Mountain Soul is the eleventh album of original recordings by Patty Loveless. The album was recorded between January and March 2001 and was released on June 26 in the United States. It first charted on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart on July 14 (peaking on July 28 at #19), and remaining on the charts for 87 weeks until March 8, 2003. Other country superstars also have done "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" such as Kathy Mattea and Brad Paisley. A follow-up album, Mountain Soul II was released in September 2009.
The album also charted on the main Top Billboard 200 chart, Top Bluegrass Album chart and the Top Internet Albums chart.Billboard.biz - Music Business - Billboard Charts - Album Sales - Concert Tours
Rhapsody ranked the album #9 on its "Country’s Best Albums of the Decade" list."Country’s Best Albums of the Decade" Retrieved January 12, 2010.
Country Universe, ranked the album #10.
Engine 145 country music blog list it #6 on the "Top Country Albums of the Decade" list. Retrieved February 10, 2010.
Track listing "The Boys Are Back in Town" (Don Humphries, Pat Enright, Stuart Duncan) – 2:34 "The Richest Fool Alive" (Kostas, Bobby Boyd, Don Mealer) – 3:22 "Daniel Prayed" (Ralph Stanley) – 2:45 "Someone I Used to Know" (Jack Clement) – 2:17 duet with Jon Randall "Out of Control Raging Fire" (Kostas, Melba Montgomery) – 3:33 duet with Travis Tritt "Rise Up Lazarus" (Emory Gordy Jr., Patty Loveless) – 2:21 "Cheap Whiskey" (Jim Rushing, Gordy Jr.) – 3:42 "Pretty Little Miss" (Gordy Jr., Loveless) – 2:41 "I Know You're Married (But I Love You Still)" (Don Reno, Mack Magaha) – 2:54 duet with Travis Tritt "Sorrowful Angels" (Leslie Satcher, Tommy Conners) – 3:58 "Soul of Constant Sorrow" (Gordy Jr., Loveless) – 3:04 "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" (Darrell Scott) – 6:06 "Two Coats" (arr. Gordy Jr., Loveless) – 3:18 "Sounds of Loneliness" (Loveless) – 3:48
Personnel
Patty Loveless - lead vocals Emory Gordy, Jr. - guitar, bass, slack key guitar Clarence "Tater" Tate - bass, fiddle, bass vocal Tim Hensley - mandolin, backing vocals Stuart Duncan - mandolin, fiddle, backing vocals Deanie Richardson - fiddle Rob Ickes - dobro Alan O'Bryant - banjo Carmella Ramsey - drone fiddle, backing vocals Gene Wooten - dobro Butch Lee - banjo, bass, mandolin
Ricky Skaggs - mandolin, backing vocals Jon Randall - guitar, mandolin backing vocals Earl Scruggs - banjo Travis Tritt - duet vocal, lead/rhythm guitar, backing vocals Biff Watson - guitar Steve Gibson - mandola Rebecca Lynn Howard - backing vocals Jeff White - guitar Darrell Scott - dobro, banjo Jeff White - backing vocals Tom Britt - slide guitar
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (2001) Peak position
Year-end charts Chart (2001) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 75 Chart (2002) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 67
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