The Last Word in Lonesome

The Last Word in Lonesome
Studio album by
Eddy Arnold
Released1966
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Victor
ProducerChet Atkins
Eddy Arnold chronology
I Want to Go with You
(1966) 		The Last Word in Lonesome
(1966) 		Somebody Like Me
(1966)

The Last Word in Lonesome is an album by American country music singer Eddy Arnold. It was released by RCA Victor in 1966. The music was arranged and conducted by Bill Walker. Chet Atkins was the producer.[1]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart on July 30, 1966, peaked at No. 1, and remained on the chart for a total of 26 weeks.[2]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of three stars.[3] Reviewer Greg Adams wrote: "If country music was moving uptown in the '60s, The Last Word in Lonesome saw it comfortably ensconced in a Manhattan penthouse, sipping champagne and bragging about its golf scores."[3]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Misty Blue"
  2. "Here Comes My Baby"
  3. "Why"
  4. "Long, Long Friendship"
  5. "That's a Lie"
  6. "A Thing Called Sadness"

Side B

  1. "The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me" (Roger Miller)
  2. "Don't Touch Me"
  3. "The Other Side of Lonely"
  4. "My Home Town Sweetheart"
  5. "Millions of Roses"
  6. "After the Laughter (Comes the Tears)"

References

  1. ^ "Eddy Arnold - The Last Word in Lonesome". Discogs. 1966. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  2. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 9. ISBN 0898201241.
  3. ^ a b "The Last Word in Lonesome". AllMusic. Retrieved December 18, 2020.