Lonely Again (Eddy Arnold album)

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Lonely Again
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Released1967
Studio RCA Victor, Nashville
Genre Country
Label RCA Victor
Producer Chet Atkins
Eddy Arnold chronology
Somebody Like Me
(1966)
Lonely Again
(1967)
The Best of Eddy Arnold (compilation)
(1967)

Lonely Again is a studio album by country music singer Eddy Arnold. It was released in 1967 by RCA Victor. [1]

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top Country Albums chart on March 4, 1967, held the No. 1 spot for three weeks, and remained on the chart for a total of 31 weeks. The album included the No. 1 hit, "Lonely Again". [2]

AllMusic gave the album a rating of three stars. [3] Reviewer Greg Adams praised the "lush pop" and wrote that the entire album was "an easy listening pleasure." [3]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "Lonely Again"
  2. "Did It Rain"
  3. "That's All I Want from You"
  4. "Infant"
  5. "Oh So Far from Home"
  6. "When Your World Stops Turning"

Side B

  1. "Meet Me at the Altar"
  2. "Mary Who"
  3. "Nobody's Darling but Mine"
  4. "He's Got You"
  5. "Bear with Me a Little Longer"
  6. "The Wheel of Hurt"

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References

  1. "Eddy Arnold - Lonely Again". Discogs. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  2. Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums 1964-1997. Record Research Inc. 1997. p. 10. ISBN   0898201241.
  3. 1 2 "Lonely Again". AllMusic . Retrieved December 18, 2020.