It's Only Rock & Roll is an album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...

, released on RCA Victor in 1983

1983 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1983.-January-April:*January – ZTT Records is founded.*January 8 – The UK singles chart is tabulated from this week forward by The Gallup Organization...

. Jennings, most famous for his role in the outlaw country

Outlaw country

Outlaw country is a subgenre of country music, most popular during the late 1960s and the 1970s , sometimes referred to as the outlaw movement or simply outlaw music...

 movement, began to slowly fade into obscurity after having released several acclaimed and chart-topping albums; It's Only Rock & Roll was one of only three solo records by the singer to reach the country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 top ten between 1983 and the end of his life. Among others, it contains a cover of Little Richard

Little Richard

Richard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat and...

's well-known "Lucille

Lucille (Little Richard song)

"Lucille" is a 1957 rock and roll song which was one of Little Richard's international hits.Released on Specialty Records in February 1957, Little Richard's single made number 21 on the US pop chart, and number 10 on the UK chart...

". It's Only Rock & Roll reached #10 on the country charts, with "Breakin' Down" peaking at #10 and the aforementioned "Lucille" topping the singles charts.

Track listing

1. "It's Only Rock & Roll" (Rodney Crowell
   Rodney Crowell
   Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....
   
   )
2. "Living Legends" (Jennings)
3. "Breakin' Down" (Joe Rainey)
4. "Let Her Do the Walking" (Jennings)
5. "Mental Revenge" (Mel Tillis
   Mel Tillis
   Lonnie Melvin Tillis , known professionally as Mel Tillis, is an American country music singer. Although he recorded songs since the late 1950s, his biggest success occurred in the 1970s, with a long list of Top 10 hits....
   
   )
6. "Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will)
   Lucille (Little Richard song)
   "Lucille" is a 1957 rock and roll song which was one of Little Richard's international hits.Released on Specialty Records in February 1957, Little Richard's single made number 21 on the US pop chart, and number 10 on the UK chart...
   
   " (Albert Collins
   Albert Collins
   Albert Collins was an American electric blues guitarist and singer whose recording career began in the 1960s in Houston and whose fame eventually took him to stages across the US, Europe, Japan and Australia...
   
   /Little Richard
   Little Richard
   Richard Wayne Penniman , known by the stage name Little Richard, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, recording artist, and actor, considered key in the transition from rhythm and blues to rock and roll in the 1950s. He was also the first artist to put the funk in the rock and roll beat and...
   
   )
7. "Angel Eyes" (Crowell)
8. "No Middle Ground" (Jennings/Gary Scruggs)
9. "Love's Legalities" (Michael Smotherman)
10. Medley:

1. "(I'm a) Ramblin' Man" (Ray Pennington)
2. "This Time" (Jennings)
3. "Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand
   Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out of Hand
   "Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Gone Out of Hand" is a single by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. Released in October 1978, it was the second single from his album I've Always Been Crazy. The song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached...
   
   " (Jennings)
4. "Clyde
   Clyde (song)
   "Clyde" is a single written by JJ Cale and covered American country music artist Waylon Jennings. Released in April 1980, it was the first single from his album Music Man. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and #1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.-Chart...
   
   " (J. J. Cale)
5. "Good Hearted Woman" (Jennings/Willie Nelson
   Willie Nelson
   Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and activist. The critical success of the album Shotgun Willie , combined with the critical and commercial success of Red Headed Stranger and Stardust , made Nelson one of the most recognized...
   
   )
6. "Ladies Love Outlaws" (Lee Clayton
   Lee Clayton
   Lee Clayton is a country musician and composer.-Biography:His style has been described as in between rock and country. Clayton grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee and began to play harmonica and guitar at the age of 7...
   
   )
7. "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" (Chips Moman
   Chips Moman
   Lincoln Wayne "Chips" Moman is an American record producer, guitarist, and songwriter. As a record producer, Moman is known for recording Elvis Presley, Bobby Womack, Carla Thomas, and Merrilee Rush, as well as guiding the career of the Box Tops in Memphis, Tennessee during the 1960s...
   
   /Bobby Emmons)
8. "I've Always Been Crazy" (Jennings)

Chart performance

Chart (1983)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	10
U.S. Billboard 200	109