Alone (Vern Gosdin album)
Encyclopedia
Alone is a studio album by American country music
artist Vern Gosdin
. It was released in 1989 via Columbia Records
. The album peaked at number 11 on the Billboard
Top Country Albums chart.
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 Vern Gosdin
Vern Gosdin
Vern Gosdin was an American country music singer. He idolized The Louvin Brothers and The Blue Sky Boys as a young man and sang in a gospel quartet called The Gosdin Brothers. An inheritor of the soulful honky tonk style of Lefty Frizzell and Merle Haggard, Gosdin was nicknamed "The Voice" by his...
. It was released in 1989 via Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
. The album peaked at number 11 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Top Country Albums chart.
Track listing
- "That Just About Does ItThat Just About Does It"That Just About Does It" is a single by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. Released in 1989, it was the second single from the album Alone. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
" (Max D. BarnesMax D. BarnesMax D. Barnes was a country music singer and songwriter.As a songwriter, Barnes composed many familiar songs of the '80s and '90s, receiving 42 songwriter awards in his career...
, Vern Gosdin) – 3:59 - "Take Me Home to Alabama" (Hank CochranHank CochranGarland Perry "Hank" Cochran was an American country music singer and songwriter. Starting during the 1960s, Cochran was a prolific songwriter in the genre, including major hits by Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold and others...
, Gosdin, Mack VickeryMack VickeryMack Vickery was a musician, songwriter, and inductee in the Hillbilly Hall of Fame whose songs have been recorded by artists such as Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, George Strait, and George Jones....
) – 3:44 - "I'm Still CrazyI'm Still Crazy"I'm Still Crazy" is a 1989 single by Vern Gosdin, who co-wrote the song with his son Steve and Buddy Cannon. "I'm Still Crazy" was Vern Gosdin's third and final number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country...
" (Buddy CannonBuddy CannonBuddy Cannon is an American country music songwriter and record producer. Active since the late 1970s, he is known primarily for his work as Kenny Chesney's record producer, for which he won the Academy of Country Music's Producer of the Year award in 2006.Along with Bill Anderson and Jamey...
, Gosdin) – 2:46 - "Paradise '83" (Mike Baker, Cannon, Gosdin) – 3:26
- "Do Me a Favor" (Cannon, Cochran, Gosdin) – 3:11
- "Tanqueray" (Cochran, Gosdin, Jim Vest, Vickery) – 3:01
- "Alone" (Barnes) – 4:40
- "Right in the Wrong DirectionRight in the Wrong Direction"Right in the Wrong Direction" is a single by American country music artist Vern Gosdin. Released in 1990, it was the third single from the album Alone. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
" (Cochran, Gosdin, Vickery) – 2:13 - "I'm Only Going Crazy" (Barnes, Gosdin) – 3:27
- "You're Not by Yourself" (Cannon, Cochran, Gosdin) – 3:25
Chart performance
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 11 |