[1] It is the first album Thompson released on HighTone Records, and was produced by Lloyd Maines.

[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".

[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.

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-style leads of guitarist Thom Bresh and the twin fiddle attack of George Uptmor and Billy McBay.

"[8] A much less favorable review was written by Zac Crain, who wrote in the 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.