Diamond Rio (album)

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Diamond Rio
Studio album by Diamond Rio
Released May 28, 1991 (1991-05-28)
Recorded Midtown Tone & Volume, Digital Studios, and Recording Arts, Nashville, 1990-91
Genre Country
Length 38:47
Label Arista
Producer Tim DuBois
Monty Powell
Diamond Rio chronology

Diamond Rio
(1991)		 Close to the Edge
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Chicago Tribune [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]

Diamond Rio is the eponymous first album of the country music band Diamond Rio. Released in 1991 on Arista Records, it produced five chart singles on the Billboard country music charts: the Number One hit "Meet in the Middle", as well as the Top Ten hits "Mirror, Mirror", "Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me", "Norma Jean Riley" and "Nowhere Bound". The album itself received RIAA platinum certification.

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" (Cordle, Larry Shell) – 4:12
  10. "Pick Me Up" (Powell, Marty Roe) – 3:25
  11. "Poultry Promenade" (Olander) – 3:26
    • instrumental track

Personnel

  • Gene Johnson – mandolin, background vocals
  • Jimmy Olander – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Brian Prout – drums
  • Marty Roe – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
  • Dan Truman – keyboards
  • Dana Williams – bass guitar, background vocals
  • Chris Armstrong - assistant engineer
  • Mike Clute - engineer, mixing
  • Doug Williams, Ted Greene - assistant engineers
  • Glenn Meadows - mastering
  • Pauls Montondo - engineer

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1991) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 13
U.S. Billboard 200 83

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country CAN Country
1991 "Meet in the Middle" 1 1
"Mirror, Mirror" 3 4
"Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me" 9 9
1992 "Norma Jean Riley" 2 3
"Nowhere Bound" 7 15

References

  1. ↑ Mansfield, Brian. Diamond Rio (album) at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Chicago Tribune review
  3. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
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