The Hardest Part (Allison Moorer album)
2000 studio album by Allison Moorer
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The Hardest Part is the second album by singer/songwriter Allison Moorer. The album is a concept album about a doomed relationship produced and co-written by Moorer's then husband Doyle Lee Primm.[3] The album is based on her parents' relationship which ended in the mid-1980s when Moorer's father murdered her mother before killing himself.[4] She told No Depression magazine in 2000: "This record was inspired by the things I saw my mother go through. It’s not the true story, but it’s inspired by the true story."[5]
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2000
Studio
- Woodland Sound Studios and Treasure Isle Recordings (Nashville, Tennessee)
Length45:51
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| Released | September 26, 2000 | |||
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| Genre | Country, Americana | |||
| Length | 45:51 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
| The A.V. Club | Favourable [2] |
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Hardest Part" | Allison Moorer, Doyle Lee Primm | 3:13 |
| 2. | "Day You Said Goodbye" | Moorer, Primm | 4:21 |
| 3. | "It's Time I Tried" | Moorer, Primm | 4:13 |
| 4. | "Best That I Can Do" | Moorer, Primm | 3:23 |
| 5. | "Think It Over" | Moorer, Primm | 3:57 |
| 6. | "Bring Me All Your Lovin'" | Moorer, Primm, Kenny Greenberg | 5:24 |
| 7. | "Is It Worth It" | Moorer, Primm | 3:23 |
| 8. | "Send Down An Angel" | Moorer, Primm | 3:47 |
| 9. | "No Next Time" | Moorer, Primm | 6:39 |
| 10. | "Feeling That Feeling Again/Cold, Cold Earth" | Moorer, Primm | 7:31 |
Personnel
- Allison Moorer – vocals, acoustic guitar (1, 3)
- Jay Bennett – acoustic piano (2, 4, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (2), Hammond B3 organ (3, 6), Mellotron (8)
- Kenny Greenberg – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 7–9), electric guitars (2–6, 8–10), acoustic 12-string guitar (4)
- Rick Plant – electric guitars (3, 9), acoustic guitar (10)
- Buddy Miller – acoustic guitar (4), electric guitars (6)
- Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar (7)
- Rick Plant – banjo (1)
- Marty Stuart – mandolin (1)
- Russ Pahl – pedal steel guitar (2–6, 8–10)
- Michael Rhodes – upright bass (1), bass (2–10)
- Chad Cromwell – drums
- Eric Darken – percussion (2, 5, 6, 9)
- Joe Spivey – fiddle (1, 6)
- Chris Carmichael – fiddle (10)
- Jim Hoke – harmonica (2, 7)
- The Nashville String Machine – strings (3, 8, 9)
- The Love Sponge Strings – string quartet (4)
- Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements and conductor (3, 4, 8, 9)
- Louise Red – harmony vocals (1–4, 6, 8, 9)
- Harry Stinson – harmony vocals (1), backing vocals (5)
- Louis Nunley – backing vocals (3)
- Dennis Wilson – backing vocals (3)
- Rick Schell – backing vocals (5), harmony vocals (6)
- Lonesome Bob – vocals (9)
Production
- Tony Brown – executive producer
- Kenny Greenberg – producer
- Allison Moorer – co-producer
- Doyle Primm – co-producer
- Don Smith – engineer (1–6, 8–10)
- Peter Coleman – overdub recording, string recording (3, 4, 8, 9), engineer (7)
- James Bauer – assistant engineer
- Nathan Mann – assistant engineer
- Greg Parker – assistant engineer
- John Saylor – assistant engineer
- Justin Niebank – mixing at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Ken Love – mastering at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Kate Garner – photography
- Beth Middleworth – design
- T.K. Kimbrell for Two Artist Management – management
Chart performance
| Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] | 26 |
| US Top Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[7] | 26 |