''Almost Goodbye'' is the fourth studio album by American

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artist

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. His third album for

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, it was also the third consecutive album to receive RIAA

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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

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hit from 1972, served as the fourth single, and peaked at #21.

Track listing

Personnel

* Robert Charles – engineer, assistant engineer *

– 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 *

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– drums * Glenn Meadows – editing, mastering *

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– keyboards * Warren Peterson – engineer *

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– percussion, mixing *

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– piano *

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– keyboards *

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– electric guitar *

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– background vocals * Lisa Silver – background vocals *

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–

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– acoustic guitar * Bergen White – background vocals * Dennis Wilson – background vocals * Bob Wray – bass guitar * Curtis Young – background vocals

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by the

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, conducted by Carl Gorodetzky and arranged by Bergen White.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1993 albums Mark Chesnutt albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Mark Wright (record producer) {{1990s-country-album-stub