The Way Back Home is the second studio album by American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 1987 by RCA Nashville and it produced four chart singles on the Billboard country charts. In order of release, these were "Cinderella" (No. 5), "Let's Do Something (No. 16), "Everybody's Sweetheart" (No. 11) and "The Radio" (No. 39). After the final single, Gill left RCA's roster in favor of MCA Nashville, where in 1989 he released his fourth album, When I Call Your Name.
Contents
Production
Richard Landis – producer
Csaba Petocz – recording
Joe Bogan – additional recording
John Vigran – additional recording
Jeff DeMorris – recording assistant
Richard McKeinon – recording assistant
Dennis Ritchie – additional recording assistant
Jim Dineen – overdub recording
Ed Thacker – mixing
Wally Traugott – mastering at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, California)
Mary Hamilton – art direction
John Coulter Design – design
Dennis Keely – photography, hand tinting
Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management
Reissue Credits
Mike Ragogna – producer
Elliott Federman – remastering at SAJE Sound (New York, NY)
Claudia Depkin, Joanne Feltman and Glenn Korman – archivists
Personnel
Vince Gill – lead vocals, backing vocals, guitars, banjo, dobro, mandolin
Philip Aaberg – acoustic piano
Randy Kerber – acoustic piano
Richard Landis – synthesizers, percussion
Jim Lang – synthesizers
Alan Pasqua – synthesizers
George Doering – guitars
Reed Nielson – acoustic guitar (3), backing vocals (3)
JayDee Maness – pedal steel guitar
Leland Sklar – bass
Neil Stubenhaus – bass
Roy Huskey, Jr. – upright bass
Carlos Vega – drums
Leonard Arnold – percussion
Byron Berline – fiddle
Charlie Calello – rhythm arrangements
Kristine Arnold – backing vocals
Rosanne Cash – backing vocals
Joe Chemay – backing vocals
Rodney Crowell – backing vocals
Kevin Dorsey – backing vocals
Kenny Edwards – backing vocals