Long Stretch of Lonesome

Long Stretch of Lonesome
Studio album by Patty Loveless
Released September 30, 1997
Genre Country
Label Epic
Producer Emory Gordy, Jr.
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Patty Loveless chronology
The Trouble with the Truth
(1996)
Long Stretch of Lonesome
(1997)
Classics
(1999)

Long Stretch of Lonesome is an album by Patty Lovelessin 1997. Three singles charted in the top 20 on the Billboard Top Country Songs chart. Highlights are "High on Love,"#20 "To Have You Back Again"#12 and the George Jones-backed "You Don't Seem to Miss Me,"#14 each of which both charted in the top 20. "High on Love" was co-written by Jeff Hanna of The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The single "Like Water Into Wine" charted at #57, the first of Patty's singles since 1986 to not chart in the country top 40. The album went on to be certified Gold for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the U.S!

Track listing

  1. "The Party Ain't Over Yet" (John David) – 3:32
  2. "To Have You Back Again" (Annie Roboff, Amie Roman) – 4:35
  3. "I Don't Want to Feel Like That" (Don Schlitz, Terry Radigan) – 4:19
  4. "High on Love" (Kostas, Jeff Hanna) – 3:03
  5. "Like Water Into Wine" (Gretchen Peters) – 4:46
  6. "That's Exactly What I Mean" (Kim Richey, Tia Sillers) – 3:22
  7. "You Don't Seem to Miss Me" (Jim Lauderdale) – 4:07
  8. "Too Many Memories" (Stephen Bruton) – 3:52
  9. "Long Stretch of Lonesome" (Gary Scruggs, Tony Arata) – 3:57
  10. "Where I'm Bound" (Daryl Burgess, Tom Britt) – 4:04

Chart performance

Chart (1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 9
U.S. Billboard 200 68
Canadian RPM Country Albums 31

Personnel

  • John Hobbs – piano, keyboards, Hammond B-3 organ
  • John Barlow Jarvis – piano
  • Kostas – background vocals
  • Mike Lawler – keyboards
  • Butch Lee – Hammond B-3 organ
  • Raul Malo – electric guitar
  • Liana Manis – background vocals
  • Brent Mason – electric guitar
  • Mac McAnally – background vocals
  • Kim Richey – background vocals
  • Mike Rojas – keyboards
  • Harry Stinson – drums, background vocals
  • Biff Watson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Strings on "Long Stretch of Lonesome":

  • David Davidson, Connie Heard, Clara Olson, Christian Teal – violins
  • Kathryn Plummer, Kris Wilkinson – violas
  • Anthony LaMarchina – cello

Strings arranged by Emory Gordy, Jr.