High Lonesome (Randy Travis album)

High Lonesome
Studio album by Randy Travis
Released	August 27, 1991
Recorded	The Nightingale, Nashville Tracks 2 & 4 The Soundshop, Nashville Tracks 1, 3 & 10 Groundstar Lab, Nashville Tracks 5 - 9
Genre	Country
Length	31:53
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Kyle Lehning
Randy Travis chronology
Heroes & Friends (1990) High Lonesome (1991) Greatest Hits, Volume 1 (1992)

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High Lonesome is the seventh studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis, released on August 27, 1991. Four singles were released from the album: "Forever Together" (#1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts), "Better Class of Losers" (#2), "Point of Light" (#3), and "I'd Surrender All" reached number 20. All of these singles except "Point of Light" were co-written by Travis and country singer Alan Jackson. Conversely, Travis co-wrote Jackson's 1992 Number One hit "She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)" from his 1992 album A Lot About Livin' (And a Little 'bout Love).

Track listing

1. "Let Me Try" (Chuck Cannon, Allen Shamblin) - 4:03
2. "Oh, What a Time to Be Me" (Randy Travis, Don Schlitz) - 3:35
3. "Heart of Hearts" (Mike Henderson, Kevin Welch) - 2:41
4. "Point of Light" (Schlitz, Thom Schuyler) - 3:34
5. "Forever Together" (Travis, Alan Jackson) - 3:06
6. "Better Class Of Losers" (Travis, Jackson) - 2:41
7. "I'd Surrender All" (Travis, Jackson) - 3:36
8. "High Lonesome" (Gretchen Peters) - 3:27
9. "Allergic to the Blues" (Jackson, Jim McBride) - 2:28
10. "I'm Gonna Have a Little Talk with Jesus" (Schlitz, Travis)- 2:42
    • featuring Take 6

Personnel

• Russ Barenberg – acoustic guitar
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Dennis Burnside – piano
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Carol Chase – background vocals
• Jerry Douglas – dobro
• Buddy Emmons – steel guitar
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Doyle Grisham – steel guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Sherilyn Huffman – background vocals
• David Hungate – bass guitar, emulator, trombone, trumpet
• Kyle Lehning – Wurlitzer
• Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar
• Paul Liem – drums
• Larrie Londin – drums
• Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
• Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
• Brent Mason – six-string bass guitar, electric guitar
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar
• Lisa Silver – background vocals
• Harry Stinson – drums
• Take 6 – background vocals on "I'm Gonna Have a Little Talk with Jesus"
• Randy Travis – lead vocals
• Dianne Vanette – background vocals
• Cindy Richardson-Walker – background vocals
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
• John Willis – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	3
U.S. Billboard 200	43
Canadian RPM Country Albums	10
Canadian RPM Top Albums	61

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