A Long Way Home (album)

For the book "A Long Way Home" by Saroo Brierley, see Saroo Brierley.

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A Long Way Home is the ninth studio album of new recordings by Dwight Yoakam. It reached No. 11 on the Billboard Country Album, with two of its tracks charting on the Hot Country Singles chart. "Things Change" reached No. 17, while "These Arms" peaked at No. 57. Yoakam wrote all the songs on the album himself.

Track listing

All songs written by Dwight Yoakam.

1. "Same Fool" – 3:03
2. "The Curse" – 2:33
3. "Things Change" – 3:45
4. "Yet to Succeed" – 3:19
5. "I Wouldn't Put It Past Me" – 2:38
6. "These Arms" – 3:31
7. "That's Okay" – 2:26
8. "Only Want You More" – 3:22
9. "I'll Just Take These" – 2:49
10. "A Long Way Home" – 2:55
11. "Listen" – 3:47
12. "Traveler's Lantern" – 3:25
13. "Maybe You Like It, Maybe You Don't" – 4:20

Personnel

• Beth Andersen – background vocals
• Pete Anderson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, lap steel guitar, hand claps, finger snaps
• Bonnie Bramlett Sheridan – background vocals
• Jim Christie – drums
• Chuck Domanico – upright bass
• Skip Edwards – keyboards, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer
• Tommy Funderburk – background vocals
• Carl Jackson – background vocals
• Scott Joss – fiddle
• Jim Lauderdale – background vocals
• Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
• Taras Prodaniuk – bass guitar
• Marty Rifkin – Dobro, pedal steel guitar
• Ralph Stanley – banjo, background vocals
• "Tempo" – percussion
• Dwight Yoakam – lead vocals, acoustic guitar

Strings conducted by Murray Adler and conducted by Jimmy Boyd.

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1998)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	11
U.S. Billboard 200	60
Canadian RPM Country Albums	12
Canadian Albums Chart	67

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US Country	US	CAN Country
1998	"Things Change"	17	99	23
	"These Arms"	57	—	79
"—" denotes releases that did not chart