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) on MCA Records. The album includes the singles "You're Gonna Make Her Mine", "Like Father, Like Son", "Give Me His Last Chance" and "In My Eyes". These latter three singles all charted in the Top 40 on the ''

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'' country singles charts. Dan Cooper of Allmusic rated the album four-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that out of Cartwright's three albums, it was "still his best."

Track listing

All songs written by Lionel Cartwright except "Like Father Like Son", written by

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and

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. #"Fallin' Again" – 3:29 #" Like Father Like Son" – 3:28 #"You're Gonna Make Her Mine" – 2:32 #"A Little Lesser Blue" – 3:17 #" In My Eyes" – 4:14 #" Give Me His Last Chance" – 4:12 #"That's Why They Call It Falling" – 2:57 #"Blue Fiddle Waltz" – 3:26 #"She Never Saw Love" – 3:23 #"Let the Hard Times Roll" – 3:20

Chart performance

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. * Eddie Bayers -

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* Lionel Cartwright -

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, piano,

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, lead vocals, background vocals * Pat Flynn - acoustic guitar * Paul Franklin -

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* Steve Gibson - electric guitar * Vince Gill - background vocals *

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- bass guitar * John Barlow Jarvis - piano * Mac McAnally - acoustic guitar, background vocals * Mark O'Connor - mandolin, viola * Michael Rhodes - bass guitar * Tom Robb - bass guitar * Matt Rollings - piano * Steuart Smith - piano, electric guitar, acoustic guitar * Harry Stinson - drums, background vocals

References

{{Authority control 1989 debut albums Albums produced by Tony Brown (record producer) Lionel Cartwright albums MCA Records albums