A Thousand Winding Roads

A Thousand Winding Roads
Studio album by Joe Diffie
Released	September 7, 1990
Genre	Country
Length	31:13
Label	Epic
Producer	Bob Montgomery Johnny Slate
Joe Diffie chronology
A Thousand Winding Roads (1990) Regular Joe (1992)

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Entertainment Weekly	C+ link

A Thousand Winding Roads is the debut studio album of American country music artist Joe Diffie. The album's title is derived from a line in its lead-off single "Home", which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in late 1990. Other singles from this album include "If You Want Me To" (#2) "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" (#1), and "New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)" (#2). "There Goes The Neighborhood" would later be recorded by Shania Twain on her debut album.

Track listing

1. "Home" (Fred Lehner, Andy Spooner) – 3:20
2. "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" (Ken Spooner, Kim Williams) – 2:45
3. "If You Want Me To" (Joe Diffie, Larry Williams) – 3:42
4. "New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)" (Diffie, Lonnie Wilson) – 2:42
5. "There Goes the Neighborhood" (Bill C. Graham, Alan Laney, Tommy Dodson) – 3:14
6. "Almost Home" (L. Williams, Johnny Slate)– 3:17
7. "I Ain't Leavin' 'Til She's Gone" (Diffie, Wilson, Wayne Perry) – 3:04
8. "Coolest Fool in Town" (Randy Boudreaux) – 3:25
9. "Liquid Heartache "(Diffie, Red Lane) – 2:59
10. "Stranger in Your Eyes" (Joe Chambers, Max D. Barnes, Larry Jenkins) – 2:45

Personnel

• Mike Chapman – bass guitar
• Walt Cunningham – synthesizer
• Joe Diffie – lead vocals, background vocals
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, dobro
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Bill Hullett – acoustic guitar
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Tim Mensy – electric guitar
• Johnny Neel – background vocals
• Ron Oates – keyboards
• Dave Pomeroy – bass guitar
• Matt Rollings – keyboards
• Mike Severs – mandolin, acoustic guitar
• Lonnie Wilson – drums, background vocals

Chart performance

Chart #1990#	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	23

References

• A Thousand Winding Roads at AllMusic
• Liner notes to A Thousand Winding Roads, Epic Records, 1990