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."
| 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] |
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
editAs 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
editAlbums
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.