This Time I Almost Made It is the fourth studio album released by American country singer, Barbara Mandrell

Barbara Mandrell

Barbara Ann Mandrell is an American country music singer best known for a 1970s–1980s series of Top 10 hits and TV shows that helped her become one of country's most successful female vocalists of the 1970s and 1980s...

, released in 1974.

This would be Mandrell's last album with her record company, Columbia before the label dropped her. She would later switch to ABC/Dot and enjoy the most successful part of her career under the record company. This album spawned two singles that charted on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. The first single, the title track peaked at #12. The second single, "Wonder When My Baby's Coming Home" just about entered the Top 40, peaking at only #39. The album wasn't very successful, only reaching #41 on the Top Country Albums chart.

Track listing

1. "This Time I Almost Made It"
2. "Right Back Feeling Like a Woman"
3. "Wisdom of a Fool"
4. "You're All I Need to Get By"
5. "Wonder When My Baby's Coming Home"
6. "Keep on Singing"
7. "A Very Special Love Song
   A Very Special Love Song
   "A Very Special Love Song" is the title of a 1974 song by country music singer Charlie Rich. The song was written by Billy Sherrill and Norro Wilson, songwriters who had also written Rich's 1973 hit, "The Most Beautiful Girl"...
   
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8. "Today I Started Loving You Again"
9. "Kiss the Hurt Away"
10. "Words"
11. "Something"

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1974	Top Country Albums	#41
1980	The Billboard 200	#N/A

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1974	"This Time I Almost Made It"	Hot Country Singles & Tracks	#12
1975	"Wonder When My Baby's Coming Home"	Hot Country Singles & Tracks	#39