Forget About It

Forget About It is the eighth studio album by Alison Krauss, released in 1999. It reached number 5 on the Billboard Country Albums chart. The lead single, "Forget About It", peaked at number 67 on the Country Singles Chart, and "Stay" reached number 28 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

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Forget About It
Studio album by Alison Krauss
Released	August 3, 1999
Recorded	1999
Studio	Emerald Sound Studios and Seventeen Grand Recording, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Bluegrass, country, adult contemporary
Length	40:13
Label	Rounder
Producer	Alison Krauss & Union Station
Alison Krauss chronology
So Long So Wrong (1997) Forget About It (1999) New Favorite (2001)

Track listing

1. "Stay" (Larry Byrom, Allyson Taylor) – 3:25
2. "Forget About It" (Robert Lee Castleman) – 3:30
3. "It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference" (Todd Rundgren)– 4:28
4. "Maybe" (Gordon Kennedy, Phil Madeira) – 3:47
5. "Empty Hearts" (Michael McDonald, Michael Johnson) – 3:24
6. "Never Got Off the Ground" (Danny O'Keefe) – 3:40
7. "Ghost in This House" (Hugh Prestwood) – 4:04
8. "It Don't Matter Now" (Michael McDonald) – 2:50
9. "That Kind of Love" (Pat Bergeson, Michael McDonald) – 3:43
10. "Could You Lie" (Ron Block) – 2:54
11. "Dreaming My Dreams With You" (Allen Reynolds) – 4:28 (featuring Dolly Parton and Lyle Lovett)

Personnel

• Alison Krauss – fiddle, vocals, harmony vocals
• Viktor Krauss – bass
• Barry Bales – bass, harmony vocals
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Kenny Malone – drums
• Pat Bergeson – guitar
• Ron Block – guitar, harmony vocals
• Sam Bush – mandolin, slide mandolin, harmony vocals
• Lyle Lovett – harmony vocals on "Dreaming My Dreams With You"
• Evelyn Cox – harmony vocals
• Sidney Cox – harmony vocals
• Suzanne Cox – harmony vocals
• Dolly Parton – harmony vocals on "Dreaming My Dreams With You"
• Jerry Douglas – Dobro, lap steel guitar
• Joey Miskulin – accordion
• Matt Rollings – piano
• Dan Tyminski – guitar, harmony vocals

Production notes:

• Gary Paczosa – engineer, mixing
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Sandy Jenkins – engineer, assistant engineer
• Thomas "Snake" Johnson – engineer, assistant engineer
• Tim Waters – assistant engineer
• Chuck Turner – digital editing
• Tracy Martinson – digital editing
• Matthew Barnes – photography
• Nancy Given – art direction, design

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (1999) Peak position Canadian Country Albums (RPM) 5 US Billboard 200[1] 60 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[2] 5

Year-end charts Chart (1999) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 62 Chart (2000) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 53

References

1. "Alison Krauss Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
2. "Alison Krauss Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
3. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1999". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
4. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2000". Billboard. Retrieved November 16, 2020.