Southern Comfort
Studio album by
Conway Twitty
ReleasedFebruary 1982[1]
Recorded1981
GenreCountry
Length32:04
LabelElektra Records
ProducerConway Twitty, Jimmy Bowen
Conway Twitty chronology
Number Ones
(1981) 		Southern Comfort
(1982) 		Conway's #1 Classics, Volume One
(1982)
Singles from Southern Comfort
  1. "The Clown"
    Released: December 1981
  2. "Slow Hand"
    Released: April 24, 1982

Southern Comfort is the forty-fourth studio album by American country music singer Conway Twitty. The album was released in February 1982,[2] by Elektra Records.[3] Twitty had signed with the label after a long tenure with MCA Records and one of its predecessors, Decca Records; the change in allegiance was owed to a change in management in MCA which also shifted its focus to marketing and promoting newer artists.

This album spawned two #1 country hits. One was in an original song called "The Clown" and the other was in a rendition of the Pointer Sisters' 1981 hit "Slow Hand", which he reworked to suit his personality. The latter single, his 29th #1 country hit, was his final multi-week #1 hit on Billboard's country single charts.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Slow Hand"John Bettis, Michael Clark[5]2:55
2."The Clown"Brenda Barnett, Charlie Chalmers, Sandra Chalmers, Wayne Carson[6]4:00
3."The Boy Next Door"Eddie Setser, Troy Seals[7]2:35
4."Love and Only Love"Hugh Moffatt[8]2:54
5."When Love Was Something Else"Roger Murrah, Scott Anders[9]2:37
6."She Only Meant to Use Him"Charles Quillen, Dallas Cody[10]3:55
7."It Turns Me Inside Out"Jan Crutchfield[11]3:23
8."Southern Comfort"Jamie O'Hara[12]2:36
9."Something Strange Got Into Her Last Night"Bobby Harden[13]3:42
10."I Was the First"Terry Skinner[14]3:14

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[16] 5

References

  1. ^ "Original Release Date". genius.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Original Release Date". genius.com. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Southern Comfort - Conway Twitty". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 362.
  5. ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  10. ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  13. ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  15. ^ "Southern Comfort Album Credits". www.discogs.com. 1982. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  16. ^ "Conway Twitty Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
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