| Long Stretch of Lonesome | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Patty Loveless |
| Cover: | PattyLovelessLongStretchofLonesome.jpg |
| Released: | September 30, 1997 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Epic |
| Producer: | Emory Gordy, Jr. |
| Prev Title: | The Trouble with the Truth |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Classics |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
Long Stretch of Lonesome is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Patty Loveless, released on September 30, 1997. Three singles charted in the top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Highlights are "High on Love," "To Have You Back Again" and the George Jones-backed "You Don't Seem to Miss Me," each of which both charted in the top 20. "High on Love" was co-written by Jeff Hanna of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The single "Like Water Into Wine" charted at number 57, the first of Loveless' singles since 1986 to not chart in the country top 40. The album went on to be certified Gold for shipments of over 500,000 copies in the U.S.