You're Only Lonely is the third album by American singer-songwriter J. D. 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. Reception In his retrospective review for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlmann gave the album a 4-star rating, highlighting "White Rhythm and Blues" as well as the solo version of the Souther–Hillman–Furay Band song "Trouble in Paradise". Track listing Personnel J.D. 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: J.D. Souther Engineers: Loyd Clifft, Lee Herschberg Direction: Irving Azoff Art direction: Jimmy Wachtel Photography: Jim Shea Charts References J. D. Souther albums 1979 albums Columbia Records albums Albums with cover art by Jimmy Wachtel