Lessons Learned (album)

Lessons Learned
Lessons Learned
Studio album by Tracy Lawrence
Released	February 1, 2000
Genre	Country
Length	36:40
Label	Atlantic Records
Producer	Flip Anderson; Tracy Lawrence; Butch Carr
Tracy Lawrence chronology
Singles from Lessons Learned
	"Lessons Learned"; Released: November 1, 1999; "Lonely"; Released: May 27, 2000; "Unforgiven"; Released: March 24, 2001;

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Lessons Learned is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released on February 1, 2000 by Atlantic Records. This album produced three singles for Lawrence between 2000 and 2001: the title track, "Lonely", and "Unforgiven", which peaked at #3, #18, and #35, respectively, on the Billboard country singles charts. "Lessons Learned" was also Lawrence's first Top Ten country hit since "How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye" in 1997.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Holes That He Dug"	Tracy Lawrence, Flip Anderson, Kenny Beard	3:03
2.	"Long Wet Kiss"	Lawrence, Anderson, Rick Huckaby	2:47
3.	"From the Inside Out"	Lee Thomas Miller, Huckaby	3:18
4.	"Lessons Learned"	Paul Nelson, Larry Boone, Lawrence	2:57
5.	"The Man I Was"	Mark Nesler, Tony Martin	3:20
6.	"Lonely"	Robin Lee Bruce, Roxie Dean	3:08
7.	"Just You and Me"	Anderson, Huckaby	3:40
8.	"Steps"	Monty Criswell, Michael White, Huckaby	3:29
9.	"From Here to Kingdom Come"	JD Souther	3:43
10.	"Up All Night"	Nesler, Martin	3:28
11.	"Unforgiven"	Nelson, Boone, Bobby Pinson	3:47

Personnel

As listed in liner notes^[2]

Sonny Garrish - steel guitar, lap steel guitar
Jack Gavin - drums, percussion
Rob Hajacos - fiddle
Tony Harrell - keyboards
Rick Huckaby - acoustic guitar, background vocals
Tracy Lawrence - lead vocals
B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
Gary Lunn - bass guitar
Liana Manis - background vocals
Brent Rowan - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Joe Spivey - fiddle, mandolin
John Willis - acoustic guitar, mandolin

Strings on "Just You and Me", "From Here to Kingdom Come" and "Unforgiven" arranged by Kristin Wilkinson and performed by her, David Davidson, David Angell and John Catchings

Chart performance

Chart (2000)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	9
U.S. Billboard 200	69
Canadian RPM Country Albums	37

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Lessons Learned (CD). Tracy Lawrence. Atlantic Records. 2000. 83269.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[1] Allmusic review

[2] Lessons Learned (CD). Tracy Lawrence. Atlantic Records. 2000. 83269.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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v t e Tracy Lawrence
Studio albums	Sticks and Stones Alibis I See It Now Time Marches On The Coast Is Clear Lessons Learned Tracy Lawrence Strong For the Love All Wrapped Up in Christmas The Rock
Compilation albums	Tracy Lawrence Live The Best of Tracy Lawrence Then & Now: The Hits Collection The Very Best of Tracy Lawrence
Notable singles	"Sticks and Stones" "Today's Lonely Fool" "Runnin' Behind" "Somebody Paints the Wall" "Alibis" "Can't Break It to My Heart" "My Second Home" "If the Good Die Young" "Renegades, Rebels and Rogues" "I See It Now" "As Any Fool Can See" "Texas Tornado" "If the World Had a Front Porch" "If You Loved Me" "Time Marches On" "Stars over Texas" "Is That a Tear" "Better Man, Better Off" "How a Cowgirl Says Goodbye" "Lessons Learned" "Lonely" "Unforgiven" "Life Don't Have to Be So Hard" "Paint Me a Birmingham" "Used to the Pain" "Find Out Who Your Friends Are"
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