The Road to Here is the second studio album by American country music group Little Big Town. The album was released on October 4, 2005, by 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.Grammy nominations
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.Boondocks certified by RIAA as Gold digital single 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.
Track listing
Personnel As listed in liner notes.
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) Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2006) Position US Billboard 200 75 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 22 Chart (2007) Position US Billboard 200 167 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 33
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