The Road to Here

2005 studio album by Little Big Town
The Road to Here
Studio album by
Little Big Town
ReleasedOctober 4, 2005
GenreCountry
Length52:20
LabelEquity
ProducerWayne Kirkpatrick, Little Big Town
Little Big Town chronology
Little Big Town
(2002) 		The Road to Here
(2005) 		A Place to Land
(2007)
Singles from The Road to Here
  1. "Boondocks"
    Released: May 5, 2005
  2. "Bring It On Home"
    Released: January 30, 2006
  3. "Good as Gone"
    Released: September 25, 2006
  4. "A Little More You"
    Released: February 19, 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Stylus MagazineA−[2]

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.[3]

Content

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.[4] 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.[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Roads, Phillip Sweet, Jimi Westbrook, and Wayne Kirkpatrick except as noted:

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Good as Gone" Fairchild4:12
2."Boondocks" Fairchild, Roads, Sweet, Westbrook4:32
3."Bones" Fairchild, Roads, Sweet, Westbrook3:46
4."Bring It On Home"Greg Bieck, Tyler Hayes Bieck, KirkpatrickSweet4:20
5."Wounded" Roads3:39
6."A Little More You" Westbrook4:25
7."Live with Lonesome"Julian C. Bunetta, KirkpatrickFairchild3:47
8."Mean Streak" Roads4:33
9."Looking for a Reason"Thad Beaty, Shelly Fairchild, KirkpatrickFairchild3:05
10."Lost" Westbrook4:38
11."Welcome to the Family"Jim Collins, KirkpatrickSweet, Westbrook4:10
12."Fine with Me" Westbrook3:26
13."Stay" (acoustic version)Jason Deere, K. Fairchild, Roads, Sweet, WestbrookRoads, Fairchild3:47

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[5]

Little Big Town

  • Karen Fairchild – vocals
  • Kimberly Roads – vocals
  • Philip Sweet – vocals
  • Jimi Westbrook – vocals

Additional musicians

  • 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

  • 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

Weekly charts

Chart (2005–06) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[6] 51
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 12
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[8] 1

Year-end charts

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

Certifications

Region Certification
United States (RIAA)[13] Platinum

References

  1. ^ Ruhlmann, William. "The Road to Here review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  2. ^ Inskeep, Thomas. "Little Big Town - The Road to Here - Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved July 5, 2011.
  3. ^ Grammy nominations
  4. ^ Boondocks certified by RIAA as Gold digital single
  5. ^ a b The Road to Here (CD). Little Big Town. Equity Music Group. 2005. 2172383.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ "Little Big Town Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  7. ^ "Little Big Town Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  8. ^ "Little Big Town Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  9. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  10. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  11. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  12. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2007". Billboard. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  13. ^ "American album certifications – Little Big Town – The Road to Here". Recording Industry Association of America.
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