''Getting Somewhere'' is the fifth studio album by singer/songwriter
Allison Moorer. The album was produced by Moorer's new husband and fellow singer/songwriter
Steve Earle
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and recorded in Nashville. Written on the road while touring with Earle, it saw her embrace a more pop sound and became her first album where the majority of songs were written solely by Moorer. She told
PopMatters in 2004: "Some of the records I’ve made have had a lot of cooks, for lack of a better word. This one basically was just me and Steve, and I had written all the songs while he was around. We were on the road together, and so he had a ringside seat for the whole writing of it. So when we went in to make the record in December, it was kind of just a given what we were going to do."
Track listing
Personnel
* Rev. Brady Blade -
drums
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Chris Carmichael -
strings
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, string arrangements
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Steve Earle
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guitar
* Feedback - guitar
* Jim Hoke -
saxophone, horn arrangements
* Brad Jones -
bass guitar
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Doug Lancio
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- guitar
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Allison Moorer - guitar,
tambourine, lead vocals, background vocals
References
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2006 albums
Allison Moorer albums
Sugar Hill Records albums
Albums produced by Steve Earle