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You're Only Lonely

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You're Only Lonely
Studio album by
Released1979
StudioWarner Bros. Recording Studio, North Hollywood, CA
GenreRock, folk rock
Length35:27
LabelColumbia
ProducerJD Souther
JD Souther chronology
Black Rose
(1976)
You're Only Lonely
(1979)
Home by Dawn
(1984)

You're Only Lonely is the third album by American singer-songwriter JD Souther, released in 1979. The title song charted as a single on Billboard, reaching No.1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. "White Rhythm & Blues" was covered by Linda Ronstadt on her album Living in the USA. In 1992, George Strait covered "The Last in Love", for the soundtrack to the film Pure Country.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

The New York Times concluded that "Souther's trouble is that his voice simply isn't very interesting, at least in a folk-rock context on recording."[2]

In his retrospective review for AllMusic, critic William Ruhlmann praised "White Rhythm and Blues" as well as the solo version of the Souther–Hillman–Furay Band song "Trouble in Paradise".[1]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by JD Souther, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You're Only Lonely" 3:48
2."If You Don't Want My Love" 4:22
3."The Last in Love"Glenn Frey, Souther3:40
4."White Rhythm and Blues" 4:39
5."'Til the Bars Burn Down"Frey, Souther4:42
6."The Moon Just Turned Blue" 2:08
7."Songs of Love" 4:18
8."Fifteen Bucks"Kenny Edwards, Don Grolnick, Danny Kortchmar, Rick Marotta, Souther, Waddy Wachtel3:24
9."Trouble in Paradise" 4:26

Personnel

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Production

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  • Producer: JD Souther
  • Engineers: Loyd Clifft, Lee Herschberg
  • Direction: Irving Azoff
  • Art direction: Jimmy Wachtel
  • Photography: Jim Shea

Charts

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Chart (1979) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 65
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard) 41

References

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  1. ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "You're Only Lonely > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  2. ^ Rockwell, John (7 Sep 1979). "The Pop Life". The New York Times. p. C19.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 285. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.