 1:

  1. "Old Home Town" (David Pomeranz) – 3:38
  2. "I Love How You Love Me" (Barry Mann, Larry Kolber) – 2:29
  3. "Hang On Baby (Ease My Mind)" (Joe Rainey, Dan Rogers) – 2:28
  4. "Blues (My Naughty Sweetie Gives To Me)" (Arthur N. Swanstone, Charles R. McCarron, Carey Morgan) – 2:30
  5. "A Few Good Men" (Joe Rainey) – 3:05

Side 2:

  1. "On the Wings of My Victory" (Bob Corbin) – 3:30
  2. "I Was Too Busy Loving You" (Jimmy Webb) – 3:08
  3. "Ruth" (Jud Strunk) – 2:57
  4. "A Woman's Touch" (Jerry Fuller) – 3:12
  5. "Mull of Kintyre" (Paul McCartney, Denny Laine) – 4:18

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1982)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums33

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US Country US AC
1982"Old Home Town"44
"I Love How You Love Me"1735
1983"On the Wings of My Victory"85

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    • Kirby, Kip (30 October 1982). "Nashville Scene". Billboard. p. 43. Retrieved 18 May 2010.
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