''When I Look Down That Road'' is an album by

Melissa Manchester Melissa Manchester (born February 15, 1951) is an American singer-songwriter and actress. Since the 1970s, her songs have been played by adult contemporary radio stations. She has also appeared on television, in films, and on stage. Early li ...

, released in 2004.

Track listing

All songs written by Melissa Manchester, except where noted. # "I'll Know You By Your Heart" (Melissa Manchester,

Sharon Vaughn Mary Sharon Vaughn (born May 2, 1947) is an American songwriter who was previously based in Sweden. She has written hits for artists such as Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Reba McEntire, The Oak Ridge Boys, George Jones, Kenny Rogers, Keith W ...

) – 4:35 # "Angels Dancing" (Manchester,

Jeff Silbar Jeff Silbar is a songwriter. Silbar, a native of Los Angeles, won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year in 1990 for co-writing Bette Midler's " Wind Beneath My Wings" with Larry Henley. Notable compositions *" All My Life" (Kenny Rogers) *" He's a ...

) – 5:07 # "Bend" (Manchester, Wendy Lands) – 4:20 # "When Paris Was a Woman (According To Alice – 1928)" – 5:24 # "After All This Time" (Manchester, Blue Miller) – 3:51 # "Lucky Break" (Manchester,

Beth Nielsen Chapman Beth Nielsen Chapman (born September 14, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter who has written hits for country and pop music performers. She was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2016. She is a two-time Grammy Award ...

) – 3:39 # "When I Look Down That Road" (Manchester, Stephony Smith) – 3:09 # "Where The Truth Lies" (Manchester,

Rupert Holmes Rupert Holmes (born David Goldstein; February 24, 1947) is a British-American composer, singer-songwriter, dramatist and author. He is widely known for the hit singles " Escape (The Piña Colada Song)" (1979) and " Him" (1980). He is also know ...

) – 4:01 # "TYFYFIM (Thank You For Your Faith in Me)" (Manchester, Zuriani Zonneveld) – 3:47 # "Still Myself" (Manchester,

Pam Rose Pam Rose is an American country music songwriter. In her career, she has been a member of the groups Calamity Jane and Kennedy Rose, both times pairing with fellow songwriter Mary Ann Kennedy. Rose's co-writing credits include the Grammy Award- ...

) – 3:38 # "Crazy Loving You" (Manchester,

Paul Williams Paul Williams may refer to: Authors * Paul Williams (Crawdaddy) (1948–2013), American music and science fiction journalist; founder of ''Crawdaddy'' and the Philip K. Dick Society * Paul Williams (Irish journalist) (born 1964), Irish journalis ...

) – 4:02 # "A Mother's Prayer" (Manchester, Karen Taylor-Good) – 3:51 # "It's The Light" (Bonus Track on Japanese CD) – 3:51

Personnel

* Melissa Manchester – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 4–11), grand piano (3, 9, 12), string arrangements (3, 4) * Stephan Oberhoff – grand piano (1, 5), acoustic guitar (1–3, 5–11), electric guitar (1, 2, 5, 9–11), bass programming (1, 2, 4–6, 8, 9, 11), additional percussion (1, 2, 11), drum programming (2, 4–6, 8, 9, 11),

pump organ The pump organ or reed organ is a type of organ that uses free reed aerophone, free reeds to generate sound, with air passing over vibrating thin metal strips mounted in a frame. Types include the pressure-based harmonium, the suction reed organ ...

(3, 6, 7, 10), bass (3, 10),

harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orchestras or ...

(3), string arrangements (3, 4), synthesizers (4, 6, 8, 9), additional guitars (4),

Hammond B3 organ The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond and John M. Hanert, first manufactured in 1935. Multiple models have been produced, most of which use sliding #Drawbars, drawbars to vary sounds. Until 1975, sound was created ...

(5), cello programming (7), percussion (8, 9),

slide guitar Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos that ...

(11) * Peter Hume – acoustic guitar (4) *

Keb' Mo' Kevin Roosevelt Moore (born October 3, 1951), known as Keb' Mo', is an American blues musician. He is a singer, guitarist and songwriter, living in Nashville, Tennessee. He has been described as "a living link to the seminal Delta blues that tra ...

–

dobro Dobro () is an American brand of resonator guitars owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar. The Dobro was originally a gui ...

(5), slide guitar (5) *

Richie Kotzen Richard Dale Kotzen Jr. (born February 3, 1970) is an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. As a solo artist, Kotzen has a back catalogue of more than 20 album releases. He was signed to California-based Shrapnel Records from 1988 to ...

– electric guitar (6), backing vocals (6) * Tom Brechtlein – drums (1, 5) * Kevin DeRemer – drums (2), percussion (2), grand piano (5), Hammond B3 organ (5), acoustic guitar (5, 6), electric guitar (5), bass programming (5, 6), drum programming (5, 6), synthesizers (6), pump organ (6) * Cassio Duarte – percussion (1, 4, 6, 11) * Bara M'Boup – African percussion solo (2) *

Tollak Ollestad Tollak Ollestad is an American harmonica player, singer, keyboardist and songwriter. He is best known for his harmonica feature performance on the Northern Exposure tv series theme and on recordings by artists including Christopher Cross, Al Jarr ...

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harmonica The harmonica, also known as a French harp or mouth organ, is a free reed wind instrument used worldwide in many musical genres, notably in blues, American folk music, classical music, jazz, country, and rock. The many types of harmonica incl ...

(2), bass harmonica (2), backing vocals (5, 6, 9) * Lynn Angebranndt – cello (3, 9) * Matthew Cooker – cello (4) * Doug Norwine –

clarinet The clarinet is a Single-reed instrument, single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore (wind instruments), bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a Family (musical instruments), family of instrume ...

(6)

Production

* Melissa Manchester – executive producer * Kevin DeRemer – executive producer, producer, arrangements * Stephan Oberhoff – producer, arrangements, recording, ProTools editing * Sjoerd Koppert – recording * Joe Vannelli – recording, mixing * Joe Primeau – assistant engineer *

Brian Gardner Brian Knapp Gardner, also known as Brian "Big Bass" Gardner, is an American mastering engineer. He has worked on a number of recordings since the mid-1960s, including classic rock, funk, disco, alternative rock, R&B, hip hop, pop punk and dance-p ...

– mastering at

Bernie Grundman Mastering Bernie Grundman (born 16 December 1943, Minneapolis) is an American audio engineer. He is most known for his mastering work and his studio, Bernie Grundman Mastering, which he opened in 1984 in Hollywood. The studio, which includes engineers Chri ...

(Hollywood, California) * David Wilkes – A&R * Dan O'Leary – product manager * Jeff Gilligan – art direction * Randee St. Nicholas – photography

References

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