Greater Need

Greater Need
Greater Need
Studio album by Lorrie Morgan
Released	June 4, 1996
Genre	Country
Label	BNA #66847
Producer	James Stroud
Lorrie Morgan chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[2]

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."

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[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Soldier of Love"	David Malloy, Anthony Crawford, Richard "Spady" Brannan	2:35
2.	"I Just Might Be"	John Moffat	3:14
3.	"Greater Need"	Constant Change	4:00
4.	"Steppin' Stones" (featuring Vince Gill and Travis Tritt)	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" (duet with Jon Randall)	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" (featuring Jesse Keith Whitley^[3])	Lynn Gillespie Chater, Kerry Chater, Cyril Rawson	3:39
11.	"Back Among the Living"	Ewing, Donny Kees	3:57

Personnel[edit]

As listed in liner notes.^[4]

Eddie Bayers – drums
Michael Black – background vocals
Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
Glen Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
Paul Franklin – steel guitar, Dobro
Sonny Garrish – steel guitar, Dobro
John Hobbs – piano
Dann Huff – electric guitar
David Hungate – bass guitar
Jana King – background vocals
Alison Krauss – background vocals
Paul Leim – drums
Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
Matt Rollings – piano
Joe Spivey – fiddle, mandolin
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar
Cindy Walker – background vocals
Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance[edit]

Albums[edit]

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

Singles[edit]

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

References[edit]

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

[allmusic-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.

[remz-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.

[whitburn-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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Discography
Studio albums	Leave the Light On (1989) Something in Red (1991) Watch Me (1992) Merry Christmas from London (1993) War Paint (1994) Greater Need (1996) Shakin' Things Up (1997) Secret Love (1998) My Heart (1999) I Finally Found Someone (with Sammy Kershaw) (2001) Show Me How (2004) A Moment in Time (2009) Dos Divas (with Pam Tillis) (2013) Letting Go...Slow (2016)
Compilation albums	Reflections: Greatest Hits (1995) To Get to You: Greatest Hits Collection (2000)
Singles	"Trainwreck of Emotion" "Dear Me" "Out of Your Shoes" "Five Minutes" "'Til a Tear Becomes a Rose" (with Keith Whitley) "He Talks to Me" "We Both Walk" "A Picture of Me (Without You)" "Except for Monday" "Something in Red" "Watch Me" "What Part of No" "I Guess You Had to Be There" "Half Enough" "Crying Time" "My Night to Howl" "I Didn't Know My Own Strength" "Back in Your Arms Again" "Standing Tall" "By My Side" (with Jon Randall) "Good as I Was to You" "Go Away" "One of Those Nights Tonight" "Maybe Not Tonight" (with Sammy Kershaw)
Related people and acts	Sammy Kershaw George Morgan Jon Randall Pam Tillis Keith Whitley