Long Line of Heartaches

Long Line of Heartaches is the thirty-fifth solo studio album by American country artist Connie Smith. It was released August 23, 2011, through Sugar Hill Records and produced by Smith's husband, Marty Stuart. It is her first album of new solo material since 1998, and her second since 1978.^[1]

Long Line of Heartaches
Studio album by Connie Smith
Released	August 23, 2011 (2011-08-23)
Recorded	Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Length	37:08
Label	Sugar Hill
Producer	Marty Stuart
Connie Smith chronology
Love Never Fails (2003) Long Line of Heartaches (2011) The Cry of the Heart (2021)

Background

Long Line of Heartaches was recorded at RCA Victor Records's Studio B, where Smith cut many of her major hit singles for RCA in the 1960s and 70s. The release includes five new songs Smith co-wrote with husband and producer Marty Stuart, and seven written by other country songwriters, including Harlan Howard, Kostas, and Johnny Russell.^[2]

The album's official track listing was released in July through Sugar Hill Records.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Long Line of Heartaches"	Connie Smith, Marty Stuart	2:35
2.	"I'm Not Blue"	Kostas, Smith, Stuart	3:40
3.	"Pain of a Broken Heart"	Smith, Stuart	2:38
4.	"Ain't You Even Gonna Cry"	Johnny Russell	3:01
5.	"I Don't Believe That's How You Feel"	Harlan Howard, Kostas	2:35
6.	"A Heart Like You"	Glenn Ashworth, Dallas Frazier	3:10
7.	"Anymore"	Vic McAlpin, Roy Drusky, Marie Wilson	2:46
8.	"That Makes Two of Us"	Emory Gordy, Jr., Kostas, Patty Loveless	4:07
9.	"You and Me"	Smith, Stuart	2:24
10.	"My Part of Forever"	Jerry Foster, Bill Rice	3:04
11.	"Blue Heartaches"	Smith, Stuart	3:36
12.	"Take My Hand"	Diane Berry	3:32

Personnel

Musicians Julie Barnick – background vocals Gary Carter – steel guitar Ron Ham – background vocals Jeanne Hayes – background vocals Dirk Johnson – piano Paul Martin – bass, vibraphone Ric McClure – drums Jody Seyfried – background vocals Connie Smith – lead vocals Marty Stuart – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Rick Wright – background vocals, electric guitar, gut string guitar

Technical Rob Clark – assistant Mick Conley – engineer, mastering, mixing Karen Cronin – design Marilyn Davis – accounting Marc Dottore – management Michael Hardesty – assistant Russ Harrington – cover photo Mat Kraatz – assistant Maria Elena Orbean – production coordination Thomas Petillo – photography Melissa Scheicher – hair stylist, make-up Aaron Smith – assistant Harry Stinson – videography Marty Stuart – producer Erick Thompson – assistant Stephen Turney – assistant