The Way Back Home
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The Way Back Home is the third studio album by the American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 1987 on RCA Nashville and it produced four chart singles on the Billboard country charts. In order of release, these were "Cinderella" (#5), "Let's Do Something (#16), "Everybody's Sweetheart" (#11) and "The Radio" (#39). After the final single, Gill left RCA's roster in favor of MCA Nashville, where in 1989 he released his fourth album, When I Call Your Name.
Track listing
- "Everybody's Sweetheart" (Vince Gill) – 2:52
- "The Way Back Home" (Gill) – 3:56
- "Cinderella" (Reed Nielsen) – 3:36
- "Let's Do Something" (Gill, Nielsen) – 3:19
- "The Radio" (Gill, Nielsen) – 4:05
- "Baby That's Tough" (Gill, Guy Clark) – 3:38
- "Losing Your Love" (Gill, Hank DeVito, Rhonda Fleming) – 4:47
- "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (Paul Anka) – 3:36
- "Something's Missing" (Gill) – 4:30
Production
- Produced by Emory Gordy Jr. and Richard Landis
- Engineered by Joe Bogan, Jeff DeMorris, Jim Dineen, Csaba Petocz, Dennis Ritchie and John Vigran
- Mixed by Ed Thacker
- Mastered by Elliott Federman
- Archivists: Claudia Depkin, Joanne Feltman, Glenn Korman
Personnel
- Drums, percussion: Leonard Arnold, Richard Landis, Carlos Vega
- Bass guitar: Roy Huskey, Jr., Neil Stubenhaus, Steve Strauss
- Keyboards, synthesizers, piano: Phillip Aaberg, Randy Kerber, Richard Landis, Jim Lang, Alan Pasqua
- Guitars: George Doering, Vince Gill, Reed Nielsen
- Pedal steel guitar: Jay Dee Maness
- Banjo, dobro: Vince Gill
- Fiddle: Byron Berline
- Backing vocals: Kristine Arnold, Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell, Kevin Dorsey, Kenny Edwards, Janis Gill, Andrew Gold, Jim Haas, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Chemay, Jerry Whitman
Chart performance
Chart (1987) |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums |
13 |
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| Book:Vince Gill |
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