| Lionel Cartwright | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Lionel Cartwright |
| Cover: | lioneldebut.jpg |
| Released: | March 6, 1989 |
| Recorded: | 1988 |
| Studio: | Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 34:18 |
| Label: | MCA |
| Producer: | Tony Brown Steuart Smith |
| Next Title: | I Watched It on the Radio |
| Next Year: | 1990 |
Lionel Cartwright is the debut studio album by American country music singer Lionel Cartwright. It was released in March 1989 (see 1989 in country music) 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 Billboard 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."[1]
All songs written by Lionel Cartwright except "Like Father Like Son", written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz.[2]
| Year | Single | Peak positions | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country | CAN Country | |||||
| 1988 | "You're Gonna Make Her Mine" | 45 | — | |||
| 1989 | "Like Father Like Son" | 14 | 21 | |||
| "Give Me His Last Chance" | 3 | 7 | ||||
| "In My Eyes" | 12 | 6 | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | ||||||
As listed in liner notes.[2]