This Ole House (album)

This Ole House
(Marie, Marie)
Studio album by
Shakin' Stevens
Released17 October 1980 (Marie, Marie)
27 March 1981 (This Ole House)
Recorded1980
StudioEden Studios, Chiswick
GenreRock and roll
LabelEpic
ProducerStuart Colman
Shakin' Stevens chronology
Take One!
(1980) 		This Ole House
(Marie, Marie)
(1980) 		Shaky
(1981)
Singles from This Ole House
  1. "Hey Mae"
    Released: 2 May 1980
  2. "Marie, Marie"
    Released: 18 July 1980
  3. "Shooting Gallery"
    Released: 17 October 1980
  4. "This Ole House"
    Released: 20 February 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic [1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
Record Mirror[3]

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.

Background

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.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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.TitleWriter(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.TitleWriter(s)Length
13.""Two Hearts Two Kisses""(Jesse Stone, Otis Williams)2:58

Personnel

Production
  • Aldo Bocca, Rod Houison – engineers
  • Freya Miller – management
  • Neill King, Nick Froome – assistants
  • Simon Fowler – photography

Charts

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[15] 2× Platinum 100,000^
Germany (BVMI)[16] Gold 250,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[17] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Thompson, Dave. Shakin' Stevens - Marie Marie (1980) / This Ole House (1981) album review, credits & releases] at AllMusic
  2. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press.
  3. ^ "Albums" (PDF). Record Mirror: 22. 4 April 1981. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b Official UK Charts - Shakin' Stevens
  5. ^ "BPI - Certified awards". Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  6. ^ Discogs - Marie Marie album
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Shakin' Stevens – This Ole House" (in German). Hung Medien.
  9. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Shakin' Stevens – This Ole House" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
  10. ^ Timo (13 August 2015). "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit STEP - SUE". Sisältää hitin. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Shakin' Stevens – This Ole House" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts.
  12. ^ "Charts.nz – Shakin' Stevens – This Ole House". Hung Medien.
  13. ^ "Shakin' Stevens | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
  14. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1981. Archived from the original on 19 October 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  15. ^ "IT'S SHAKIN' TIME DOWN UNDER" (PDF). Cash Box. 8 May 1982. p. 26. Retrieved 5 December 2021 – via World Radio History.
  16. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Shakin Stevens; 'This Ole House')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  17. ^ "British album certifications – Shakin' Stevens – This Ole House". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 December 2021.