High Lonesome (Randy Travis album)
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High Lonesome | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 27, 1991 | |||
Recorded | The Nightingale, Nashville Tracks 2 & 4 The Soundshop, Nashville Tracks 1, 3 & 10 Groundstar Lab, Nashville Tracks 5 - 9 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 31:53 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
Producer | Kyle Lehning | |||
Randy Travis chronology | ||||
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Singles from High Lonesome | ||||
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Allmusic | link |
Entertainment Weekly | A- link |
Q | link |
Robert Christgau | link |
High Lonesome is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis, released on August 27, 1991. Four singles were released from the album: "Forever Together" (#1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts), "Better Class of Losers" (#2), "Point of Light" (#3), and "I'd Surrender All" (#20). All of these singles except "Point of Light" were co-written by Travis and Alan Jackson. Conversely, Travis co-wrote Jackson's 1992 #1 "She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)", from his album A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love).
Track listing
- "Let Me Try" (Chuck Cannon, Allen Shamblin) - 4:03
- "Oh, What a Time to Be Me" (Randy Travis, Don Schlitz) - 3:35
- "Heart of Hearts" (Mike Henderson, Kevin Welch) - 2:41
- "Point of Light" (Schlitz, Thom Schuyler) - 3:34
- "Forever Together" (Travis, Alan Jackson) - 3:06
- "Better Class Of Losers" (Travis, Jackson) - 2:41
- "I'd Surrender All" (Travis, Jackson) - 3:36
- "High Lonesome" (Gretchen Peters) - 3:27
- "Allergic to the Blues" (Jackson, Jim McBride) - 2:28
- "I'm Gonna Have a Little Talk with Jesus" (Schlitz, Travis)- 2:42
- featuring Take 6
Personnel
- Russ Barenberg – acoustic guitar
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Dennis Burnside – piano
- Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Carol Chase – background vocals
- Jerry Douglas – dobro
- Buddy Emmons – steel guitar
- Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Doyle Grisham – steel guitar
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Sherilyn Huffman – background vocals
- David Hungate – bass guitar, emulator, trombone, trumpet
- Kyle Lehning – Wurlitzer
- Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar
- Paul Leim – drums
- Larrie Londin – drums
- Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
- Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
- Brent Mason – six-string bass guitar, electric guitar
- Mark O'Connor – fiddle
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
- John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
- Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar
- Lisa Silver – background vocals
- Harry Stinson – drums
- Take 6 – background vocals on "I'm Gonna Have a Little Talk with Jesus"
- Randy Travis – lead vocals
- Dianne Vanette – background vocals
- Cindy Richardson-Walker – background vocals
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
- John Willis – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals
- Curtis Young – background vocals
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[5] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[6] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ "Randy Travis Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ^ "Randy Travis Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ^ "Canadian album certifications – Randy Travis – High Lonesome". Music Canada. Retrieved January 11, 2021.
- ^ "American album certifications – Randy Travis – High Lonesome". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved January 11, 2021.