Released July 15, 2008 Label Warner Bros. Nashville Release date 15 July 2008 | Length 42:20 | |
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Nominations Grammy Award for Best Country Album Similar Randy Travis albums, Country music albums | ||
Around the Bend is an album released in 2008 by American country music artist Randy Travis. The album is Travis' first mainstream country music album since 1999's A Man Ain't Made of Stone, all his other albums in the 2000s were composed of Christian country music. It sold 31,000 copies in its first week of release, the best opening week of Travis' career. Three singles were released from the album: "Faith in You", "Dig Two Graves" and "Turn It Around", none of which charted.
Contents
Around the Bend was nominated for best country album at the 51st Grammy Awards, and the track "Dig Two Graves" was nominated as best country song.
Track listing
- "Around the Bend" (Tania Hancheroff, Marcus Hummon, Tia Sillers) - 3:36
- "You Didn't Have a Good Time" (Kris Bergsnes, Jason Matthews, Jim McCormick) - 3:56
- "Every Head Bowed" (Brent Baxter, Brandon Kinney) - 3:27
- "Love Is a Gamble" (Hugh Prestwood) - 4:51
- "Faith in You" (Tom Douglas, Joe Henry, Matt Rollings) - 3:47
- "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Bob Dylan) - 4:16
- "Dig Two Graves" (Ashley Gorley, Bob Regan) - 3:17
- "Turn It Around" (Noah Gordon, Matt Kennon) - 3:00
- "From Your Knees" (Leslie Satcher) - 4:01
- "Everything That I Own (Has Got a Dent)" (Tony Martin, Mark Nesler) - 3:31
- "'Til I'm Dead and Gone" (Shawn Camp, John Scott Sherrill, Sarah Siskind) - 4:38
Personnel
Awards
The album won a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year at the 40th GMA Dove Awards.
Songs
1Around the Bend3:37
2You Didn't Have a Good Time3:57
3Every Head Bowed3:27