The Long Way is the ninth studio album released by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 artist Doug Stone. It was his only release for the Audium Entertainment label, and its only single ("POW 369", also recorded by Darryl Worley

Darryl Worley

Darryl Wade Worley is an American country music artist. Signed to DreamWorks Records Nashville in 2000, Worley released four albums for the label: Hard Rain Don't Last , I Miss My Friend , Have You Forgotten? , and Darryl Worley in 2004...

 on his 2002 album I Miss My Friend

I Miss My Friend

I Miss My Friend is the second album of country music singer Darryl Worley, it was released on July 16, 2002. The album produced Worley's first Number One single on the Hot Country Songs charts in its title track; "Family Tree" was also a Top 30 hit for him on the same chart...

) failed to enter the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

country music charts.

The album's last three tracks are new re-recordings of songs previously included on Stone's earlier albums: "More Love" from the 1994 album of the same name

More Love

"More Love" is a 1967 single recorded by the American soul group Smokey Robinson & the Miracles for Motown Records' Tamla label. The single, included on the group's 1967 album Make It Happen, later reissued in 1970 as The Tears of a Clown...

, "Born in the Dark" from 1995's Faith in Me, Faith in You

Faith in Me, Faith in You

Faith in Me, Faith in You is the seventh studio album released by American country music artist Doug Stone. It was his only album for Columbia Records after leaving Epic Records' roster in 1995. Although this album produced three singles — "Sometimes I Forget", the title track, and "Born in the...

, and "I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)" from his 1991 self-titled debut album

Doug Stone (album)

Doug Stone is the debut album of American country music singer Doug Stone, released in 1990. It features the singles "I'd Be Better Off ", "Fourteen Minutes Old", "In a Different Light", and "These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye", all of which charted in the Top Ten on the Billboard country...

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Track listing

1. "I'm Losing You" (Monty Criswell, Tim Schoepf) – 3:19
2. "The Long Way" (Criswell, Billy Yates
   Billy Yates (singer)
   Billy Yates is an American country music artist. He has released eight studio albums and has charted four singles on the Billboard country charts, including the #36 "Flowers" in 1997...
   
   ) – 3:43
3. "One Heartache at a Time" (Gary Burr
   Gary Burr
   Gary Burr, born in Meriden, Connecticut, is an American musician and songwriter and producer, mostly known for his stable of hits recorded by country music performers. Burr began his career as a member of the group Pure Prairie League from 1982 to 1985, taking over after Vince Gill departed the group...
   
   , Cynthia Weil) – 3:53
4. "Poor Man's Blvd." (Doug Stone, Chet Hinesley) – 3:41
5. "POW 369" (Steven Dale Jones) – 3:26
6. "Bone Dry" (Will Robinson, Jimmy Yeary) – 3:27
7. "Lying to Myself" (Stone, Scott Shevel, Jimmy Devine, Lisa Zanghi) – 4:10
8. "More Love
   More Love (Doug Stone song)
   "More Love" is the title of a song a recorded and co-written by American country music singer Doug Stone. He co-wrote it with Gary Burr. It was the third and final single released from his album, More Love...
   
   " (Burr, Stone) – 3:25
9. "Born in the Dark" (Hinesley) – 2:54
10. "I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)
    I'd Be Better Off (In a Pine Box)
    "I'd Be Better Off " is the title of a song co-written by Johnny MacRae and Steve Clark. It was the debut single of American country music artist Doug Stone from his self titled debut album. It peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and #5 on The Canadian RPM Tracks chart...
    
    " (Steve Clark, Johnny MacRae) – 3:24