''You Again'' is the third studio album by the American

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group The Forester Sisters. It was released in 1987 via

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Nashville.

Content

Three singles charted from the album: a cover of Brenda Lee's 1965 single " Too Many Rivers", followed by the title track and "

Lyin' in His Arms Again "Lyin' in His Arms Again" is a song written by Terry Skinner and J. L. Wallace, and recorded by American country music group The Forester Sisters. It was released in October 1987 as the third single from the album '' You Again''. The song reache ...

". Of these, "You Again" achieved the number one position on

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in 1987, while the other two both peaked at number five on the same. " Sooner or Later" was later covered by Eddy Raven, who released it in 1990 as a single from his album '' Temporary Sanity''. As with the Forester Sisters' version, Raven's was also produced by Barry Beckett.Whitburn, pp. 293-294

Track listing

Personnel

The Forester Sisters

* Christy Forester – vocals * June Forester – vocals * Kathy Forester – vocals * Kim Forester – vocals

Musicians

* John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards (1, 5, 7, 10) * Barry Beckett – keyboards (2, 6, 9) * Mitch Humphries – keyboards (2, 6, 9) * Carl Marsh – Fairlight Series III computer programming (2, 6, 9) * Steve Nathan – keyboards (3, 4, 8), synthesizers (3, 4, 8) * Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar (1, 5, 7, 10), electric guitar (1, 5, 7, 10) *

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– electric guitar (1, 5, 7, 10) * Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitars (2, 6, 9),

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(2, 6, 9) * Brent Rowan – lead guitar (2, 6, 9), rhythm guitar (2, 6, 9) * Will McFarlane – acoustic guitar (3, 4, 8) * J.L. Wallace – electric guitars (3, 4, 8) * John Willis – acoustic guitar (3, 4, 8) * Paul Franklin –

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(1, 5, 7, 10) * Sonny Garrish –

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(2, 6, 9), pedal steel guitar (3, 4, 8) *

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– bass guitar (1, 5, 7, 10) * Bob Wray – bass guitar (2, 6, 9) * Terry "Bus" Adkins – bass guitar (3, 4, 8) * Lonnie "Butch" Ledford – bass guitar (3, 4, 8) *

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– drums (1, 5, 7, 10) *

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– drums (2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9) *

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–

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(2, 6, 9) *

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– fiddle (3, 4, 8)

Production

* Emory Gordy Jr. – producer (1, 5, 8, 10) * Barry Beckett – producer (2, 6, 9) * James Stroud – producer (2, 6, 9) * Terry Skinner – producer (3, 4, 8), assistant engineer (3, 4, 8), remix assistant * J.L. Wallace – producer (3, 4, 8) * George Clinton – engineer (1, 5, 8, 10) * Jim Cotton – engineer (1, 5, 8, 10) * Paul Goldberg – engineer (1, 5, 8, 10) * Joe Scaife – engineer (1, 5, 8, 10) * Bill Deaton – engineer (2, 6, 9) * Steve Melton – engineer (3, 4, 8), remixing * Tim Farmer – assistant engineer (2, 6, 9) * Greg Pirls – assistant engineer (2, 6, 9) * Randy Best – assistant engineer (3, 4, 8) * Vicki Lancaster – assistant engineer (3, 4, 8), remix assistant * Steve Moore – assistant engineer (3, 4, 8) * Scott Hendricks – remixing * Chris Hammond – remix assistant * Denny Purcell – mastering * Carlos Grier – mastering assistant * Virginia Team – album design * Andy Engel – lettering design * Empire Studio – photography * Joan Robbins – wardrobe stylist * June Arnold – make-up * Marilyn Thomason – hair stylist * Gerald Roy and Stellar Entertainment – management Studios * Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios (Sheffield, Alabama); East Avalon Recorders (Muscle Shoals, Alabama); The Music Mill, Woodland Studios, Center Stage Studio and Champagne Studios (Nashville, Tennessee). * Remixed at The Castle (Franklin, Tennessee) and Muscle Shoals Sound Studios. * Mastered at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee).

Chart performance

References

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