Almost Goodbye is the fourth studio album released by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Mark Chesnutt

Mark Chesnutt

Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item...

. His third album for MCA Records

MCA Records

MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

, it was also the third consecutive album to receive RIAA platinum certification in the United States. Four singles were released from this album, of which three — "It Sure Is Monday", "Almost Goodbye", and "I Just Wanted You to Know" — reached Number One on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 charts. "Woman (Sensuous Woman)", a cover of the Don Gibson

Don Gibson

Donald Eugene "Don" Gibson was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson penned such country standards as "Sweet Dreams" and "I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjoyed a string of country hits from 1957 into the early 1970s.-Biography:Don Gibson was...

 hit from 1972, served as the fourth single, and peaked at #21.

Track listing

1. "It Sure Is Monday
   It Sure Is Monday
   "It Sure Is Monday" is the title of a song written by Dennis Linde and recorded by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. It was released in May 1993 as the first single released from his CD, Almost Goodbye. The song reached number-one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart...
   
   " (Dennis Linde
   Dennis Linde
   Dennis Linde was an American singer and songwriter whose work was primarily in country musicHe is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love"...
   
   ) - 2:56
2. "Woman, Sensuous Woman
   Woman (Sensuous Woman)
   "Woman " is a 1972 single by Don Gibson. "Woman " would be Don Gibson's final number one on the country charts spending one week at the top and a total of sixteen weeks on the charts...
   
   " (Gary S. "Flip" Paxton) - 3:10
3. "Almost Goodbye
   Almost Goodbye (song)
   "Almost Goodbye" is the title of a song written by Billy Livsey and Don Schlitz and recorded by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in August 1993 as the second single from his album, also titled Almost Goodbye. The song reached number-one on the U.S...
   
   " (Billy Livsey
   Billy Livsey
   Billy Livsey is an American songwriter, keyboardist, and producer from Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked for many musicians including Tina Turner, Kevin Ayers, 801, Gerry Rafferty, Five Star, and Kenny Rogers.-References:*...
   
   ) - 4:09
4. "I Just Wanted You to Know
   I Just Wanted You to Know
   "I Just Wanted You to Know" is the title of a song written by Tim Mensy and Gary Harrison, and recorded by American country music singer Mark Chesnutt. It was released in December 1993 as the third single from his album, Almost Goodbye. The song reached number-one on the U.S...
   
   " (Tim Mensy
   Tim Mensy
   Timmie Menzies is an American country music artist known as Tim Mensy. Initially, he was a member of the band Bandana, in which he charted several singles on the Hot Country Songs charts in the 1980s...
   
   , Gary Harrison) - 3:21
5. "April's Fool" (Mark Chesnutt, Glenn Gordon, David Lott) - 5:03
6. "Texas Is Bigger Than It Used to Be" (Mark Wright, Joe Hohnston, Ronnie Rogers
   Ronnie Rogers
   Randall "Ronnie" Rogers is an American country music singer and songwriter. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Rogers charted eight singles on the Billboard country charts, including the top 40 hits "Gonna Take My Angel Out Tonight" and "My Love Belongs to You." He recorded for the Lifesong, Epic...
   
   ) - 4:08
7. "My Heart's Too Broke (To Pay Attention)" (Lonnie Wilson, Kim Williams, Phil Barnhart) - 2:33
8. "Vickie Vance Gotta Dance" (Wright, Bill Kenner) - 3:47
9. "Till a Better Memory Comes Along" (Mensy, Gene Dobbins, Glenn Ray) - 2:58
10. "The Will" (Jackson Leap) - 3:20

Personnel

Strings

String section

The string section is the largest body of the standard orchestra and consists of bowed string instruments of the violin family.It normally comprises five sections: the first violins, the second violins, the violas, the cellos, and the double basses...

 by the Nashville String Machine

Nashville String Machine

Nashville String Machine is a musical collective comprising session musicians and has been credited on recordings as far back as 1974. The Nashville String Machine's composition varies from project to project. It has appeared as large as an orchestra, or as small as a duo.-Notable members:Being a...

, conducted by Carl Gorodetzky and arranged by Bergen White.

Chart performance

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	6
U.S. Billboard 200	43
Canadian RPM Country Albums	7