Almost Goodbye

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.

Musical style and composition

Almost Goodbye has been described as a honky-tonk and Western swing album compared to the work of neotraditional country contemporary George Strait.

Track listing

Personnel

• Mark Chesnutt – lead vocals
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – acoustic piano
• Matt Rollings – keyboards
• Wayne Toups – squeezebox
• Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
• Glenn Gordon – acoustic guitar
• Brent Rowan – electric guitars
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• David Hungate – bass
• Bob Wray – bass
• Owen Hale – drums
• Paul Leim – drums
• Lynn Peterzell – percussion
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Nashville String Machine – strings
• Bergen White – string arrangements, backing vocals
• Carl Gorodetzky – string conductor
• Thom Flora – backing vocals
• Christopher Harris – backing vocals
• Jana King – backing vocals
• John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
• Lisa Silver – backing vocals
• Bergen White – backing vocals
• Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
• Curtis Young – backing vocals

Production

• Jimmy Gilmer – executive producer
• Mark Wright – producer
• Warren Peterson – recording
• Robert Charles – overdub recording, second engineer
• Larry Jeffries – second engineer
• Lynn Peterzell – mixing
• Mark Friego – mix assistant
• Mark Hagen – mix assistant
• Glenn Meadows – digital editing and mastering at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Joe Johnston – production coordinator
• Jim Kemp – art direction
• Carmelo Roman – art direction, design
• Keith Carter – photography
• Breon Reynolds – make-up
• BDM Company – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References