Around the Bend (album)

Around the Bend

Studio album by Randy Travis

Released

July 15, 2008

Genre

Country

Length

42:20

Label

Warner Bros. Nashville

Producer

Kyle Lehning

Randy Travis chronology

Songs of the Season
(2007)

Around the Bend
(2008)

I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis
(2009)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(72/100)^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[2]
Allmusic	^[3]
Billboard	(favorable)^[4]
The Boston Globe	(favorable)^[5]
Los Angeles Times	^[6]
The New York Times	(positive)^[7]
PopMatters	^[8]
Robert Christgau	^[9]
Slant Magazine	^[10]
Engine 145	^[11]

Around the Bend is an album released in 2008 by American country music artist Randy Travis. The album is Travis' first mainstream country music album since 1999's A Man Ain't Made of Stone, all his other albums in the 2000s were composed of Christian country music.^[12] It sold 31,000 copies in its first week of release, the best opening week of Travis' career.^[13] Three singles were released from the album: "Faith in You", "Dig Two Graves" and "Turn It Around", none of which charted.

Around the Bend was nominated for best country album at the 51st Grammy Awards, and the track "Dig Two Graves" was nominated as best country song.^[14]

Track listing

"Around the Bend" (Tania Hancheroff, Marcus Hummon, Tia Sillers) - 3:36
"You Didn't Have a Good Time" (Kris Bergsnes, Jason Matthews, Jim McCormick) - 3:56
"Every Head Bowed" (Brent Baxter, Brandon Kinney) - 3:27
"Love Is a Gamble" (Hugh Prestwood) - 4:51
"Faith in You" (Tom Douglas, Joe Henry, Matt Rollings) - 3:47
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Bob Dylan) - 4:16
"Dig Two Graves" (Ashley Gorley, Bob Regan) - 3:17
"Turn It Around" (Noah Gordon, Matt Kennon) - 3:00
"From Your Knees" (Leslie Satcher) - 4:01
"Everything That I Own (Has Got a Dent)" (Tony Martin, Mark Nesler) - 3:31
"'Til I'm Dead and Gone" (Shawn Camp, John Scott Sherrill, Sarah Siskind) - 4:38

Personnel

Dan Dugmore- pedal steel guitar
Larry Franklin- fiddle
Paul Franklin- fiddle, pedal steel guitar
Carl Gorodetzky- string contractor
Tania Hancheroff- background vocals
Aubrey Haynie- fiddle, mandolin
Wes Hightower- background vocals
Sherilynn Huffman- background vocals
David Hungate- bass guitar
Rob Ickes- dobro
Paul Liem- drums
Brent Mason- 12-string electric guitar, electric guitar
Gordon Mote- Hammond organ, piano, Wurlitzer
The Nashville String Machine- strings
Steve Nathan- Hammond organ, piano, Wurlitzer
Dan Seals- background vocals
Lisa Silver- background vocals
Bryan Sutton- banjo, acoustic guitar, hi-string guitar, mandolin
Randy Travis- lead vocals
Dianne Vanette- background vocals
Bergen White- conductor, string arrangements
Casey Wood- cymbals, shaker, tambourine

Chart performance

Chart (2008-2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	3
U.S. Billboard 200	14

Awards

The album won a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards.^[15]

References

↑ Critic reviews at Metacritic
↑ About.com review
↑ Allmusic review
↑ Billboard review at the Wayback Machine (archived January 6, 2009)
↑ The Boston Globe review(subscription required)
↑ Los Angeles Times review
↑ The New York Times review
↑ PopMatters review
↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
↑ Slant Magazine review
↑ Engine 145 review
↑ "'Around the Bend' brings Randy Travis back to country". The Tennessean. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
↑ "Taylor Swift owns top of country chart". Country Standard Time. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
↑ "The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Nomination List". GRAMMY.com. Archived from the original on 7 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-08.
↑ Nominations Announced for 40th GMA Dove Awards at CBN.com

External links

Around the Bend at Metacritic

Randy Travis

Albums Singles

Studio albums	Randy Traywick Storms of Life Always & Forever Old 8×10 No Holdin' Back Heroes & Friends High Lonesome Wind in the Wire This Is Me Full Circle You and You Alone A Man Ain't Made of Stone Inspirational Journey Rise and Shine Worship & Faith Passing Through Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise Around the Bend Anniversary Celebration Influence Vol. 1: The Man I Am Influence Vol. 2: The Man I Am

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits, Volume 1 Greatest Hits, Volume 2 Forever & Ever... The Best of Randy Travis Greatest #1 Hits Super Hits, Volume 1 Trail of Memories: The Randy Travis Anthology The Essential Randy Travis The Very Best of Randy Travis The Platinum Collection I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis Three Wooden Crosses: The Inspirational Hits of Randy Travis I'll Fly Away Top 10 Randy Travis Forever Country: 15 Original Hits Hymns: 17 Timeless Songs of Faith On the Other Hand: All the Number Ones

Holiday albums	An Old Time Christmas Songs of the Season

Live albums	Randy Ray: Live at the Nashville Palace Live: It Was Just a Matter of Time

Notable singles	"1982" "On the Other Hand" "Diggin' Up Bones" "No Place Like Home" "Forever and Ever, Amen" "I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)" "Too Gone Too Long" "I Told You So" "Honky Tonk Moon" "Deeper Than the Holler" "Is It Still Over?" "Promises" "It's Just a Matter of Time" "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" "He Walked on Water" "A Few Ole Country Boys" (with George Jones) "Heroes and Friends" "Point of Light" "Forever Together" "Better Class of Losers" "I'd Surrender All" "If I Didn't Have You" "Look Heart, No Hands" "An Old Pair of Shoes" "Cowboy Boogie" "Before You Kill Us All" "Whisper My Name" "This Is Me" "The Box" "Are We in Trouble Now" "Would I" "Out of My Bones" "The Hole" "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" "Stranger in My Mirror" "A Man Ain't Made of Stone" "Baptism" "Three Wooden Crosses"

Related articles	Warner Bros. Records DreamWorks Records "She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)"

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