Greater Need

Greater Need is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Lorrie Morgan, released in 1996. It included three singles, all of which entered the Billboard country singles charts: "By My Side" (a duet with then-husband Jon Randall), "I Just Might Be" and "Good as I Was to You."

Greater Need
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 4, 1996
GenreCountry
LabelBNA #66847
ProducerJames Stroud
Lorrie Morgan chronology
Reflections: Greatest Hits
(1995)
Greater Need
(1996)
Shakin' Things Up
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]

Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five, with its review by Thom Owens saying that some tracks were "filler" but that "Morgan's performance is consistently stunning."[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Soldier of Love"David Malloy, Anthony Crawford, Richard "Spady" Brannan2:35
2."I Just Might Be"John Moffat3:14
3."Greater Need"Constant Change4:00
4."Steppin' Stones" (featuring Vince Gill and Travis Tritt)Kat Graham, J. Francis Keus3:26
5."I Can Buy My Own Roses"Skip Ewing, Victoria Shaw3:13
6."Don't Stop in My World"Ray Pennington2:51
7."By My Side" (duet with Jon Randall)Constant Change2:54
8."Reading My Heart"Paul Nelson, Gayla Borders, Jeff Borders3:11
9."Good as I Was to You"Don Schlitz, Billy Livsey3:28
10."She Walked Beside the Wagon" (featuring Jesse Keith Whitley[3])Lynn Gillespie Chater, Kerry Chater, Cyril Rawson3:39
11."Back Among the Living"Ewing, Donny Kees3:57

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[4]

Chart performance

Albums

Chart (1996) Peak
position[5]
Canadian RPM Country Albums 9
U.S. Billboard 200 62
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 8

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country[6] US[6] CAN Country
1996 "By My Side" 18 110 21[7]
"I Just Might Be" 45 57[8]
1997 "Good as I Was to You" 4 17[9]

References

  1. Owens, Thom. "Greater Need - Lorrie Morgan". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  2. Nash, Alanna (21 June 1996). "Greater Need Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  3. "Greater Need". Country Standard Time. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
  4. Greater Need (CD booklet). Lorrie Morgan. BNA Records. 1996. 66847.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. "Greater Need: Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 286–287. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  7. "RPM Country Tracks charts for 22 July 1996". RPM. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  8. "RPM Country Tracks charts for 7 October 1996". RPM. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  9. "RPM Country Tracks charts for 5 May 1997". RPM. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
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