The Royal Treatment (album)

The Royal Treatment is the sixth studio album by Billy Joe Royal, which was released in 1987.

The Royal Treatment
Studio album by Billy Joe Royal
Released	1987
Genre	Country
Length	21:55
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Nelson Larkin
Billy Joe Royal chronology
Looking Ahead (1987) The Royal Treatment (1987) Tell It Like It Is (1989)
Singles from The Royal Treatment
"I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow" Released: October 17, 1987 "Out of Sight and on My Mind" Released: March 12, 1988

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Three singles from this album charted on the Country Singles chart. The first was "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow", which peaked at #5 in 1987. This was followed by "It Keeps Right On a-Hurtin'" (#17) and "Out of Sight and on My Mind" (#10), both that charted in 1988.

The album also landed on the Country Albums chart, reaching #5 in 1987.

Track listing

1. "I'll Pin a Note on Your Pillow" (Carol W. Berzas, Jr., Don Goodman, Nelson Larkin)
2. "Listen Now! Give 'Em My Number" (Dave Loggins)
3. "He'll Have to Go" (Audrey Allison, Joe Allison)
4. "Look What You've Done to My Heart" (Ron Reynolds)
5. "Let It Rain" (Mieke Appel, Richard Wayne Cox)
6. "It's Who's in Your Heart" (Ron Reynolds)
7. "Out of Sight and on My Mind" (Bruce Burch, Rick Peoples)
8. "It Keeps Right On Hurtin'" (Johnny Tillotson)
9. "She Don't Cry Like She Used To" (Frank Saulino, Jim Valentini)
10. "A Place for the Heartache" (Michael Curtis)

Personnel

• Acoustic Guitar: Kenny Bell, Brent Rowan, Billy Sanford
• Bass Guitar: Gary Lunn, Bob Wray
• Drums: Jerry Kroon
• Electric Guitar: Kenny Mims, Brent Rowan
• Horns: Jim Horn, Wayne Jackson, Charles Rose, Harvey Thompson
• Piano: Ron Oates
• Percussion: Jerry Kroon, Ron "Snake" Reynolds
• Steel Guitar: Sonny Garrish
• Synthesizer: David Huntsinger, Ron Oates

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	5