The Road Not Taken (album)

The Road Not Taken
Studio album by Shenandoah
Released	January 31, 1989
Recorded	Fame Recording Studios; Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Genre	Country
Length	35:32
Label	Columbia Nashville
Producer	Robert Byrne Rick Hall
Shenandoah chronology
Shenandoah (1987) The Road Not Taken (1989) Extra Mile (1990)

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The Road Not Taken was the second album released by country music group Shenandoah and their most successful album to date. Of the six singles released from 1988 to 1990, all charted within the top ten and three of those, "The Church on Cumberland Road", "Sunday in the South", and "Two Dozen Roses" were number 1 songs on both the U.S. and Canadian country charts.

Track listing

1. "Sunday in the South" (Jay Booker) – 4:11
2. "Two Dozen Roses" (Robert Byrne, Mac McAnally) – 3:42
3. "See If I Care" (Walt Aldridge, Byrne) – 3:14
4. "Mama Knows" (Tony Haselden, Tim Mensy) – 3:22
5. "She Doesn't Cry Anymore" (Byrne, Will Robinson) – 3:38
6. "The Road Not Taken" (Rick Bowles, Byrne) – 3:56
7. "The Church on Cumberland Road" (Bob DiPiero, John Scott Sherrill, Dennis Robbins) – 2:58
8. "Changes" (Billy Henderson, Billy Maddox) – 3:41
9. "She's All I've Got Going" (McAnally) – 3:40
10. "Hard Country" (Bowles, Byrne) – 3:10

Release history

Year	Type	Label	Catalogue
1989	Cassette	Columbia/CBS	FCT-44468
1989	CD	Columbia/CBS	CK-44468

Personnel

Shenandoah

• Marty Raybon – lead vocals, background vocals
• Jim Seales – electric guitar, background vocals
• Stan Thorn – piano, keyboards, background vocals
• Ralph Ezell – bass guitar, background vocals
• Mike McGuire – drums, background vocals

Other Musicians

• Owen Hale – drums
• Steve Nathan – piano
• Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Lenny LeBlanc – bass guitar, background vocals
• Hershey Reeves – background vocals, gut string guitar
• Robert Byrne – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• John Willis – acoustic guitar
• Bill Hinds – electric guitar
• Walt Aldridge – acoustic guitar
• Vassar Clements – fiddle
• Wayne Bridges – acoustic guitar
• Bill Darnell – electric guitar
• Milton Sledge – drums
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1989)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	6
Canadian RPM Country Albums	10