Released January 23, 1996 Artist Patty Loveless Producer Emory Gordy Jr. | Label Epic Release date 23 January 1996 Genre Country music | |
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The Trouble with the Truth
(1996) Long Stretch of Lonesome
(1997) Nominations Grammy Award for Best Country Album Similar Patty Loveless albums, Country music albums | ||
The Trouble with the Truth is the eighth album by country music artist Patty Loveless. It peaked at number 10 on the Billboard Top Country albums charts, and number 86 on the Pop charts. It was certified Platinum for shipments of over 1,000,000 copies in the U.S. The singles "Lonely Too Long" and "You Can Feel Bad" both made number 1 on the Hot Country Songs charts; "She Drew a Broken Heart" hit number 4. "A Thousand Times a Day" and the Title Track both made Top 20 hitting number 13 and 15 respectively.
Contents
"Tear-Stained Letter" is a cover of a song which was originally recorded by British singer Richard Thompson, and again in 1988 by country singer Jo-El Sonnier, whose version was a Top Ten country hit. Additionally, "A Thousand Times a Day" was previously cut by George Jones on his 1993 album High-Tech Redneck.
Critical reception
The album received a mostly-favorable review in Billboard which said that Loveless "manages to sound simultaneously contemporary and traditional", but criticized the cover of "Tear-Stained Letter" for not fitting thematically with the rest of the songs.
Track listing
- "Tear-Stained Letter" (Richard Thompson) – 3:28
- "The Trouble with the Truth" (Gary Nicholson) – 4:21
- "I Miss Who I Was (With You)" (Jim Lauderdale, John Leventhal) – 3:19
- "Everybody's Equal in the Eyes of Love" (Tony Arata) – 3:27
- "Lonely Too Long" (Mike Lawler, Bill Rice, Sharon Rice) – 4:38
- "You Can Feel Bad" (Matraca Berg, Tim Krekel) – 3:24
- "A Thousand Times a Day" (Gary Burr, Nicholson) – 3:31
- "She Drew a Broken Heart" (Jon McElroy, Ned McElroy) – 2:52
- "To Feel That Way at All" (Lauderdale, Jack Tempchin) – 3:47
- "Someday I Will Lead the Parade" (Arata, Scott Miller) – 4:00
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
Songs
1Tear Stained Letter3:28
2The Trouble With the Truth4:21
3I Miss Who I Was (With You)3:20