The Road Not Taken (album)
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The Road Not Taken | ||||
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File:Shenandoah road not taken.jpg | ||||
Studio album by Shenandoah | ||||
Released | January 31, 1989 | |||
Recorded | Fame Recording Studios; Muscle Shoals, Alabama | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 35:32 | |||
Label | Columbia Nashville | |||
Producer | Robert Byrne Rick Hall |
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Shenandoah chronology | ||||
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The Road Not Taken was the second album released by country music group Shenandoah and their most successful album to date. Of the six singles released from 1988 to 1990, all charted within the top ten and three of those, "The Church on Cumberland Road", "Sunday in the South", and "Two Dozen Roses" were number 1 songs on both the U.S. and Canadian country charts.
Contents
Track listing
- "Sunday in the South" (Jay Booker) – 4:11
- "Two Dozen Roses" (Robert Byrne, Mac McAnally) – 3:42
- "See If I Care" (Walt Aldridge, Byrne) – 3:14
- "Mama Knows" (Tony Haselden, Tim Mensy) – 3:22
- "She Doesn't Cry Anymore" (Byrne, Will Robinson) – 3:38
- "The Road Not Taken" (Rick Bowles, Byrne) – 3:56
- "The Church on Cumberland Road" (Bob DiPiero, John Scott Sherrill, Dennis Robbins) – 2:58
- "Changes" (Billy Henderson, Billy Maddox) – 3:41
- "She's All I've Got Going" (McAnally) – 3:40
- "Hard Country" (Bowles, Byrne) – 3:10
Release history
Year | Type | Label | Catalogue |
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1989 | Cassette | Columbia/CBS | FCT-44468 |
1989 | CD | Columbia/CBS | CK-44468 |
Personnel
Shenandoah
- Marty Raybon – lead vocals, background vocals
- Jim Seales – electric guitar, background vocals
- Stan Thorn – piano, keyboards, background vocals
- Ralph Ezell – bass guitar, background vocals
- Mike McGuire – drums, background vocals
Other Musicians
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- Owen Hale – drums
- Steve Nathan – piano
- Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Lenny LeBlanc – bass guitar, background vocals
- Hershey Reeves – background vocals, gut string guitar
- Robert Byrne – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- John Willis – acoustic guitar
- Bill Hinds – electric guitar
- Walt Aldridge – acoustic guitar
- Vassar Clements – fiddle
- Wayne Bridges – acoustic guitar
- Bill Darnell – electric guitar
- Milton Sledge – drums
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Chart performance
Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 6 |
Canadian RPM Country Albums | 10 |