Monongahela (album)

Monongahela
Studio album by The Oak Ridge Boys
Released	August 10, 1988 (1988-08-10)
Genre	Country
Length	35:49
Label	MCA
Producer	Jimmy Bowen
The Oak Ridge Boys chronology
Heartbeat (1987)Heartbeat1987 Monongahela (1988) Greatest Hits 3 (1989)Greatest Hits 31989

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Monongahela is the 14th country studio album by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys, released in 1988 via MCA Records. The album peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.^[2]

The album includes three singles that charted on Hot Country Songs: "Gonna Take a Lot of River", which reached number 1, followed by "Bridges and Walls" at number 10 and "Beyond Those Years" at number 7.^[3]

Track listing

1. "Gonna Take a Lot of River" (Mark Henley, John Kurhajetz) – 3:00
2. "I Can Count on You" (Roger Murrah, Randy VanWarmer) – 3:36
3. "Never Together (But Close Sometimes)" (Rodney Crowell) – 2:20
4. "No Way Out" (Steve Bogard, Rick Giles) – 3:16
5. "Beyond Those Years" (Troy Seals, Eddie Setser) – 4:37
6. "Private Lives" (Seals, Mentor Williams) – 3:16
7. "Too Many Heartaches" (Jerry G. Hludzik, Mark Wanko) – 2:57
8. "Bridges and Walls" (Murrah, VanWarmer) – 3:52
9. "When Karen Comes Around" (Dewayne Blackwell, Bobby Fischer, Earl Bud Lee, Robert Ellis Orrall) – 4:20
10. "Taking One Heartbeat (At a Time)" (Walker Igleheart) – 4:35

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[4]

The Oak Ridge Boys

• Duane Allen — lead vocals
• Joe Bonsall — tenor vocals
• Steve Sanders — baritone vocals
• Richard Sterban — bass vocals

Musicians

• Dewey Dorough — saxophone
• Bessyl Duhon — saxophone
• John Jarvis — piano, synthesizer
• Wade Benson Landry — fiddle
• Mike Lawler — synthesizer
• Rick Marotta — drums
• Leland Sklar — bass guitar
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Reggie Young — electric guitar

Chart performance

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