The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone

The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone is the ninth studio album by the American country music singer-songwriter Lee Ann Womack. It was released on October 27, 2017, by ATO Records. It was available to stream a week before on NPR.org as part of its First Listen series.

The album was nominated for Best Americana Album and Best American Roots Song for "All the Trouble" at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards.

Background
Speaking about the album, Womack said, "I wanted to get out of Nashville, and tap the deep music and vibe of East Texas. I wanted to make sure this record had a lot of soul in it, because real country music has soul. I wanted to remind people of that." "All the Trouble", which was written by Womack, Waylon Payne and Adam Wright, is the lead single from the album. The album consists of 14 songs.

"Take the Devil Out of Me" is a cover version of a George Jones song. "Long Black Veil" is a cover version of a Lefty Frizzell's song which was also notably recorded by Johnny Cash.

Commercial performance
The album debuted at No. 37 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, selling 3,200 copies in the first week. It had sold 10,100 copies in the US up to March 2018.

Personnel

 * Musicians
 * Ethan Ballinger — guitar, kayagum, backing vocals
 * Shawn Camp — backing vocals
 * Christina Courtin — string section arrangements
 * Glen Duncan — fiddle
 * Paul Franklin — steel guitar
 * Annalise Liddell — guitar, backing vocals
 * Frank Liddell — guitar, backing vocals, producer
 * Ann McCrary — backing vocals
 * Regina McCrary — backing vocals
 * Alfreda McCrary — backing vocals
 * Buddy Miller — backing vocals
 * Charlie Pate — backing vocals
 * Waylon Payne — guitar, backing vocals
 * Jerry Roe — drums
 * Lee Ann Womack — lead vocals
 * Glenn Worf — bass
 * Adam Wright — keyboards, tremolo guitar, backing vocals
 * Shannon Wright — backing vocals
 * Other credits
 * Gavin Lurssen — mastering engineer
 * Mike McCarthy — recording engineer, mixing engineer
 * Eric Masse — editing

Reception
Brittney McKenna of NPR wrote that the album "has a cinematic quality to it, one buoyed by both lush, dynamic arrangements and by a skillfully executed sequence." Metacritic gives the album a score of 77, based upon seven critics that provided generally favorable reviews.