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Almost Goodbye

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Almost Goodbye

Studio album by

Mark Chesnutt

Released

June 22, 1993

Recorded

1992–1993

Studio

Javalina Recording Studios, Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville, TN

Genre

Country

Length

35:25

Mark Chesnutt chronology

Longnecks & Short Stories
(1992)

Almost Goodbye
(1993)

What a Way to Live
(1994)

Singles from Almost Goodbye

"It Sure Is Monday"
Released: May 18, 1993
"Almost Goodbye"
Released: August 30, 1993
"I Just Wanted You to Know"
Released: November 30, 1993
"Woman (Sensuous Woman)"
Released: March 22, 1994

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A−^[2]

Almost Goodbye is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His third album for MCA Records, it was also the third consecutive album to receive RIAA platinum certification in the United States. Four singles were released from this album, of which three — "It Sure Is Monday", "Almost Goodbye", and "I Just Wanted You to Know" — reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. "Woman (Sensuous Woman)", a cover of the Don Gibson hit from 1972, served as the fourth single, and peaked at #21.

Track listing[edit]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It Sure Is Monday"	Dennis Linde	2:56
2.	"Woman, Sensuous Woman"	Gary S. Paxton	3:12
3.	"Almost Goodbye"	Billy Livsey, Don Schlitz	4:09
4.	"I Just Wanted You to Know"	Tim Mensy, Gary Harrison	3:21
5.	"April's Fool"	Mark Chesnutt, Glenn Gordon, David Lott	5:03
6.	"Texas Is Bigger Than It Used to Be"	Mark Wright, Joe Johnston, Ronnie Rogers	4:08
7.	"My Heart's Too Broke (To Pay Attention)"	Lonnie Wilson, Kim Williams, Phil Barnhart	2:33
8.	"Vickie Vance Gotta Dance"	Wright, Bill Kenner	3:47
9.	"Till a Better Memory Comes Along"	Mensy, Gene Dobbins, Glenn Ray	2:58
10.	"The Will"	Jackson Leap	3:20

Personnel[edit]

Robert Charles – engineer, assistant engineer

Mark Chesnutt – lead vocals

Tom Flora – background vocals

Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar

Paul Franklin – steel guitar, slide guitar

Mark Friego – assistant mixing

Glenn Gordon – acoustic guitar

Mark Hagen – assistant mixing

Rob Hajacos – fiddle

Owen Hale – drums

Christopher Harris – background vocals

David Hungate – bass guitar

Larry Jeffries – assistant engineer

Jana King – background vocals

Paul Leim – drums

Glenn Meadows – editing, mastering

Steve Nathan – keyboards

Warren Peterson – engineer

Lynn Peterzell – percussion, mixing

Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano

Matt Rollings – keyboards

Brent Rowan – electric guitar

John Wesley Ryles – background vocals

Lisa Silver – background vocals

Wayne Toups – squeezebox

Biff Watson – acoustic guitar

Bergen White – background vocals

Dennis Wilson – background vocals

Bob Wray – bass guitar

Curtis Young – background vocals

Strings by the Nashville String Machine, conducted by Carl Gorodetzky and arranged by Bergen White.

Charts[edit]

Weekly charts[edit]

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)	7
USBillboard 200^[3]	43
USTop Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	6

Year-end charts[edit]

Chart (1993)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	43
Chart (1994)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	32

References[edit]

^ Mansfield, Brian. Almost GoodbyeatAllMusic

^ "Entertainment Weekly review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2009-01-27.

^ "Mark Chesnutt Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

^ "Mark Chesnutt Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.

v t e Mark Chesnutt
Studio albums	Too Cold at Home Longnecks & Short Stories Almost Goodbye What a Way to Live Wings Thank God for Believers I Don't Want to Miss a Thing Lost in the Feeling Mark Chesnutt Savin' the Honky Tonk Heard It in a Love Song Rollin' with the Flow Outlaw Tradition Lives
Compilation albums	Greatest Hits
Notable singles	"Too Cold at Home" "Brother Jukebox" "Blame It on Texas" "Your Love Is a Miracle" "Broken Promise Land" "Old Flames Have New Names" "I'll Think of Something" "Bubba Shot the Jukebox" "Ol' Country" "It Sure Is Monday" "Almost Goodbye" "I Just Wanted You to Know" "Woman, Sensuous Woman" "She Dreams" "Goin' Through the Big D" "Gonna Get a Life" "Down in Tennessee" "Trouble" "It Wouldn't Hurt to Have Wings" "Wrong Place, Wrong Time" "It's a Little Too Late" "Let It Rain" "Thank God for Believers" "It's Not Over" "I Might Even Quit Lovin' You" "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" "This Heartache Never Sleeps" "Fallin' Never Felt So Good" "Lost in the Feeling" "She Was" "Heard It in a Love Song" "Rollin' with the Flow" "Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)"
Guest singles	"A Good Way to Get on My Bad Side"
Related articles	Discography

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