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247:'s rock and roll classic "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)," his twelfth number 1 since 1974. Jennings would not top the singles chart again until 1987. The single "Breakin' Down" also made the Top 10. Jennings contributed two songs for the LP: "Let Her Do the Walking," which he wrote himself, and the reflective "No Middle Ground," which he composed with Gary Scruggs. Songwriter 318: 313: 308: 303: 298: 36: 360:'s brief retrospective review read: "While many labels were raiding their vaults to create "medley" records of artists no longer signed with them ... Jennings seems to have done it to himself. There are a couple nice songs on here, but it's not one of his best." 1690: 262:
Understandably, considering his condition at the time, Jennings was not fond of his work during this period: "I was doing bad records. Missing shows due to laryngitis. Not picking up the guitar unless I was getting paid. Not caring."
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was dismissive of the album's closing medley, saying that all of its material had been done far better on other albums, but asserted that every other track on
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is "old-fashioned, kick-butt country and rock." He especially praised Jennings's rendition of "Lucille" for its simplicity and straightforwardness.
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Jennings, who had been a mainstay on at the top of the country charts for most of the previous decade, began a commercial slide with
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20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Waylon Jennings
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Sartwell, Crispen (June 1983). "It's Only Rock & Roll review".
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Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand
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Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand
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country albums chart, Jennings' worst showing since
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Index

It's Only Rock and Roll (disambiguation)

Studio album
Waylon Jennings
Genre
Country
outlaw country
Label
RCA Victor
Producer
Randy Scruggs
Waylon Jennings
WWII
Take It to the Limit
Singles
Lucille (You Won't Do Daddy's Will)
album
Waylon Jennings
RCA Victor
1983
LP
Little Richard
Rodney Crowell
I Ain't Living Long Like This
Jessi Colter
AllMusic
Billboard
Honky Tonk Heroes
AllMusic
Rodney Crowell

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