You're Only Lonely

You're Only Lonely is the third album by American singer-songwriter JD Souther, released in 1979. The title song charted as a single on Billboard, reaching No.1 on the Adult Contemporary chart. "White Rhythm & Blues" was covered by Linda Ronstadt on her album Living in the USA. In 1992, George Strait covered "The Last in Love", for the soundtrack to the film Pure Country.

You're Only Lonely
Studio album by JD Souther
Released	1979
Studio	Warner Bros. Recording Studio, North Hollywood, CA
Genre	Rock, folk rock
Length	35:27
Label	Columbia
Producer	JD Souther
JD Souther chronology
Black Rose (1976) You're Only Lonely (1979) Home by Dawn (1984)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The New York Times concluded that "Souther's trouble is that his voice simply isn't very interesting, at least in a folk-rock context on recording."^[2]

In his retrospective review for AllMusic, critic William Ruhlmann praised "White Rhythm and Blues" as well as the solo version of the Souther–Hillman–Furay Band song "Trouble in Paradise".^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You're Only Lonely"		3:48
2.	"If You Don't Want My Love"		4:22
3.	"The Last in Love"	Glenn Frey, Souther	3:40
4.	"White Rhythm and Blues"		4:39
5.	"'Til the Bars Burn Down"	Frey, Souther	4:42
6.	"The Moon Just Turned Blue"		2:08
7.	"Songs of Love"		4:18
8.	"Fifteen Bucks"	Kenny Edwards, Don Grolnick, Danny Kortchmar, Rick Marotta, Souther, Waddy Wachtel	3:24
9.	"Trouble in Paradise"		4:26

All tracks are written by JD Souther, except where noted.

Personnel

• JD Souther – vocals, guitar
• David Sanborn – alto saxophone
• Tom Scott – tenor saxophone
• Glenn Frey – guitar
• Don Felder – rhythm guitar
• Danny Kortchmar – guitar
• Waddy Wachtel – guitar, harmony vocals
• Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar
• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
• Kenny Edwards – bass guitar, harmony vocals
• Don Grolnick – piano
• Jai Winding – organ
• John Sebastian – harmonica
• Jackson Browne – vocals on "You're Only Lonely"
• Jorge Calderón – vocals, harmony vocals
• Phil Everly – harmony vocals on "White Rhythm and Blues" and "You're Only Lonely"
• Don Henley – vocals
• Mike Botts – drums
• Rick Marotta – drums

Production

• Producer: JD Souther
• Engineers: Loyd Clifft, Lee Herschberg
• Direction: Irving Azoff
• Art direction: Jimmy Wachtel
• Photography: Jim Shea

Charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3]	65
US Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)	41