The Way Back Home

The Way Back Home
Studio album by Vince Gill
Released	1987
Genre	Country
Length	34:19
Label	RCA
Producer	Emory Gordy, Jr., Richard Landis
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Vince Gill chronology
The Things That Matter (1985) The Way Back Home (1987) When I Call Your Name (1989)

The Way Back Home is the third studio album by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 1987 on RCA Records and it produced four chart singles on the Billboard country charts. In order of release, these were "Cinderella" (#5), "Let's Do Something (#16), "Everybody's Sweetheart" (#11), and "The Radio" (#39). After the final single, Gill exited RCA's roster in favor of MCA Nashville, where he released his fourth album, 1989's When I Call Your Name.

Track listing

1. "Everybody's Sweetheart" (Vince Gill) – 2:52
2. "The Way Back Home" (Gill) – 3:56
3. "Cinderella" (Reed Nielsen) – 3:36
4. "Let's Do Something" (Gill, Nielsen) – 3:19
5. "The Radio" (Gill, Nielsen) – 4:05
6. "Baby That's Tough" (Gill, Guy Clark) – 3:38
7. "Losing Your Love" (Gill, Hank DeVito, Rhonda Fleming) – 4:47
8. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" (Paul Anka) – 3:36
9. "Something's Missing" (Gill) – 4:30

Production

• Produced By Emory Gordy Jr. & Richard Landis
• Engineered By Joe Bogan, Jeff DeMorris, Jim Dineen, Csaba Petocz, Dennis Ritchie, & John Vigran
• Mixed By Ed Thacker
• Mastered By Elliott Federman
• Archivists: Claudia Depkin, Joanne Feltman, Glenn Korman

Personnel

• Drums, Percussion: Leonard Arnold, Richard Landis, Carlos Vega
• Bass: Roy Huskey, Jr., Neil Stubenhaus, Steve Strauss
• Keyboards, Synthesizers, Piano: Phillip Aaberg, Randy Kerber, Richard Landis, Jim Lang, Alan Pasqua
• Guitars: George Doering, Vince Gill, Reed Nielsen
• Pedal Steel: Jay Dee Maness
• Banjo & Dobro: Vince Gill
• Fiddle: Byron Berline
• Backing Vocals: Kristine Arnold, Rosanne Cash, Rodney Crowell, Kevin Dorsey, Kenny Edwards, Janis Gill, Andrew Gold, Jim Haas, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Chemay, Jerry Whitman

Chart performance

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	13

References

• Allmusic (see infobox)