# Seven Decades

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**Seven Decades** is an album by [Hank Thompson](/source/Hank_Thompson_(musician)) released on July 18, 2000. The album's name reflects the length of Thompson's career as a musician.[1] It is the first album Thompson released on [HighTone Records](/source/HighTone_Records), and was produced by [Lloyd Maines](/source/Lloyd_Maines). Thompson described the music on the album as "just whatever I wanted to do" and said that each song had no intentional relationship to any of the others on the album.[2] The songs on *Seven Decades* are a mix of new originals, such as "Condo in Hondo," "Medicine Man" and "New Wine in Old Bottles," and old standards such as "[Wreck of the Old 97](/source/Wreck_of_the_Old_97#Ballad)".[2] Thompson said after the album's release that he felt better about it than anything he had done since "back in the old Capitol days."[3] *Seven Decades* proved to be Thompson's final album before his death in 2007.[4]

## Critical reception

Critical reception to *Seven Decades* was mixed. One of the more favorable reviews was written by *[The Indianapolis Star](/source/The_Indianapolis_Star)'*s Jim Johnson, who gave the album four out of four stars. Johnson wrote, "Singing like a man half his age, 74-year-old Hank Thompson swings ferociously on *Seven Decades*...Especially noteworthy are the strong [Travis](/source/Merle_Travis)-style leads of guitarist [Thom Bresh](/source/Thom_Bresh) and the twin fiddle attack of George Uptmor and Billy McBay."[5] A much less favorable review was written by Zac Crain, who wrote in the *[Dallas Observer](/source/Dallas_Observer)* that "Thompson makes a good effort on *Seven Decades*, but unless you grade the disc on a curve, this is just an average country album, about as extraordinary as a new country record by someone named Chad."[6]

## Track listing

All songs composed by Hank Thompson, except where noted.

1. Sting in This Ole Bee
1. [In the Jailhouse Now](/source/In_the_Jailhouse_Now) ([Jimmie Rodgers](/source/Jimmie_Rodgers_(country_singer)))
1. Condo in Hondo
1. Triflin' Gal ([Cindy Walker](/source/Cindy_Walker))
1. Dinner for One, Please, James ([Nat King Cole](/source/Nat_King_Cole))
1. The Night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel for Single Girls Burned Down ([Tex Williams](/source/Tex_Williams))
1. I'll Start Believing in You
1. Abdul Abulbul Amir
1. Lobo the Hobo
1. New Wine in Old Bottles
1. Medicine Man
1. Scotch and Soda ([Dave Guard](/source/Dave_Guard))
1. [Wreck of the Old 97](/source/Wreck_of_the_Old_97) ([G. B. Grayson](/source/G._B._Grayson) and [Henry Whitter](/source/Henry_Whitter))

## Personnel

- [Thom Bresh](/source/Thom_Bresh) - Guitar
- Lori Eanes - Photography
- Ronny Ellis - Bass (Upright)
- Gene Glover - Drums
- [Terri Hendrix](/source/Terri_Hendrix) - Background Vocals
- Gary Hogue - Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel
- Mark Jordan - Keyboards
- Eduardo López - Accordion
- [Lloyd Maines](/source/Lloyd_Maines) - Producer
- Cindy Pascarello - Design
- Kent Stump - Engineer

## References

1. Rabin, Nathan (24 August 2010). ["Week 41: Hank Thompson, Swinger"](http://www.avclub.com/article/week-41-hank-thompson-swinger-44471). *[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club)*. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

1. Gray, Michael (17 July 2000). ["King Bee Hank Thompson Celebrates Seven Decades With New CD"](https://web.archive.org/web/20141104041739/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1472591/king-bee-hank-thompson-celebrates-seven-decades-with-new-cd.jhtml). *[CMT](/source/CMT_(U.S._TV_channel))*. Archived from [the original](http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1472591/king-bee-hank-thompson-celebrates-seven-decades-with-new-cd.jhtml) on November 4, 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

1. Kienzle, Rich (2013). [*Southwest Shuffle*](https://books.google.com/books?id=muswfCiG2TsC&pg=PT166). [Routledge](/source/Routledge). p. 166.

1. Herrera, J.L. (2015-06-17). ["Western swing innovator Hank Thompson had a seven decade career in country"](https://www.axs.com/western-swing-innovator-hank-thompson-had-a-seven-decade-career-in-cou-89672). *[AXS](/source/AXS_(company))*. Retrieved 2018-11-26.

1. Johnson, Jim (2000-07-16). "Early Ella performances show savvy". *[Indianapolis Star](/source/Indianapolis_Star)*

1. Crain, Zac (2000-06-29). ["Out Here"](https://www.dallasobserver.com/music/out-here-6394811). *[Dallas Observer](/source/Dallas_Observer)*. Retrieved 2018-11-27.

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