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'' Country Albums chart. The lead single, "Forget About It", peaked at number 67 on the Country Singles Chart, and "Stay" reached number 28 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

Critical reception

'' Country Standard Time'' wrote that "despite the prominence of dobro and mandolin here, it's obvious that Krauss is a pop star more than anything else."

Track listing

# "Stay" ( Larry Byrom, Allyson Taylor) – 3:25 # "Forget About It" ( Robert Lee Castleman) – 3:30 # "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference" ( Todd Rundgren)– 4:28 # "Maybe" ( Gordon Kennedy, Phil Madeira) – 3:47 # "Empty Hearts" ( Michael McDonald, Michael Johnson) – 3:24 # "Never Got Off the Ground" ( Danny O'Keefe) – 3:40 # "

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) – 4:04 # "It Don't Matter Now" ( Michael McDonald) – 2:50 # "That Kind of Love" (

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, Michael McDonald) – 3:43 # "Could You Lie" ( Ron Block) – 2:54 # "Dreaming My Dreams With You" ( Allen Reynolds) – 4:28 (featuring Dolly Parton and Lyle Lovett)

Personnel

* Alison Krauss – fiddle, vocals, harmony vocals *

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– bass * Barry Bales – bass, harmony vocals * Jim Keltner – drums * Kenny Malone – drums *

– guitar * Ron Block – guitar, harmony vocals * Sam Bush –

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, slide mandolin, harmony vocals *

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– harmony vocals on "Dreaming My Dreams With You" * Evelyn Cox – harmony vocals * Sidney Cox – harmony vocals *

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– harmony vocals * Dolly Parton – harmony vocals on "Dreaming My Dreams With You" * Jerry Douglas –

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* Matt Rollings – piano * Dan Tyminski – guitar, harmony vocals Production notes: *

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– engineer, mixing * Doug Sax – mastering *Sandy Jenkins – engineer, assistant engineer *Thomas "Snake" Johnson – engineer, assistant engineer *Tim Waters – assistant engineer *Chuck Turner – digital editing *Tracy Martinson – digital editing *Matthew Barnes – photography *Nancy Given – art direction, design

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 1999 albums Alison Krauss & Union Station albums Rounder Records albums