This_Ole_House_(album)
This Ole House (album)
1980 studio album by Shakin' Stevens
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.
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| Released | 17 October 1980 (Marie, Marie) 27 March 1981 (This Ole House) | |||
| Recorded | 1980 | |||
| Studio | Eden Studios, Chiswick | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Stuart Colman | |||
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| Singles from This Ole House | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
| Record Mirror | [3] |
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.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 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. | Title | Writer(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. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 13. | ""Two Hearts Two Kisses"" | (Jesse Stone, Otis Williams) | 2:58 |
- Shakin' Stevens – vocals
- Albert Lee – lead guitar
- Eddie Jones – electric guitar
- Mickey Gee – lead guitar
- Roger McKew – rhythm guitar
- B.J. Cole – steel guitar
- Geraint Watkins – piano
- Stuart Colman – bass
- Howard Tibble – drums
- Tony Hall – tenor saxophone
- Sid Phillips – baritone saxophone
- Production
- Aldo Bocca, Rod Houison - engineers
- Freya Miller - management
- Neill King, Nick Froome - assistants
- Simon Fowler - photography
Weekly charts
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- Thompson, Dave. Shakin' Stevens - Marie Marie (1980) / This Ole House (1981) album review, credits & releases] at AllMusic
- Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
- "Albums" (PDF). Record Mirror: 22. 4 April 1981. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
- 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.
- "Austriancharts.at – Shakin' Stevens – This Ole House" (in German). Hung Medien.
- "Dutchcharts.nl – Shakin' Stevens – This Ole House" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- Timo (13 August 2015). "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit STEP - SUE". Sisältää hitin. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- "Charts.nz – Shakin' Stevens – This Ole House". Hung Medien.
- "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1981. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- "IT'S SHAKIN' TIME DOWN UNDER" (PDF). Cash Box. 8 May 1982. p. 26. Retrieved 5 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
- "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Shakin Stevens; 'This Ole House')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- "British album certifications – Shakin' Stevens – This Ole House". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 December 2021.