Greater Need
| Greater Need | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 4, 1996 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | BNA #66847 | |||
| Producer | James Stroud | |||
| Lorrie Morgan chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[2] |
Greater Need is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Lorrie Morgan, released in 1996. It included three singles, all of which entered the Billboard country singles charts: "By My Side" (a duet with then-husband Jon Randall), "I Just Might Be" and "Good as I Was to You."
Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five, with its review by Thom Owens saying that some tracks were "filler" but that "Morgan's performance is consistently stunning."[1]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Soldier of Love" | David Malloy, Anthony Crawford, Richard "Spady" Brannan | 2:35 |
| 2. | "I Just Might Be" | John Moffat | 3:14 |
| 3. | "Greater Need" | Constant Change | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Steppin' Stones" (featuring Vince Gill and Travis Tritt) | Kat Graham, J. Francis Keus | 3:26 |
| 5. | "I Can Buy My Own Roses" | Skip Ewing, Victoria Shaw | 3:13 |
| 6. | "Don't Stop in My World" | Ray Pennington | 2:51 |
| 7. | "By My Side" (duet with Jon Randall) | Constant Change | 2:54 |
| 8. | "Reading My Heart" | Paul Nelson, Gayla Borders, Jeff Borders | 3:11 |
| 9. | "Good as I Was to You" | Don Schlitz, Billy Livsey | 3:28 |
| 10. | "She Walked Beside the Wagon" (featuring Jesse Keith Whitley[3]) | Lynn Gillespie Chater, Kerry Chater, Cyril Rawson | 3:39 |
| 11. | "Back Among the Living" | Ewing, Donny Kees | 3:57 |
Personnel
[edit]As listed in liner notes.[4]
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Michael Black – background vocals
- Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
- Glen Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar, Dobro
- Sonny Garrish – steel guitar, Dobro
- John Hobbs – piano
- Dann Huff – electric guitar
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- Jana King – background vocals
- Alison Krauss – background vocals
- Paul Leim – drums
- Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
- Matt Rollings – piano
- Joe Spivey – fiddle, mandolin
- Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar
- Cindy Walker – background vocals
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
- Curtis Young – background vocals
Chart performance
[edit]Albums
[edit]| Chart (1996) | Peak position[5] |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 62 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 8 |
Singles
[edit]| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country[6] | US[6] | CAN Country | ||
| 1996 | "By My Side" | 18 | 110 | 21[7] |
| "I Just Might Be" | 45 | — | 57[8] | |
| 1997 | "Good as I Was to You" | 4 | — | 17[9] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Owens, Thom. "Greater Need - Lorrie Morgan". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ^ Nash, Alanna (21 June 1996). "Greater Need Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 27, 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
- ^ "Greater Need". Country Standard Time. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
- ^ Greater Need (CD booklet). Lorrie Morgan. BNA Records. 1996. 66847.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Greater Need: Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 286–287. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ "RPM Country Tracks charts for 22 July 1996". RPM. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ^ "RPM Country Tracks charts for 7 October 1996". RPM. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
- ^ "RPM Country Tracks charts for 5 May 1997". RPM. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
