Greater Need

Greater Need is the fifth studio album, released in 1996, by American country music artist Lorrie Morgan. 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 Lorrie Morgan
Released	June 4, 1996
Genre	Country
Label	BNA #66847
Producer	James Stroud
Lorrie Morgan chronology
Reflections: Greatest Hits (1995) Greater Need (1996) Shakin' Things Up (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[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

1. "Soldier of Love" (David Malloy, Anthony Crawford, Richard Brannan) – 2:35
2. "I Just Might Be" (John Moffat) – 3:14
3. "Greater Need" (Constant Change) – 4:00
4. "Steppin' Stones" (Kat Graham, J. Francis Keus)– 3:26
   • featuring Vince Gill and Travis Tritt
5. "I Can Buy My Own Roses" (Skip Ewing, Victoria Shaw) – 3:13
6. "Don't Stop in My World" (Ray Pennington) – 2:51
7. "By My Side" (Constant Change) – 2:54
   • duet with Jon Randall
8. "Reading My Heart" (Paul Nelson, Gayla Borders, Jeff Borders) – 3:11
9. "Good as I Was to You" (Don Schlitz, Billy Livsey) – 3:28
10. "She Walked Beside the Wagon" (Lynn Gillespie Chater, Kerry Chater, Cyril Rawson) – 3:39
    • featuring Jesse Keith Whitley[3]
11. "Back Among the Living" (Ewing, Donny Kees) – 3:57

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[4]

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Michael Black – background vocals
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
• Glen Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, Dobro
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar, Dobro
• John Hobbs – piano
• Dann Huff – electric guitar
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• Jana King – background vocals
• Alison Krauss – background vocals
• Paul Leim – drums
• Terry McMillan – harmonica, percussion
• Matt Rollings – piano
• Joe Spivey – fiddle, mandolin
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar
• Cindy Walker – background vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Curtis Young – background vocals

Chart performance

Albums

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

Singles

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

1. Owens, Thom. "Greater Need - Lorrie Morgan". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
2. Nash, Alanna (21 June 1996). "Greater Need Review". Entertainment Weekly. 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.CS1 maint: others (link)
5. "Greater Need: Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
6. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 286–287. ISBN 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.