''Back'' is the name of a 1983 studio album by country music singer

Lynn Anderson Lynn Renée Anderson (September 26, 1947 – July 30, 2015) was an American country singer and television personality. Her crossover signature recording, "Rose Garden," was a number one hit in the United States and internationally. She charte ...

. The album marked Anderson's returnas the title impliedafter a three year hiatus to start a family with her second husband, Harold "Spook" Stream, and to raise her three children (one from a previous marriage and two with Stream). Anderson and Stream divorced in 1982, prompting her to return to her music career in 1983. Anderson had left her previous record company,

Columbia Records Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...

, when she "retired" in 1980. She signed with Permian Records, and worked with producer Michael Clark, to make the ''Back'' album. Three singles were released from this album, all in 1983. The first, "You Can't Lose What You Never Had", just missed the ''Billboard'' Country Top 40 at No. 42. The next single, " What I Learned from Loving You", peaked at No. 18 on the ''Billboard'' country charts. The third and final single, " You're Welcome to Tonight", was a duet with 1980s country star

Gary Morris Gary Gwyn Morris (born December 7, 1948) is an American singer and stage actor who charted a string of hits on the country music charts throughout the 1980s. Morris is known for the 1983 ballad "The Wind Beneath My Wings", although his credits ...

and the album's most successful single, peaking at No. 9 on in early 1984. The album reached No. 61 on the

Top Country Albums Top Country Albums is a chart published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine in the United States. The 50-position chart lists the most popular country music albums in the country, calculated weekly by Broadcast Data Systems based on physical sales a ...

chart in 1983.

Track listing

# "You Can't Lose What You Never Had" # "Love Comes Around Again" # " What I Learned from Loving You" # "Your Kisses Lied" # "At This Moment" # "Fool for Love" # "Heartbreak Kid" # "This Time the Heartbreak Wins" # "Mr. Sundown" # " You're Welcome to Tonight" (with

)

Personnel

*Background Vocals:

, Stephen Brantley, Bruce Dees, Marsha Wood *

Bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

: Larry Paxton *

Drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

: Clyde Brooks *Duet Vocals:

on "You're Welcome to Tonight" *

Guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

: Mark Casstevens, Michael Clark, Bruce Dees, Doyle Grisham,

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...

, Dan Roth, Michael Spriggs,

Chip Young Chip Young (born Jerry Marvin Stembridge, May 19, 1938 – December 20, 2014) was an American session guitarist, and later record producer who worked primarily out of Nashville, Tennessee. Biography Chip Young was born Jerry Marvin Stembridge in ...

Harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica inclu ...

Terry McMillan Terry McMillan (born October 18, 1951) is an American novelist. Her work centers around the experiences of Black women in the United States. Early life McMillan was born in Port Huron, Michigan. She received a B.A. in journalism in 1977 from ...

Keyboards Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

: Mitch Humphries, Buddy Skipper *Lead Vocals: Lynn Anderson *

Steel Guitar A steel guitar ( haw, kīkākila) is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conve ...

: Sonny Garrish, Weldon Myrick *

Synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

: Michael Clark

Chart performance

1983 albums Lynn Anderson albums {{1980s-country-album-stub