Diamond Rio (album)

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Diamond Rio
Diamond Rio cover
Studio album by Diamond Rio
Released May 24, 1991
Recorded Midtown Tone & Volume, Digital Studios, and Recording Arts, Nashville, 1990-91
Genre Country
Length 38:47
Label Arista Records
Producer(s) Monty Powell, Tim DuBois
Diamond Rio chronology
Diamond Rio (1991) Close to the Edge (1992)


Diamond Rio is the eponymous first album of the country music band Diamond Rio. The album produced 5 Billboard Top 10 country hits, including a #1 hit in "Meet in the Middle".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Meet in the Middle" (Chapin Hartford, Jim Foster, Don Pfrimmer) – 3:18
  2. "This State of Mind" (Michael Puryear, Aaron Tippin) – 2:42
  3. "They Don't Make Hearts (Like They Used to)" (Monty Powell, Sam Mullins, Stan LaGrange) – 3:32
  4. "Mirror Mirror" (Bob DiPiero, John Jarrard, Mark D. Sanders) – 3:12
  5. "The Ballad of Conley and Billy (The Proof's in the Pickin')" (Powell, Jimmy Olander) – 4:59
  6. "Nowhere Bound" (Powell, Jule Medders) – 3:41
  7. "It's Gone" (Herb McCullough, Larry Cordle) – 3:17
  8. "Norma Jean Riley" (Powell, Dan Truman, Rob Honey) – 3:03
  9. "Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me" (Larry Shell, Cordle) – 4:12
  10. "Pick Me Up" (Powell, Marty Roe) – 3:25
  11. "Poultry Promenade" (Olander) – 3:26 (Instrumental)

[edit] Personnel

  • Marty Roe – guitar, lead vocals
  • Jimmy Olander – lead guitar
  • Brian Prout – drums
  • Dana Williams – bass guitar, background vocals
  • Dan Truman – keyboards
  • Gene Johnson – mandolin, background vocals