Lonesome Standard Time

Lonesome Standard Time is an album released in 1992 by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. Her seventh studio album, it was also her fourth to receive an RIAA gold certification, although none of its singles were Top Ten country hits. The title track was its lead-off single, peaking at #11 on Hot Country Songs, followed by the Top 20 "Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst)", then "Seeds" (her first single since 1985 to miss the Top 40) and "Listen to the Radio", which also failed to make Top 40.

Lonesome Standard Time
Studio album by Kathy Mattea
Released	September 22, 1992
Genre	Country
Length	32:44
Label	Mercury
Producer	Brent Maher
Kathy Mattea chronology
Time Passes By (1991) Lonesome Standard Time (1992) Good News (1993)
Singles from Lonesome Standard Time
"Lonesome Standard Time" Released: September 1992 "Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst)" Released: January 23, 1993

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B [2]
My Kind of Country	A [3]

Critical reception

Occasional Hope reviews this album for MyKindofCountry.com and writes "Lonesome Standard Time saw Kathy working with a new producer, Brent Maher, probably best known for his work with The Judds in the 80s. Happily, this didn’t change the overall style, and Kathy was able to maintain her usual standard of high-quality material with a strongly non-mainstream feel."[3]

Brian Mansfield of AllMusic gives the album four and one half stars and says "Lonesome Standard Time isn't as ambitious as Time Passes By, but it's filled with lovely performances from Mattea's favorite sources: bluegrass ("Lonesome Standard Time"), gospel-influenced country ("Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst)") and Nanci Griffith ("Listen to the Radio")."[1]

Track listing

1. "Lonesome Standard Time" (Larry Cordle, Jim Rushing) – 2:46
2. "Lonely at the Bottom" (Jan Dowling, Mike Dowling) – 3:10
3. "Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst)" (Bucky Jones, Dickey Lee, Bob McDill) – 4:08
4. "Forgive and Forget" (Kieran Kane) – 2:47
5. "Last Night I Dreamed of Loving You" (Hugh Moffatt) – 3:31
6. "Listen to the Radio" (Nanci Griffith) – 2:59
7. "Slow Boat" (George Teren, Jon Vezner) – 2:59
8. "33, 45, 78 (Record Time)" (Steve Key) – 2:57
9. "Amarillo" (Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris) – 3:07
10. "Seeds" (Pat Alger, Ralph Murphy) – 3:47

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Bill Cooley – electric guitar
• Jerry Douglas – Dobro
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• Farrell Morris – percussion
• Duncan Mullins – bass guitar
• Bernie Leadon – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Kathy Mattea – lead vocals, background vocals
• The Nashville String Machine – strings
• Steve Nathan – piano
• Bobby Ogdin – organ
• Russ Pahl – Dobro
• Don Potter – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Matt Rollings – piano
• Pete Wasner – piano
• Tim O'Brien – background vocals
• Donna McElroy – background vocals
• Christie Westmoreland – background vocals
• Gerry Gillespie – background vocals
• Vicki Hampton – background vocals
• Kathy Chiavola – background vocals
• Gary Burr – background vocals
• Jonathan Yudkin – mandolin, violin

Production notes

• Mills Logan – engineer, assistant engineer
• Brent Maher – producer, engineer, mixing
• Jim McKell – engineer, assistant engineer, mixing
• Glenn Meadows – mastering

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	41
U.S. Billboard 200	182

References

1. Brian Mansfield. "Lonesome Standard Time - Kathy Mattea | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
2. Nash, Alanna (1992-10-30). "Lonesome Standard Time". EW.com. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
3. Hope, Occasional (September 17, 2012). "Album Review: Kathy Mattea – 'Lonesome Standard Time'". wordpress. Retrieved November 9, 2019.