High Lonesome is a mature record by a seasoned, forward-thinking country artist.
Randy Travis, like George Strait and Alan Jackson, saw the new young bucks heading his way up the charts with a watered-down version of the country music he held sacred.
And Travis is a direct descendent of the greats like George Jones and Merle Haggard as well as Jim Reeves and Ernest Tubb.
Travis wanted to articulate his vision of the music further and entrench it deeper in its roots, which were beginning to give way to the faux rock and pop styles of Garth Brooks and his dire ilk, who wore bachelor pad curtains for shirts.
Travis co-wrote five of the album's ten tracks, including a trio with Jackson.
Of those, "A Better Class of Losers" is the song that Brooks wishes he could have written.
This is the angry side of the George Jones/Tammy Wynette version of "We're Not the Jet Set." Stinging dobros and pedal steels underline every one of Travis' indictments of yuppie culture.
In addition, "I'd Surrender All" shows the pair digging deep into the territory Conway Twitty inhabited before he urbanized his sound, and their "Forever Together" is as fine a country love ballad as the 1990s produced; it's a song Hag would have been proud to record back in the day.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let Me TryChuck Cannon, Allen Shamblin | Randy Travis | Play | 04:03 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | Oh, What a Time to Be MeDon Schlitz, Randy Travis | Randy Travis | Play | 03:35 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Heart of HeartsKevin Welch | Randy Travis | Play | 02:41 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | Point of LightDon Schlitz, Thom Schuyler | Randy Travis | Play | 03:34 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Forever TogetherAlan Jackson, Randy Travis | Randy Travis | Play | 03:05 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Better Class of LosersAlan Jackson, Randy Travis | Randy Travis | Play | 02:40 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | I'd Surrender AllAlan Jackson, Randy Travis | Randy Travis | Play | 03:36 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | High LonesomeGretchen Peters | Randy Travis | Play | 03:27 | 7 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | Allergic to the BluesAlan Jackson, Jim McBride | Randy Travis | Play | 02:28 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | I'm Gonna Have a Little TalkDon Schlitz, Randy Travis | Randy Travis | Play | 02:42 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russ Barenberg | Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 2 | Eddie Bayers | Drums |
| 3 | Joseph Bogan | Engineer |
| 4 | Dennis Burnside | Piano |
| 5 | Larry Byrom | Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 6 | Chuck Cannon | Composer |
| 7 | Mark Capps | Assistant Engineer |
| 8 | Dennis Carney | Photography |
| 9 | Mark Casstevens | Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 10 | Carol Chase | Vocals |
| 11 | John Condon | Assistant Engineer, Engineer, Production Coordination |
| 12 | Jon "JD" Dickson | Assistant Engineer |
| 13 | Jerry Douglas | Dobro |
| 14 | Buddy Emmons | Guest Artist, Guitar (Steel) |
| 15 | Steve Gibson | Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 16 | Doyle Grisham | Guitar (Steel) |
| 17 | Rob Hajacos | Fiddle |
| 18 | Sherilyn Huffman | Vocals |
| 19 | David Hungate | Bass, Emulator, Trombone, Trumpet |
| 20 | Alan Jackson | Composer |
| 21 | Brad Jones | Assistant Engineer |
| 22 | Sandra King | Photography |
| 23 | Jason Lehning | Assistant Engineer, Engineer |
| 24 | Kyle Lehning | Engineer, Mixing, Producer, Wurlitzer |
| 25 | Paul Leim | Drums |
| 26 | Chris Leuzinger | Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 27 | Larrie Londin | Drums |
| 28 | Brent Mason | 6-String Bass, Guitar (Electric) |
| 29 | Mac McAnally | Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 30 | Jim McBride | Composer |
| 31 | Terry McMillan | Harmonica, Percussion |
| 32 | Mark O'Connor | Fiddle, Guest Artist |
| 33 | Keith Odle | Assistant Engineer |
| 34 | Kirt Odle | Assistant Engineer |
| 35 | Gary Paczosa | Assistant Engineer |
| 36 | Gretchen Peters | Composer |
| 37 | Hargus "Pig" Robbins | Piano |
| 38 | John Wesley Ryles | Vocals |
| 39 | Doug Sax | Mastering |
| 40 | Don Schlitz | Composer |
| 41 | Thom Schuyler | Composer |
| 42 | Randy Scruggs | Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 43 | Allen Shamblin | Composer |
| 44 | Lisa Silver | Vocals |
| 45 | Harry Stinson | Drums |
| 46 | Take 6 | Guest Artist, Vocals |
| 47 | Carl Tatz | Assistant Engineer |
| 48 | Randy Travis | Composer, Primary Artist, Vocals |
| 49 | Steve Tveit | Assistant Engineer |
| 50 | Diane Vanette | Vocals |
| 51 | Billy Joe Walker | Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 52 | Cindy Richardson Walker | Vocals |
| 53 | Kevin Welch | Composer |
| 54 | John Willis | Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric) |
| 55 | Dennis Wilson | Vocals |
| 56 | Alan Yoshida | Mastering |
| 57 | Curtis Young | Vocal Harmony, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |