So Long So Wrong
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So Long So Wrong is the seventh album
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

 by Bluegrass
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and a sub-genre of country music. It has mixed roots in Scottish, English, Welsh and Irish traditional music...

 group Alison Krauss & Union Station
Alison Krauss
Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...

, released March 25, 1997. The album reached number 4 on Billboard's
Billboard charts
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 Country Albums chart. Some critics said it was "untraditional" and "likely [to] change quite a few... Minds about bluegrass."

At the Grammy Awards of 1998 So Long So Wrong won three Grammy Awards: the Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal
The Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal was awarded from 1970 to 2011. The award has had several minor name changes:*In 1970 the award was known as Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group...

 for "Looking in the Eyes of Love", Best Country Instrumental Performance
Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance
The Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance was awarded from 1970 to 2011. Between 1986 and 1989 the award was presented as the Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance ....

 for "Little Liza Jane
Li'l Liza Jane
Li'l Liza Jane, also known as Little Liza Jane and Liza Jane, is a song dating back at least to the 1910s. It has become a perennial standard both as a song and an instrumental in traditional jazz, folk music, and bluegrass, and versions have repeatedly appeared in other genres including rock and...

", and Best Bluegrass Album
Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album
The Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality works in the bluegrass music genre...

.

Track listing

  1. "So Long So Wrong" (Patrick Brayer, Walden Dahl) – 3:22
  2. "No Place to Hide" (Bob Lucas) – 3:28
  3. "Deeper Than Crying" (Mark Simos) – 3:07
  4. "I Can Let Go Now" (Michael McDonald
    Michael McDonald (singer)
    Michael McDonald is a five-time Grammy Award winning American singer and songwriter. McDonald is known for a soulful baritone singing style and a multi-octave range. He began his career singing back-up vocals with Steely Dan...

    ) – 2:27
  5. "The Road Is a Lover" (Bob Lucas) – 3:11
  6. "Little Liza Jane" (Public Domain
    Public domain
    Works are in the public domain if the intellectual property rights have expired, if the intellectual property rights are forfeited, or if they are not covered by intellectual property rights at all...

    ) – 1:43
  7. "It Doesn't Matter" (Harley Allen
    Harley Allen
    Harley Lee Allen was an American bluegrass and country singer and songwriter.-Early life:He was born in Dayton, Ohio, the son of the bluegrass performer Red Allen.-Film career:...

    ) – 3:52
  8. "Find My Way Back to My Heart" (Mark Simos) – 3:33
  9. "I'll Remember You Love in My Prayers" (Public Domain) – 3:02
  10. "Looking in the Eyes of Love" (Kostas Lazarides, Tricia Walker) – 4:19
  11. "Pain of a Troubled Life" (Ron Block
    Ron Block
    Ronald Frankin "Ron" Block is an American bluegrass and alternative country musician, mainly playing the banjo and the guitar, singing, and writing gospel music.-Biography:...

    ) – 2:54
  12. "Happiness" (Michael McDonald, Viktor Krauss
    Viktor Krauss
    Viktor Karl Krauss is a bassist.He has worked with Peter Rowan and Lyle Lovett, among other musicians.He is the brother of bluegrass musician Alison Krauss. He has played on some of his sister's albums, together with those of her dobro player, Jerry Douglas.-External links:*...

    ) – 3:55
  13. "Blue Trail of Sorrow" (Jeff White) – 3:39
  14. "There Is a Reason" (Ron Block) – 5:35

Personnel

  • Alison Krauss
    Alison Krauss
    Alison Maria Krauss is an American bluegrass-country singer, songwriter and fiddler. She entered the music industry at an early age, winning local contests by the age of ten and recording for the first time at fourteen. She signed with Rounder Records in 1985 and released her first solo album in...

     – vocal, fiddle
  • Dan Tyminski
    Dan Tyminski
    Daniel John "Dan" Tyminski is a bluegrass composer, vocalist, and instrumentalist. He is a member of the band Alison Krauss and Union Station and has released two solo albums, Carry Me Across the Mountain , on the Doobie Shea Records label, and Wheels , on the Rounder Records label.He is best...

     – guitar, bass, vocals
  • Ron Block
    Ron Block
    Ronald Frankin "Ron" Block is an American bluegrass and alternative country musician, mainly playing the banjo and the guitar, singing, and writing gospel music.-Biography:...

     – guitar, banjo, vocals
  • Barry Bales
    Barry Bales
    Barry Turner Bales is the bass player and harmony vocalist for Alison Krauss and Union Station....

    – bass, vocals
  • Adam Steffey – mandolin, mandola, vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 4
U.S. Billboard 200 45
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