A Long Way Home

A Long Way Home
Studio album by Dwight Yoakam
Released	June 9, 1998
Genre	Country
Length	41:51
Label	Reprise
Producer	Pete Anderson
Dwight Yoakam chronology
Come On Christmas (1997) A Long Way Home (1998) Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90's (1999)

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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

Singles

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