The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone

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The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone
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Studio album by
Lee Ann Womack
ReleasedOctober 27, 2017
Studio SugarHill (Houston, Texas)
Genre Country blues, [1] Americana, [2] countrypolitan, country soul
Length53:37
Label ATO
Producer Frank Liddell
Lee Ann Womack chronology
Trouble in Mind
(2015)		The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone
(2017)
Singles from The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone
  1. "All the Trouble"
    Released: August 2017
  2. "Sunday [3] "
    Released: 2017
  3. "Hollywood [4] "
    Released: 2017
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 77/100 [5]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [7]
PopMatters 8/10 [8]

The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone is the ninth studio album by the American country music singer-songwriter Lee Ann Womack. It was released on October 27, 2017, by ATO Records. [9] It was available to stream a week before on NPR.org as part of its First Listen series. [10]

Contents

The album was nominated for Best Americana Album and Best American Roots Song for "All the Trouble" at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards. [11]

Background

Speaking about the album, Womack said, "I wanted to get out of Nashville, and tap the deep music and vibe of East Texas. I wanted to make sure this record had a lot of soul in it, because real country music has soul. I wanted to remind people of that." "All the Trouble", which was written by Womack, Waylon Payne and Adam Wright, is the lead single from the album. [12] The album consists of 14 songs. [13]

"Take the Devil Out of Me" is a cover version of a George Jones song. "Long Black Veil" is a cover version of a Lefty Frizzell's song which was also notably recorded by Johnny Cash.

Commercial performance

The album debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, selling 3,200 copies in the first week. [14] It had sold 10,100 copies in the US up to March 2018. [15]

Track listing

The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone [16]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All the Trouble"Lee Ann Womack, Waylon Payne, Adam Wright5:41
2."The Lonely, The Lonesome & The Gone"Wright, Jay Knowles3:49
3."He Called Me Baby" Harlan Howard 4:40
4."Hollywood"Womack, Waylon Payne, Wright4:05
5."End of the End of the World"Wright2:18
6."Bottom of the Barrel" Brent Cobb, Mando Saenz3:19
7."Shine On Rainy Day"Cobb, Andrew Combs 3:20
8."Mama Lost Her Smile"Womack, Payne, Wright4:02
9."Wicked"Womack, Wright4:07
10."Long Black Veil" Danny Dill, Marijohn Wilkin 4:38
11."Someone Else's Heartache"Womack, Dale Dodson, Dani Flowers3:55
12."Sunday"Womack, Payne, Wright4:17
13."Talking Behind Your Back"Womack, Dodson, Dean Dillon 3:49
14."Take the Devil Out of Me" George Jones 1:37
Total length:53:37

Personnel

Credits adapted from album liner notes. [17]

Musicians
Other credits

Reception

Brittney McKenna of NPR wrote that the album "has a cinematic quality to it, one buoyed by both lush, dynamic arrangements and by a skillfully executed sequence." [18] Metacritic gives the album a score of 77, based upon seven critics that provided generally favorable reviews. [19]

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [20] 37
US Folk Albums (Billboard) [21] 8

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