Only Lonely Sometimes

Only Lonely Sometimes
Studio album by Tammy Wynette
Released	June 9, 1980
Recorded	Jan. 1980
Studio	Columbia, Nashville FAME, Muscle Shoals
Genre	Country
Length	32:38
Label	Epic
Producer	Billy Sherrill
Tammy Wynette chronology
Just Tammy (1979) Only Lonely Sometimes (1980) Together Again (1980)
Singles from Only Lonely Sometimes
"He Was There (When I Needed You)" Released: Mar. 1980 "Starting Over" Released: Aug. 1980

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Only Lonely Sometimes is the twenty-first studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Tammy Wynette. It was released on June 9, 1980, by Epic Records. ^[2]

Chart performance

The album peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The album's first single, "He Was There (When I Needed You)", peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Country Singles chart, and the album's second single, "Starting Over", also peaked at No. 17.

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"He Was There (When I Needed You)"	Sue Richards	3:15
2.	"I'll Be Thinking of You"	Richards	3:58
3.	"You Never Knew"	Jerry Taylor, Robert J. Jones	2:59
4.	"Come with Me"	Chuck Howard	2:56
5.	"You Needed Me"	Randy Goodrum	3:22

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Starting Over"	Bob McDill	3:07
2.	"Out of the Spotlight"	Taylor, Jones	3:22
3.	"Only the Names Have Been Changed"	Tammy Wynette, Jan Howard	3:11
4.	"When You Love Me"	Taylor, Paul Richey	3:16
5.	"Ozark Mountain Lullaby"	Jones	3:12

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.

• Phil Baugh - lead guitar
• Ken Bell - rhythm guitar
• Lou Bradley - engineer
• Tom Brannon - background vocals
• Jimmy Capps - rhythm guitar
• Jerry Carrigan - drums
• Boomer Castleman - rhythm guitar
• C.C. Couch - background vocals
• Mike Daniel - engineer
• Chalmers Davis - keyboard
• Diane Davidson - background vocals
• Pete Drake - steel guitar
• Jimmy English - lead guitar
• Ralph Ezell - bass
• Johnny Gimble - fiddle
• Owen Hale - drums
• Kenny Malone - drums
• Bill McElhiney - string arrangements
• Steve Nathan - keyboard
• Nightstreets - background vocals
• June Page - background vocals
• Ron Reynolds - engineer
• George Richey - keyboard
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins - keyboard
• Norman Seeff - photography
• The Shelly Kurland Strings - strings
• Billy Sherrill - producer
• Henry Strzelecki - bass
• Virginia Team - art direction
• Pete Wade - rhythm guitar
• Tammy Wynette - lead vocals
• Reggie Young - lead guitar

Charts

Album

Year	Chart	Peak position
1980	US Country Albums (Billboard) [3]	37

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
1980	"He Was There (When I Needed You)"	Country Singles (Billboard) [4]	17
1980	"Starting Over"	Country Singles (Billboard) [5]	17

References

1. "Only Lonely Sometimes - Tammy Wynette | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
2. "Only Lonely Sometimes - Tammy Wynette". Tammy Wynette. 28 April 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
3. "Billboard Magazine - July 12, 1980" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
4. "Billboard Magazine - June 7, 1980" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
5. "Billboard Magazine - October 4, 1980" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 22 January 2018.