Lonely Runs Both Ways

Lonely Runs Both Ways
Lonely Runs Both Ways
Studio album by Alison Krauss & Union Station
Released	November 23, 2004
Recorded	2004
Studio	17 Grand (Nashville, Tennessee); Blackbird (Nashville, Tennessee); Minutia (Nashville, Tennessee);
Genre	Bluegrass
Length	47:38
Label	Rounder
Producer	Alison Krauss & Union Station
Alison Krauss chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
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BBC	(not rated) link
Country Standard Time	(no rating) link
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PopMatters	(not rated) link

Lonely Runs Both Ways is the sixth album by bluegrass music group Alison Krauss & Union Station, released November 23, 2004. The album won the band three Grammy Awards in 2006, including Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group with Vocal for the song "Restless", Best Country Instrumental Performance for "Unionhouse Branch", and Best Country Album. The song "A Living Prayer" was honored with the award for Bluegrass Recorded Song of the Year from the Gospel Music Association.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gravity"	Robert Lee Castleman	3:36
2.	"Restless"	Robert Lee Castleman	2:51
3.	"Rain Please Go Away"	Del McCoury	2:29
4.	"Goodbye Is All We Have"	Sarah Siskind	3:53
5.	"Unionhouse Branch"	Jerry Douglas	2:56
6.	"Wouldn't Be So Bad"	David Rawlings, Gillian Welch	3:11
7.	"Pastures Of Plenty"	Woody Guthrie	3:45
8.	"Crazy As Me"	Robert Lee Castleman, Melanie Castleman	3:14
9.	"Borderline"	Sidney Cox, Suzanne Cox	3:26
10.	"My Poor Old Heart"	Donna Hughes	3:08
11.	"This Sad Song"	Alison Brown, Alison Krauss	2:21
12.	"Doesn't Have To Be This Way"	Robert Lee Castleman	3:34
13.	"I Don't Have To Live This Way"	Ron Block	2:04
14.	"If I Didn't Know Any Better"	John Scott Sherrill, Mindy Smith	3:48
15.	"A Living Prayer"	Ron Block	3:35

Personnel

Alison Krauss – lead vocals, fiddle, viola
Dan Tyminski – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin
Ron Block – background vocals, acoustic guitar, banjo, slide guitar
Jerry Douglas – dobro, lap steel guitar
Barry Bales – background vocals, upright bass

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2004)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[1]	29
US Top Bluegrass Albums (Billboard)^[2]	1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	6

Year-end charts

Chart (2005)	Position
US Billboard 200^[4]	106
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	14

References

^ "Alison Krauss Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
^ "Alison Krauss Chart History (Top Bluegrass Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
^ "Alison Krauss Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.

[ac_Billboard200_Alison_Krauss-1] "Alison Krauss Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.

[ac_BillboardBluegrass_Alison_Krauss-2] "Alison Krauss Chart History (Top Bluegrass Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Alison_Krauss-3] "Alison Krauss Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.

[4] "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.

[5] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 14, 2020.

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Alison Krauss & Union Station
Alison Krauss Barry Bales Ron Block Jerry Douglas Russell Moore Stuart Duncan John Pennell Jeff White Brent Truitt Mike Harman Adam Steffey Tim Stafford Dan Tyminski
Studio albums	Different Strokes Too Late to Cry Two Highways I've Got That Old Feeling Every Time You Say Goodbye I Know Who Holds Tomorrow So Long So Wrong Forget About It New Favorite Paper Airplane Windy City Arcadia
Compilation albums	Now That I've Found You: A Collection Live A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection Essential Alison Krauss
With Robert Plant	Raising Sand Raise the Roof
Singles	"When You Say Nothing at All" "Baby Now That I've Found You" "Baby Mine" "The Lucky One" "Missing You" "Please Read the Letter" "Rich Woman" "Can't Let Go"
Featured singles	"Teach Your Children" "Somewhere in the Vicinity of the Heart" "It's Not Over" "Buy Me a Rose" "Whiskey Lullaby" "Do This Life"
Related articles	Discography Awards and nominations Alison Brown Robert Plant Viktor Krauss Up! Close and Personal

Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Country Album
1965–1966 (as Best Country & Western Album)	Dang Me/Chug-a-Lug – Roger Miller (1965) The Return of Roger Miller – Roger Miller (1967)
1995–2025 (as Best Country Album)	Stones in the Road – Mary Chapin Carpenter (1995) The Woman in Me – Shania Twain (1996) The Road to Ensenada – Lyle Lovett (1997) Unchained – Johnny Cash (1998) Wide Open Spaces – Dixie Chicks (1999) Fly – Dixie Chicks (2000) Breathe – Faith Hill (2001) Timeless: Hank Williams Tribute – Various Artists (2002) Home – Dixie Chicks (2003) Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers – Various Artists (2004) Van Lear Rose – Loretta Lynn (2005) – Alison Krauss & Union Station (2006) Taking the Long Way – Dixie Chicks (2007) These Days – Vince Gill (2008) Troubadour – George Strait (2009) Fearless – Taylor Swift (2010) Need You Now – Lady Antebellum (2011) Own the Night – Lady Antebellum (2012) Uncaged – Zac Brown Band (2013) Same Trailer Different Park – Kacey Musgraves (2014) Platinum – Miranda Lambert (2015) Traveller – Chris Stapleton (2016) A Sailor's Guide to Earth – Sturgill Simpson (2017) From A Room: Volume 1 – Chris Stapleton (2018) Golden Hour – Kacey Musgraves (2019) While I'm Livin' – Tanya Tucker (2020) Wildcard – Miranda Lambert (2021) Starting Over – Chris Stapleton (2022) A Beautiful Time – Willie Nelson (2023) Bell Bottom Country – Lainey Wilson (2024) Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé (2025)
From 1966–1993, the category was retired.