Mountain Soul is the eleventh album of original recordings by Patty Loveless. The album was recorded between January and March 2001 and was released on June 26 in the United States. It first charted on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart on July 14 (peaking on July 28 at #19), and remaining on the charts for 87 weeks until March 8, 2003. Other country superstars also have done "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive" such as Kathy Mattea and Brad Paisley. A follow up album, Mountain Soul II was released in September 2009.     The album also charted on the main Top Billboard 200 chart, Top Bluegrass Album chart and the Top Internet Albums chart. 　Rhapsody (online music service) ranked the album #9 on its "Country’s Best Albums of the Decade" list. 　Country Universe, ranked the album #10.  　The 9513 country music blog list it #6 on the "Top Country Albums of the Decade" list