Greater Need

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Greater Need
LorrieMorganGreaterNeed.jpg
Studio album by
Lorrie Morgan
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
AllMusic3/5 stars[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]

Greater Need is the fifth studio album, released in 1996, by American country music artist Lorrie Morgan. 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."

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[]

  1. "Soldier of Love" (David Malloy, Anthony Crawford, Richard Brannan) – 2:35
  2. "I Just Might Be" (John Moffat) – 3:14
  3. "Greater Need" (Constant Change) – 4:00
  4. "Steppin' Stones" (Kat Graham, J. Francis Keus)– 3:26
  5. "I Can Buy My Own Roses" (Skip Ewing, Victoria Shaw) – 3:13
  6. "Don't Stop in My World" (Ray Pennington) – 2:51
  7. "By My Side" (Constant Change) – 2:54
  8. "Reading My Heart" (Paul Nelson, Gayla Borders, Jeff Borders) – 3:11
  9. "Good as I Was to You" (Don Schlitz, Billy Livsey) – 3:28
  10. "She Walked Beside the Wagon" (Lynn Gillespie Chater, Kerry Chater, Cyril Rawson) – 3:39
    • featuring Jesse Keith Whitley[3]
  11. "Back Among the Living" (Ewing, Donny Kees) – 3:57

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. ^ Jump up to: a b 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.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "Greater Need: Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 286–287. ISBN 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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