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For the song, see Hillbilly Rock (song).

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Hillbilly Rock is the fourth studio album by American country music artist, Marty Stuart. It was released in October 1989 by MCA Nashville. It peaked at #19 on the Top Country Albums chart but failed to chart on the Canadian charts. It was certified Gold in both countries. The songs, "Cry! Cry! Cry!", "Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long", "Hillbilly Rock" and "Western Girls" were released as singles.

Content

Several songs on this album are covers or would later be covered by other artists. Johnny Cash's "Cry! Cry! Cry!" first appeared on his 1957 album With His Hot and Blue Guitar. "Me and Billy the Kid" was written and recorded by Joe Ely from his album Lord of the Highway and would later be covered by Pat Green and Kevin Welch and The Overtones. "Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long" was covered by Gary Allan on his 1998 album, It Would Be You.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Hillbilly Rock"Paul Kennerley2:38
2."Western Girls"Kennerley/Marty Stuart3:38
3."Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long"Marty Stuart/Kostas3:22
4."The Coal Mine Blues"Marty Stuart3:05
5."The Wild One"Tillman Franks/Merle Kilgore3:12
6."Me And Billy The Kid"Joe Ely3:56
7."Cry! Cry! Cry!"J.R. Cash2:20
8."When The Sun Goes Down"Marty Stuart/Mark Collie2:42
9."Easy To Love (Hard To Hold)"Marty Stuart/Paul Kennerley2:53
10."Since I Don't Have You"Marty Stuart/Mark Collie5:33

Personnel

Production

  • Produced By Tony Brown & Richard Bennet
  • Engineers, Assistant Engineers: Dave Boyer, Mark J. Coddington, Marty Williams
  • Mixing: Chuck Ainlay
  • Overdub Engineers: Chuck Ainlay, Mark J. Coddington
  • Digital Editing: Milan Bogdan
  • Mastering, Master Tape Preparation: Glenn Meadows

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1989) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 19

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country CAN Country
1989 "Cry! Cry! Cry!" 32 59
1990 "Don't Leave Her Lonely Too Long" 42 25
"Hillbilly Rock" 8 6
"Western Girls" 20 16

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