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2005 studio album by Little Big Town
The Road to Here
is the second studio album by the American
country music
group
Little Big Town
. The album was released on October 4, 2005 on
Equity Records
and has been certified
Platinum
by the
RIAA
. The album was nominated for
Best Country Album
and "Boondocks" was nominated for
Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals
at the
49th Annual Grammy Awards
.
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Content
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Singles released from the album include "Boondocks", "Bring It On Home", "Good as Gone", and "A Little More You", all of which charted in the Top 20 on the
Hot Country Songs
charts. "Bring It On Home" was the highest, at number 4, and "Boondocks" reached number 9 in addition to achieving a gold certification as a single.
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Besides these songs, an acoustic rendition of "Stay", a song from the group's self-titled debut, is included. According to the liner notes, Kimberly Roads was inspired to write "Lost" after her husband died.
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Track listing
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All tracks are written by Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Roads, Phillip Sweet, Jimi Westbrook, and
Wayne Kirkpatrick
except as noted:
Title
| Writer(s)
| Lead vocals
|
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1.
| "
Good as Gone
"
|
| Fairchild
| 4:12
|
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2.
| "
Boondocks
"
|
| Fairchild, Roads, Sweet, Westbrook
| 4:32
|
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3.
| "Bones"
|
| Fairchild, Roads, Sweet, Westbrook
| 3:46
|
---|
4.
| "
Bring It On Home
"
| Greg Bieck, Tyler Hayes Bieck, Kirkpatrick
| Sweet
| 4:20
|
---|
5.
| "Wounded"
|
| Roads
| 3:39
|
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6.
| "
A Little More You
"
|
| Westbrook
| 4:25
|
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7.
| "Live with Lonesome"
| Julian C. Bunetta, Kirkpatrick
| Fairchild
| 3:47
|
---|
8.
| "Mean Streak"
|
| Roads
| 4:33
|
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9.
| "Looking for a Reason"
| Thad Beaty,
Shelly Fairchild
, Kirkpatrick
| Fairchild
| 3:05
|
---|
10.
| "Lost"
|
| Westbrook
| 4:38
|
---|
11.
| "Welcome to the Family"
| Jim Collins
, Kirkpatrick
| Sweet, Westbrook
| 4:10
|
---|
12.
| "Fine with Me"
|
| Westbrook
| 3:26
|
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13.
| "Stay" (acoustic version)
| Jason Deere
, K. Fairchild, Roads, Sweet, Westbrook
| Roads, Fairchild
| 3:47
|
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Personnel
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As listed in liner notes.
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Little Big Town
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- Karen Fairchild ? vocals
- Kimberly Roads ? vocals
- Philip Sweet ? vocals
- Jimi Westbrook ? vocals
Additional musicians
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- Ron Block
- banjo (tracks 1, 2, 5, 11), acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 5, 7)
- Mark Childers - bass guitar (tracks 2, 7)
- Jerry Douglas
-
Dobro
(track 2)
- Dan Dugmore
- Dobro (tracks 4, 10), steel guitar (tracks 4, 8)
- Gordon Kennedy
- electric guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12)
- Wayne Kirkpatrick - acoustic guitar (all tracks except 9),
National guitar
(tracks 1, 3, 6, 9, 12),
octave mandolin
(tracks 2, 5), dulcimer (track 3), piano (track 4),
banjitar
(tracks 6, 9, 12),
mando-guitar
(track 8), pencil guitar (track 8),
Hammond B4 Organ
(track 10),
programming
(track 10), mandolin (tracks 12, 13)
- Chris McHugh
- drums (all tracks except 13)
- Jimmie Lee Sloas
- bass guitar (all tracks except 2, 7, 9, 13)
- Adam Steffey
- mandolin (track 1)
- Jackie Street - bass guitar (track 9)
- Jonathan Yudkin
- mandolin (tracks 7, 11), fiddle (track 7),
Celtic harp
(track 7)
Technical
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- Kristin Barlowe - photography
- "JB" - engineering, mixing (track 3 only)
- Wayne Kirkpatrick - producer
- Little Big Town - producer
- Glenn Spinner - engineering
- Aaron Swehart - engineering
- David Zaffiro - mixing (except track 3)
Chart performance
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Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Chart (2006)
|
Position
|
US
Billboard
200
[9]
|
75
|
US Top Country Albums (
Billboard
)
[10]
|
22
|
Chart (2007)
|
Position
|
US
Billboard
200
[11]
|
167
|
US Top Country Albums (
Billboard
)
[12]
|
33
|
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Certifications
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References
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- ^
Ruhlmann, William.
"
The Road to Here
review"
.
Allmusic
. Retrieved
July 5,
2011
.
- ^
Inskeep, Thomas.
"Little Big Town -
The Road to Here
- Review"
.
Stylus Magazine
. Archived from
the original
on October 11, 2010
. Retrieved
July 5,
2011
.
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Grammy nominations
- ^
Boondocks certified by RIAA as Gold digital single
- ^
a
b
The Road to Here
(CD). Little Big Town. Equity Music Group. 2005. 2172383.
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- ^
"Little Big Town Chart History (
Billboard
200)"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^
"Little Big Town Chart History (Top Country Albums)"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^
"Little Big Town Chart History (Independent Albums)"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
- ^
"Top Billboard 200 Albums ? Year-End 2006"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
October 9,
2020
.
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"Top Country Albums ? Year-End 2006"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
October 9,
2020
.
- ^
"Top Billboard 200 Albums ? Year-End 2007"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
October 9,
2020
.
- ^
"Top Country Albums ? Year-End 2007"
.
Billboard
. Retrieved
October 9,
2020
.
- ^
"American album certifications ? Little Big Town ? The Road to Here"
.
Recording Industry Association of America
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