Old 8×10

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Old 8×10
File:RandyTravisOld8x10.jpg
Studio album by Randy Travis
Released July 12, 1988
Recorded 1987-1988
Genre Country
Length 32:35
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer Kyle Lehning
Randy Travis chronology
Always & Forever
(1987)Always & Forever1987		 Old 8×10
(1988)		 An Old Time Christmas
(1989)
Alternative cover
German Cover
German Cover

An Old Time Christmas1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [1]
Los Angeles Times 3.5/4 stars [2]
Robert Christgau A− [3]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars [4]

Old 8×10 is the third album by country music star Randy Travis. It was released on July 12, 1988 by Warner Bros. Records Nashville. The album produced the singles "Honky Tonk Moon", "Deeper Than the Holler", "Is It Still Over", and "Promises". All of these except "Promises" reached Number One on the Hot Country Songs charts in the late 1980s. The German edition of the album (the first Randy Travis release in that country) contained the bonus track "Forever and Ever, Amen". In January 1990, Old 8×10 earned Travis three American Music Awards for 'Favorite Country Male Artist', 'Favorite Country Album', and 'Favorite Country Single' (Deeper Than the Holler).

Track listing

  1. "Honky Tonk Moon" (Dennis O'Rourke) - 2:49
  2. "Deeper Than the Holler" (Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz) - 3:39
  3. "It's Out of My Hands" (John Lindley, Randy Travis) - 4:11
  4. "Is It Still Over?" (Ken Bell, Larry Henley) - 3:11
  5. "Old 8×10" (Joe Chambers, Larry Jenkins) - 2:57
  6. "Written in Stone" (Mac McAnally, Schlitz) - 3:14
  7. "The Blues in Black and White" (Wayland Holyfield, Verlon Thompson) - 2:59
  8. "Here in My Heart" (David Lynn Jones) - 3:11
  9. "We Ain't Out of Love Yet" (Larry Henley, Gene Pistilli) - 2:23
  10. "Promises" (John Lindley, Randy Travis) - 4:01

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1988) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Albums 1
Canadian RPM Top Albums 14
US Billboard Top Country Albums 1
US Billboard 200 35
Preceded by Top Country Albums number-one album
August 27 - October 22, 1988		 Succeeded by
Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
by Dwight Yoakam
Preceded by Top Country Albums number-one album
January 7 - March 4, 1989		 Succeeded by
Loving Proof
by Ricky Van Shelton
Preceded by
none
 RPM Country Albums number-one album
June 5, 1989

References

  1. ↑ Old 8×10 at AllMusic
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