Mountain Soul Explained

Mountain Soul
Type:	studio
Artist:	Patty Loveless
Cover:	Loveless-ms.jpg
Released:	June 26, 2001
Recorded:	Franklin, Tennessee
Genre:	Bluegrass
Label:	Epic
Producer:	Emory Gordy, Jr.
Prev Title:	Strong Heart
Prev Year:	2000
Next Title:	Bluegrass & White Snow
Next Year:	2002

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.^[1]

The album also charted on the main Top Billboard 200 chart, Top Bluegrass Album chart and the Top Internet Albums chart.^[2]

Rhapsody ranked the album #9 on its "Country’s Best Albums of the Decade" list.^[3] Country Universe, ranked the album #10.^[4]

Engine 145 country music blog list it #6 on the "Top Country Albums of the Decade" list.^[5]

Track listing

1. "The Boys Are Back in Town" (Don Humphries, Pat Enright, Stuart Duncan) – 2:34
2. "The Richest Fool Alive" (Kostas, Bobby Boyd, Don Mealer) – 3:22
3. "Daniel Prayed" (Ralph Stanley) – 2:45
4. "Someone I Used to Know" (Jack Clement) – 2:17
   • duet with Jon Randall
5. "Out of Control Raging Fire" (Kostas, Melba Montgomery) – 3:33
   • duet with Travis Tritt
6. "Rise Up Lazarus" (Emory Gordy Jr., Patty Loveless) – 2:21
7. "Cheap Whiskey" (Jim Rushing, Gordy Jr.) – 3:42
8. "Pretty Little Miss" (Gordy Jr., Loveless) – 2:41
9. "I Know You're Married (But I Love You Still)" (Don Reno, Mack Magaha) – 2:54
   • duet with Travis Tritt
10. "Sorrowful Angels" (Leslie Satcher, Tommy Conners) – 3:58
11. "Soul of Constant Sorrow" (Gordy Jr., Loveless) – 3:04
12. "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" (Darrell Scott) – 6:06
13. "Two Coats" (arr. Gordy Jr., Loveless) – 3:18
14. "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

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	75
Chart (2002)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[7]	67

Notes and References

1. Web site: PATTY LOVELESS TO RELEASE SEQUEL TO ACCLAIMED MOUNTAIN SOUL CD. Sanguaro Road. July 7, 2009. July 16, 2009.
2. http://www.billboard.biz Billboard.biz - Music Business - Billboard Charts - Album Sales - Concert Tours
3. http://blog.rhapsody.com/2009/11/countdec.html "Country’s Best Albums of the Decade"
4. Web site: The 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade, Conclusion: #10-#1 . www.countryuniverse.net . 10 December 2009. March 17, 2010.
5. Web site: Top Country Albums of the Decade (#10-#1) - Engine 145 . February 15, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141024114246/http://www.engine145.com/top-country-albums-of-the-decade-10-1/ . October 24, 2014 . Retrieved February 10, 2010.
6. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001. Billboard. October 18, 2020.
7. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002. Billboard. October 18, 2020.