Diamond Rio (album)

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Genre Country Label Arista		Length 38:47
Released May 28, 1991 (1991-05-28) Recorded Midtown Tone & Volume, Digital Studios, and Recording Arts, Nashville, 1989-1991 Producer Tim DuBoisMonty Powell

Diamond Rio is the eponymous first studio album of the country music band Diamond Rio. Released in 1991 on Arista Records, it produced five chart singles on the Billboard country music charts: the Number One hit "Meet in the Middle", as well as the Top Ten hits "Mirror, Mirror", "Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me", "Norma Jean Riley" and "Nowhere Bound". The album itself received RIAA platinum certification.

Track listing

"Meet in the Middle" (Chapin Hartford, Jim Foster, Don Pfrimmer) – 3:18
"This State of Mind" (Michael Puryear, Aaron Tippin) – 2:42
"They Don't Make Hearts (Like They Used To)" (Monty Powell, Sam Mullins, Stan LaGrange) – 3:32
"Mirror, Mirror" (Bob DiPiero, John Jarrard, Mark D. Sanders) – 3:12
"The Ballad of Conley and Billy (The Proof's in the Pickin')" (Powell, Jimmy Olander) – 4:59
"Nowhere Bound" (Powell, Jule Medders) – 3:41
"It's Gone" (Herb McCullough, Larry Cordle) – 3:17
"Norma Jean Riley" (Powell, Dan Truman, Rob Honey) – 3:03
"Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me" (Cordle, Larry Shell) – 4:12
"Pick Me Up" (Powell, Marty Roe) – 3:25
"Poultry Promenade" (Olander) – 3:26
instrumental track

Gene Johnson – mandolin, background vocals

Jimmy Olander – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo

Brian Prout – drums

Marty Roe – acoustic guitar, lead vocals

Dan Truman – keyboards

Dana Williams – bass guitar, background vocals

Chris Armstrong - assistant engineer

Mike Clute - engineer, mixing

Doug Williams, Ted Greene - assistant engineers

Glenn Meadows - mastering

Pauls Montondo - engineer

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