''Final Touches'' is a full-length album by

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singer

Conway Twitty Harold Lloyd Jenkins (September 1, 1933 – June 5, 1993), better known by his stage name Conway Twitty, was an American singer and songwriter. Initially a part of the 1950s rockabilly scene, Twitty was best known as a country music performer. ...

, released in 1993, the year of his death.

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's Dan Cooper called it "a less fitting swan song for Twitty than his duet on “

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” with

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on the '' Rhythm, Country and Blues'' album." The album was Twitty's 58th and final solo album, and 67th overall (counting albums released with

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). "The Likes of Me" was later recorded by

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on his 1995 album '' The Marty Party Hit Pack''.

Track listing

#"Two Timin' Two Stepper" (Bobby Byrd, Kostas) - 3:28 #" I Hurt for You" (

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, Rafe Van Hoy) - 3:53 #"Don't It Make You Lonely" (Jackson Leap) - 3:14 #"I'm the Only Thing (I'll Hold Against You)" (

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, Kim Williams,

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) - 4:01 #"I Don't Love You" (

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) - 3:15 #"The Likes of Me" (

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, Rick Bowles) - 3:27 #"An Old Memory Like Me" (

Don Cook Don Kirby Cook (born May 25, 1949) is an American record producer and songwriter whose work is mainly in the field of country music. Artists who recorded Cook's material include Barbara Mandrell, John Conlee, Mark Collie, Wade Hayes and Brooks & ...

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) - 3:46 #"Final Touches" (Gordon Bradberry, Tony Colton) - 2:45 #"You Are to Me" (

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) - 3:22 #"You Ought to Try It Sometime" (

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, Eddie Setser, Billy Spencer) - 2:59

Production

* Produced by

*Associate producers:

, Dee Henry *Mike Bradley:

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, mixing *Mark Capps: assistant engineer, mixing assistant * Mastering: Hank Williams (engineer)

Personnel

*Conway Twitty – lead vocals *

– drums, percussion *

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– bass guitar * Bruce Bouton –

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*Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar *

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– electric guitar *Dennis Burnside – keyboards, piano,

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*Rob Hajacos – fiddle *Dennis Wilson – background vocals *Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

1993 albums Conway Twitty albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Don Cook Albums published posthumously {{1990s-country-album-stub