This Ole House (album)

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This Ole House
(Marie, Marie)
This Ole House - Shaky.jpg
Studio album by
Shakin' Stevens
Released17 October 1980 (Marie, Marie)
27 March 1981 (This Ole House)
Recorded1980
Studio Eden Studios, Chiswick
Genre Rock and roll
Label Epic
Producer Stuart Colman
Shakin' Stevens chronology
Take One!
(1980)		This Ole House
(Marie, Marie)
(1980)		 Shaky
(1981)
Singles from This Ole House
  1. "Hey Mae"
    Released: 2 May 1980
  2. "Marie, Marie"
    Released: 18 July 1980
  3. "Shooting Gallery"
    Released: 17 October 1980
  4. "This Ole House"
    Released: 20 February 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]

This Ole House is a 1980/1981 album by Welsh rock and roll singer Shakin' Stevens. The album was originally released in October 1980 under the name Marie, Marie but failed to chart. When single "This Ole House" reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart the album was re-issued in March 1981 with the new title and song added, peaking at No. 2 in the UK Albums Chart.

Contents

Background

The album was originally released in October 1980 on the back of his first top 20 hit "Marie, Marie". However, a later single "This Ole House" became a much bigger hit, peaking at No. 1 for three weeks in March 1981. [4] The album was quickly re-issued with the same cover but now under the title This Ole House. It peaked at No. 2, giving Stevens' his first top ten album. [4] It spent 28 weeks on the UK Charts and was certified Gold by the BPI. [5] The album also contains earlier singles "Hey Mae" and "Shooting Gallery".

"Marie, Marie" is a song by Dave Alvin and his band The Blasters, released on their 1980 album American Music .

"This Ole House" replaced the song "Two Hearts" (later titled "Two Hearts Two Kisses") from the original album. [6] The album retained most of the same musicians from the Take One! (1980) album, with the addition of Welsh guitarist (and ex-member of Stevens' previous backing group the Sunsets) Mickey Gee.

The album was re-issued on CD for the first time in 2009 as part of The Epic Masters boxset.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1.""Hey Mae""(Rusty Kershaw, Doug Kershaw)2:32
2.""Baby If We Touch""(Shakin' Stevens)3:02
3.""Marie Marie""(Dave Alvin)2:45
4."Lonely Blue Boy""(Ben Weisman, Fred Wise)3:12
5."Make It Right Tonight""(Shakin' Stevens)2:59
6."Move""(Peter Green, C. McNabb, Jr.)3:10
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
7.""Slippin' and Slidin'""(Richard Penniman, Eddie Bocage, Al Collins, James Smith)2:33
8."Shooting Gallery" (Brian Hodgson, Tony Colton)" 3:11
9."Revenue Man""(Donny Young)2:45
10."Make Me Know You're Mine"(Aaron Schroeder, David Hill)4:31
11."This Ole House"(Stuart Hamblen)2:58
12."Nobody""(Wayne Carson Thompson)3:12
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13.""Two Hearts Two Kisses""(Jesse Stone, Otis Williams)2:58

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [15] 2× Platinum100,000^
Germany (BVMI) [16] Gold250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [17] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

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  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
  3. ↑ "Albums" (PDF). Record Mirror : 22. 4 April 1981. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 Official UK Charts - Shakin' Stevens
  5. ↑ BPI - Certified awards
  6. ↑ Discogs - Marie Marie album
  7. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 293. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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