The Road Not Taken (album)

The Road Not Taken
Studio album by Shenandoah
Released	January 31, 1989
Recorded	Fame Recording Studios; Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Genre	Country
Length	35:32
Label	Columbia Nashville
Producer	Robert Byrne Rick Hall
Shenandoah chronology
Shenandoah (1987)Shenandoah1987 The Road Not Taken (1989) Extra Mile (1990)Extra Mile1990

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The Road Not Taken was the second album released by country music group Shenandoah and their most successful album to date. Of the six singles released from 1988 to 1990, all charted within the top ten and three of those, "The Church on Cumberland Road", "Sunday in the South", and "Two Dozen Roses" were number 1 songs on both the U.S. and Canadian country charts. Also included on the disc is "She Doesn't Cry Anymore", a single from the band's self-titled debut from 1987.

Track listing

1. "Sunday in the South" (Jay Booker) – 4:11
2. "Two Dozen Roses" (Robert Byrne, Mac McAnally) – 3:42
3. "See If I Care" (Walt Aldridge, Byrne) – 3:14
4. "Mama Knows" (Tony Haselden, Tim Mensy) – 3:22
5. "She Doesn't Cry Anymore" (Byrne, Will Robinson) – 3:38
6. "The Road Not Taken" (Rick Bowles, Byrne) – 3:56
7. "The Church on Cumberland Road" (Bob DiPiero, John Scott Sherrill, Dennis Robbins) – 2:58
8. "Changes" (Billy Henderson, Billy Maddox) – 3:41
9. "She's All I've Got Going" (McAnally) – 3:40
10. "Hard Country" (Bowles, Byrne) – 3:10

Release history

Personnel

Shenandoah

• Marty Raybon
• Jim Seales
• Stan Thorn
• Ralph Ezell
• Mike McGuire

Additional musicians

• Walt Aldridge
• Wayne Bridges
• Robert Byrne
• Vassar Clements
• Bill Darnell
• Paul Franklin
• Owen Hale
• Bill Hinds
• Lenny LeBlanc
• Mac McAnally
• Steve Nathan
• Hershey Reeves
• Milton Sledge
• John Willis

Technical

• Robert Byrne - production, engineering
• Pete Greene - engineering
• Rick Hall - production, engineering
• M. C. Rather - engineering
• Alan Schulman - engineering

Chart performance