''The Way Back Home'' is the second studio album by American

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artist

Vince Gill Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He played in a number of local bluegrass music, bluegrass bands in the 1970s, and from 1978 to 1982, he achieved his first mainstream attention after ta ...

. It was released in 1987 by

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and it produced four chart singles on the ''

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'' country charts. In order of release, these were "Cinderella" (No. 5), "Let's Do Something (No. 16), "Everybody's Sweetheart" (No. 11) and "The Radio" (No. 39). After the final single, Gill left RCA's roster in favor of

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, where in 1989 he released his fourth album, ''When I Call Your Name''.

Track listing

Production

* Richard Landis – producer * Csaba Petocz – recording * Joe Bogan – additional recording * John Vigran – additional recording * Jeff DeMorris – recording assistant * Richard McKeinon – recording assistant * Dennis Ritchie – additional recording assistant * Jim Dineen – overdub recording * Ed Thacker – mixing * Wally Traugott – mastering at

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(Hollywood, California) * Mary Hamilton – art direction * John Coulter Design – design * Dennis Keely – photography, hand tinting * Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management Reissue Credits * Mike Ragogna – producer * Elliott Federman – remastering at SAJE Sound (New York, NY) * Claudia Depkin, Joanne Feltman and Glenn Korman – archivists

Personnel

* Vince Gill – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars,

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– acoustic piano *

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– acoustic piano *

Richard Landis Richard Landis (February 18, 1946 – May 16, 2023) was an American record producer and musician. He had over 40 years of professional credits and chart success including a share of the 1994 CMA award for Album of the Year. At year's end, ''Bi ...

– synthesizers, percussion * Jim Lang – synthesizers *

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– synthesizers * George Doering – guitars * Reed Nielson – acoustic guitar (3), backing vocals (3) *

JayDee Maness JayDee Maness (born January 4, 1945) is an American pedal steel guitarist who is a veteran session musician in Los Angeles. He is known for his work with Gram Parsons, the Byrds, Buck Owens and the Buckaroos, Ray Stevens, Eric Clapton, the Dese ...

–

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– bass *

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– bass * Roy Huskey, Jr. –

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– drums * Leonard Arnold – percussion *

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–

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– rhythm arrangements * Kristine Arnold – backing vocals *

Rosanne Cash Rosanne Cash (born May 24, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of country musician Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Cash. Although Cash is often classified as a country artist, her music draws f ...

– backing vocals *

Joe Chemay Joseph Chemay is an American bassist and backing vocalist, known for his recording session work. Biography Chemay started out working as a session and touring support musician in Los Angeles, but moved to Nashville in 1989. Chemay has worked ...

– backing vocals *

Rodney Crowell Rodney Crowell (born August 7, 1950) is an American musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music. Crowell has had five number one singles on Hot Country Songs, all from his 1988 album '' Diamonds & Dirt''. ...

– backing vocals * Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals *

Kenny Edwards Kenneth Michael Edwards (February 10, 1946 – August 18, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, bassist, guitarist, mandolinist, and session musician. He was a founding member of the Stone Poneys and Bryndle and a long-time collaborator ...

– backing vocals * Janis Gill – backing vocals *

Andrew Gold Andrew Maurice Gold (August 2, 1951 – June 3, 2011) was an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and record producer who influenced much of the Los Angeles-dominated pop rock, pop/soft rock sound in the 1970s. Gold performed on s ...

– backing vocals *

Jim Haas James Edwin Haas (died January 2018) was an American singer who performed vocals for many artists including Andy Williams, Neil Diamond, Jackson Browne, David Cassidy, Leif Garrett, Pink Floyd, and Barry Manilow. Leif Garrett, after Haas' death ...

– backing vocals *

Emmylou Harris Emmylou Harris (born April 2, 1947) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, bandleader, and activist. She is considered one of the leading music artists behind the country rock genre in the 1970s and the Americana (music), Americana genre ...

– backing vocals *

Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Lynn Raitt (; born November 8, 1949) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. In 1971, Raitt released her Bonnie Raitt (album), self-titled debut album. Following this, she released a series of critically acclaimed Americana (mu ...

– backing vocals * Jerry Whitman – backing vocals

Chart performance

References

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