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2008 studio album by Randy Travis
Around the Bend Released July 15, 2008 Studio Blackbird Studios, The Compound, Starstruck Studios and The Insanery (Nashville, Tennessee)
Sound Kitchen and Big Boy Studios (Franklin, Tennessee)
Stepbridge Studios and Rancho Digital (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Genre Country Length 42 :20 Label Warner Bros. Nashville Producer Kyle Lehning
"Faith in You" Released: March 10, 2008
"Dig Two Graves" Released: June 23, 2008
Around the Bend is the nineteenth studio album released in 2008 by American country music artist Randy Travis . The album is Travis' first mainstream country music release since 1999's A Man Ain't Made of Stone as all his other studio 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 [ edit ]
Title Writer(s) 1. "Around the Bend" 3:36 2. "You Didn't have a Good Time" Kris Bergsnes Jason Matthews Jim McCormick 3:56 3. "Every Head Bowed" Brent Baxter Brandon Kinney 3:26 4. "Love Is a Gamble" Hugh Prestwood 4:50 5. "Faith in You" 3:45 6. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right " Bob Dylan 4:16 7. "Dig Two Graves" 3:16 8. "Turn It Around" 2:58 9. "From Your Knees" Leslie Satcher 4:00 10. "Everything That I Own (Has Got a Dent)" 3:30 11. "'Til I'm Dead and Gone" 4:38
iTunes bonus tracks[15] Title 12. "One in a Row" (Pre-order exclusive) 3:25 13. "Lead Me Home" (Pre-order exclusive) 3:34 14. "Faith in You" (Theater Performance) (Video) 3:46
Personnel [ edit ]
Randy Travis – lead vocals
Gordon Mote – acoustic piano (1-7, 9-11), Wurlitzer electric piano (8)
Steve Nathan – Hammond B3 organ , Wurlitzer electric piano (2)
Steve Gibson – acoustic guitars (1, 3, 4, 6-11), electric guitars (2, 4, 8)
Brent Mason – electric guitars, 12-string electric guitar (8)
Bryan Sutton – acoustic guitars, hi-string guitar (4), mandolin (6, 11), banjo (8)
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar (1-4, 6, 8-11)
Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar (5, 7)
Rob Ickes – dobro (6, 11)
David Hungate – bass
Paul Leim – drums
Casey Wood – cymbals (1, 4, 5, 7-9, 11), tambourine , shaker (4, 5, 8, 9)
Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (1, 3, 8), mandolin (4, 8)
Larry Franklin – fiddle (2, 6, 7, 9-11)
Bergen White – string arrangements and conductor (5)
Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor (5)
The Nashville String Machine – strings (5)
Tania Hancheroff – backing vocals (1)
Wes Hightower – backing vocals (1-3, 5-11)
Sheri Huffman – backing vocals (2, 4)
Lisa Silver – backing vocals (2, 4)
Dianne Vanette – backing vocals (2, 4)
Dan Seals – backing vocals (4)
Production [ edit ]
Tracy Gershon – A&R direction
Cris Lacy – A&R direction
Kyle Lehning – producer, mixing
Casey Wood – recording, vocal recording, overdub recording, mix assistant, production coordinator
Lowell Reynolds – recording assistant (1-5, 8, 10)
Steven Beers – recording assistant (6, 7, 9, 11)
Michael Chavez – vocal recording assistant
Andrew Click – vocal recording assistant
Jason Lehning – additional overdub recording
Doug Sax – mastering
Sangwook Nam – mastering
The Mastering Lab (Ojai, California) – mastering location
Elizabeth Travis – creative direction, management
Richard Logsdon – art direction
Suzanne Hill – senior art direction
Jon Mcay Morris – senior designer
Eric Swanson – photography
Trish Townsend – stylist, wardrobe
Phillip Ivey – hair, make-up
Weekly charts [ edit ]
Year-end charts [ edit ]
The album won a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards .[19]
References [ edit ]
^ Critic reviews at Metacritic
^ "About.com review" . Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2013-04-25 .
^ Allmusic review
^ "Billboard review" . Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved January 6, 2009 .{{cite web }}
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^ The Boston Globe review (subscription required)
^ Los Angeles Times review
^ "New CDs (Published 2008)" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on 2023-04-17.
^ PopMatters review
^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
^ Slant Magazine review
^ "Engine 145 review" . Archived from the original on December 18, 2014. Retrieved December 18, 2014 .
^ " 'Around the Bend' brings Randy Travis back to country" . The Tennessean . Retrieved July 24, 2008 . [dead link ]
^ "Taylor Swift owns top of country chart" . Country Standard Time . Archived from the original on July 31, 2008. Retrieved July 24, 2008 .
^ "The 51st Annual Grammy Awards Nomination List" . GRAMMY.com . Archived from the original on December 7, 2008. Retrieved December 8, 2008 .
^ "iTunes Pre-Order for Around The Bend Available Now" . RandyTravis.com . July 1, 2008. Archived from the original on August 1, 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
^ "Randy Travis Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard . Retrieved December 2, 2020.
^ "Randy Travis Chart History (Top Country Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved December 2, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2008" . Billboard . Retrieved December 2, 2020 .
^ Nominations Announced for 40th GMA Dove Awards at CBN.com
External links [ edit ]
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