Still the Same Ole Me
Still the Same Ole Me | ||||
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Studio album by George Jones | ||||
Released | November 1981 | |||
Recorded | April 1981 | |||
Studio | Columbia, Nashville | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 26:43 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Billy Sherrill | |||
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Singles from Still the Same Ole Me | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Still the Same Ole Me is an album by American country music singer George Jones released in 1981 (see 1981 in country music) on the Epic Records label. It is Jones’ 56th Album Release.
Recording and composition
Still the Same Ole Me built on the massive success of Jones comeback single "He Stopped Loving Her Today" and went to number 3 on Billboard's country albums chart. "Same Ole Me", an anthem of survival and enduring love written by Paul Overstreet and featuring backing from the Oak Ridge Boys, peaked at number 2 on the charts. Even more successful was the hardcore honky tonk ballad "Still Doin' Time" ("I've been living in hell with a bar for a cell..."), which gave Jones a number one smash. The album also includes a duet with his daughter Georgette, who was 10 years old at the time, on "Daddy Come Home." The album track "I Won't Need You Anymore", would become a number one hit for Randy Travis in 1987. Same Ole Me was also the title of a 1989 documentary detailing the events of Jones's life and career.
Although Jones was enjoying immense success at this time, having renegotiated his contract with CBS, he was still ravaging his body with alcohol and cocaine, and appeared frighteningly frail when he made television appearances promoting the prophetic "Someday My Day Will Come." However, the same year that Still the Same Ole Me came out, Jones met a 34-year-old divorcée named Nancy Sepulveda from Mansfield, Louisiana. Nancy, who neither drank nor took drugs, would eventually marry Jones, manage his career, and turn his troubled life around.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Still Doin' Time" | Michael P. Heeney, John E. Moffat | 2:50 |
2. | "Couldn't Love Have Picked a Better Place to Die" | Curly Putman, Bucky Jones | 3:21 |
3. | "I Won't Need You Anymore" | Troy Seals, Max D. Barnes | 3:19 |
4. | "Together Alone" | Bobby Braddock | 3:00 |
5. | "Daddy Come Home (Georgette and Daddy)" | Bobby Braddock | 2:25 |
6. | "You Can't Get the Hell Out of Texas" | John Hadley, Jim Stafford | 2:38 |
7. | "Good Ones and Bad Ones" | Joe Chambers, Larry Jenkins | 2:47 |
8. | "Girl, You Sure Know How to Say Goodbye" | Tom T. Hall | 2:59 |
9. | "Someday My Day Will Come" | Earl Montgomery, Chris Ryder, V. L. Haywood | 2:33 |
10. | "Same Ole Me" (featuring The Oak Ridge Boys) | Paul Overstreet | 2:51 |
Certifications
Region | Certification |
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United States (RIAA)[2] | Gold |
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ "American album certifications – George Jones – Still the Same Ole Me". Recording Industry Association of America.
External links
- George Jones' Official Website
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- Grand Ole Opry's New Star
- Country Church Time
- White Lightning and Other Favorites
- George Jones Salutes Hank Williams
- George Jones Sings Country and Western Hits
- George Jones Sings from the Heart
- George Jones Sings Bob Wills
- Homecoming in Heaven
- My Favorites of Hank Williams
- I Wish Tonight Would Never End
- George Jones Sings Like the Dickens!
- I Get Lonely in a Hurry
- The Race Is On
- Mr. Country & Western Music
- New Country Hits
- Old Brush Arbors
- Trouble in Mind
- Country Heart
- Love Bug
- I'm a People
- We Found Heaven Right Here on Earth at "4033"
- Walk Through This World with Me
- George Jones Sings the Songs of Dallas Frazier
- The George Jones Story
- My Country
- If My Heart Had Windows
- I'll Share My World with You
- Where Grass Won't Grow
- Will You Visit Me on Sunday
- George Jones with Love
- George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne
- George Jones (We Can Make It)
- A Picture of Me (Without You)
- Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Losing You)
- In a Gospel Way
- The Grand Tour
- Memories of Us
- The Battle
- Alone Again
- I Wanta Sing
- Bartender's Blues
- My Very Special Guests
- I Am What I Am
- Still the Same Ole Me
- Shine On
- Jones Country
- You've Still Got a Place in My Heart
- Ladies' Choice
- Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes
- Wine Colored Roses
- Too Wild Too Long
- One Woman Man
- You Oughta Be Here with Me
- And Along Came Jones
- Walls Can Fall
- High-Tech Redneck
- The Bradley Barn Sessions
- I Lived to Tell It All
- It Don't Get Any Better Than This
- Cold Hard Truth
- The Rock: Stone Cold Country 2001
- The Gospel Collection
- Hits I Missed...And One I Didn't
- Burn Your Playhouse Down – The Unreleased Duets
- What's in Our Heart (with Melba Montgomery)
- Close Together (As You and Me) (with Melba Montgomery)
- Bluegrass Hootenanny (with Melba Montgomery)
- George Jones & Gene Pitney – For the First Time! Two Great Stars
- George Jones & Gene Pitney – Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee! (with Gene Pitney)
- It's Country Time Again! (with Gene Pitney)
- Double Trouble (with Johnny Paycheck)
- A Taste of Yesterday's Wine (with Merle Haggard)
- Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again (with Merle Haggard)
- George Jones & The Smoky Mountain Boys
- Hillbilly Hit Parade
- George Jones Singing 14 Top Country Song Favorites
- George Jones Sings His Greatest Hits
- The Fabulous Country Music Sound of George Jones
- Long Live King George
- The Crown Prince of Country Music
- A King & Two Queens (with Judy Lynn and Melba Montgomery)
- Blue & Lonesome
- Heartaches & Tears
- Famous Country Duets
- Hits by George
- The Best of George Jones
- All-Time Greatest Hits, Vol. 1
- Encore
- Anniversary – 10 Years of Hits
- By Request
- Super Hits
- Friends in High Places
- Super Hits, Volume 2
- 16 Biggest Hits
- 50 Years of Hits
- God's Country: George Jones and Friends
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