The Hardest Part (Allison Moorer album)

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The Hardest Part
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2000
Genre Country, Americana
Length45:51
Label MCA Nashville
Producer Kenny Greenberg, Doyle Lee Primm
Allison Moorer chronology
Alabama Song
(1998)
The Hardest Part
(2000)
Miss Fortune
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The A.V. Club Favourable [2]

The Hardest Part is the second album by singer/songwriter Allison Moorer. The album is a concept album about a doomed relationship produced and co-written by Moorer's then husband Doyle Lee Primm. [3] The album is based on her parents' relationship which ended in the mid-1980s when Moorer's father murdered her mother before killing himself. [4] She told No Depression magazine in 2000: "This record was inspired by the things I saw my mother go through. It’s not the true story, but it’s inspired by the true story." [5]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Hardest Part" Allison Moorer, Doyle Lee Primm3:13
2."Day You Said Goodbye"Moorer, Primm4:21
3."It's Time I Tried"Moorer, Primm4:13
4."Best That I Can Do"Moorer, Primm3:23
5."Think It Over"Moorer, Primm3:57
6."Bring Me All Your Lovin'"Moorer, Primm, Kenny Greenberg5:24
7."Is It Worth It"Moorer, Primm3:23
8."Send Down An Angel"Moorer, Primm3:47
9."No Next Time"Moorer, Primm6:39
10."Feeling That Feeling Again/Cold, Cold Earth"Moorer, Primm7:31

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (2000)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [6] 26
US Top Heatseekers Albums ( Billboard ) [7] 26

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