title: Almost Goodbye
text: # Almost Goodbye
  
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  | Entertainment Weekly | A− |
  
  Almost Goodbye is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. His third album for MCA Records, it was also the third consecutive album to receive RIAA platinum certification in the United States. Four singles were released from this album, of which three — "It Sure Is Monday", "Almost Goodbye", and "I Just Wanted You to Know" — reached Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. "Woman (Sensuous Woman)", a cover of the Don Gibson hit from 1972, served as the fourth single, and peaked at #21.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  * Robert Charles – engineer, assistant engineer
  * Mark Chesnutt – lead vocals
  * Tom Flora – background vocals
  * Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
  * Paul Franklin – steel guitar, slide guitar
  * Mark Friego – assistant mixing
  * Glenn Gordon – acoustic guitar
  * Mark Hagen – assistant mixing
  * Rob Hajacos – fiddle
  * Owen Hale – drums
  * Christopher Harris – background vocals
  * David Hungate – bass guitar
  * Larry Jeffries – assistant engineer
  * Jana King – background vocals
  * Paul Leim – drums
  * Glenn Meadows – editing, mastering
  * Steve Nathan – keyboards
  * Warren Peterson – engineer
  * Lynn Peterzell – percussion, mixing
  * Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
  * Matt Rollings – keyboards
  * Brent Rowan – electric guitar
  * John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
  * Lisa Silver – background vocals
  * Wayne Toups – squeezebox
  * Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
  * Bergen White – background vocals
  * Dennis Wilson – background vocals
  * Bob Wray – bass guitar
  * Curtis Young – background vocals
  
  Strings by the Nashville String Machine, conducted by Carl Gorodetzky and arranged by Bergen White.
  
  