The Road to Here

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The Road to Here
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 4, 2005
Genre Country
Length52:20
Label Equity
Producer Wayne Kirkpatrick, Little Big Town
Little Big Town chronology
Little Big Town
(2002)
The Road to Here
(2005)
A Place to Land
(2007)
Singles from The Road to Here
  1. "Boondocks"
    Released: May 5, 2005
  2. "Bring It On Home"
    Released: January 30, 2006
  3. "Good as Gone"
    Released: September 25, 2006
  4. "A Little More You"
    Released: February 19, 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Stylus Magazine A− [2]

The Road to Here is the second studio album by the American country music group Little Big Town. The album was released on October 4, 2005 on 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. [3]

Contents

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. [4] 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. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Roads, Phillip Sweet, Jimi Westbrook, and Wayne Kirkpatrick except as noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Good as Gone" Fairchild4:12
2."Boondocks" Fairchild, Roads, Sweet, Westbrook4:32
3."Bones" Fairchild, Roads, Sweet, Westbrook3:46
4."Bring It On Home"Greg Bieck, Tyler Hayes Bieck, KirkpatrickSweet4:20
5."Wounded" Roads3:39
6."A Little More You" Westbrook4:25
7."Live with Lonesome"Julian C. Bunetta, KirkpatrickFairchild3:47
8."Mean Streak" Roads4:33
9."Looking for a Reason"Thad Beaty, Shelly Fairchild, KirkpatrickFairchild3:05
10."Lost" Westbrook4:38
11."Welcome to the Family" Jim Collins, KirkpatrickSweet, Westbrook4:10
12."Fine with Me" Westbrook3:26
13."Stay" (acoustic version) Jason Deere, K. Fairchild, Roads, Sweet, WestbrookRoads, Fairchild3:47

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [5]

Little Big Town

Additional musicians

Technical

Chart performance

Certifications

Region Certification
United States (RIAA) [13] Platinum

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