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."

Greater Need
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 4, 1996
GenreCountry
LabelBNA #66847
ProducerJames Stroud
Lorrie Morgan chronology
Reflections: Greatest Hits
(1995)
Greater Need
(1996)
Shakin' Things Up
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[2]

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

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Soldier of Love"David Malloy, Anthony Crawford, Richard "Spady" Brannan2:35
2."I Just Might Be"John Moffat3:14
3."Greater Need"Constant Change4:00
4."Steppin' Stones" (featuring Vince Gill and Travis Tritt)Kat Graham, J. Francis Keus3:26
5."I Can Buy My Own Roses"Skip Ewing, Victoria Shaw3:13
6."Don't Stop in My World"Ray Pennington2:51
7."By My Side" (duet with Jon Randall)Constant Change2:54
8."Reading My Heart"Paul Nelson, Gayla Borders, Jeff Borders3:11
9."Good as I Was to You"Don Schlitz, Billy Livsey3:28
10."She Walked Beside the Wagon" (featuring Jesse Keith Whitley[3])Lynn Gillespie Chater, Kerry Chater, Cyril Rawson3:39
11."Back Among the Living"Ewing, Donny Kees3:57

Personnel

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As listed in liner notes.[4]

Chart performance

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Albums

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

Singles

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Owens, Thom. "Greater Need - Lorrie Morgan". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  2. ^ Nash, Alanna (21 June 1996). "Greater Need Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on April 27, 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  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.
  6. ^ a b 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.