The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone

The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone is a studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Lee Ann Womack. It was released on October 27, 2017, through ATO Records. It was available to stream a week prior on NPR.org as part of their First Listen series. Background Speaking about the album, she 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. The track "Take the Devil Out of Me" is a George Jones cover and "Long Black Veil" is a Lefty Frizzell cover which was also notably recorded by Johnny Cash. Commercial performance The album debuted at No. 37 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, selling 3,200 copies in the first week. It has sold 5,200 copies in the US as of November 2017.