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The Way I Should

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Released
  
October 8, 1996

Label
  
Warner

Artist
  
Iris DeMent

Producer
  
Randy Scruggs

Length
  
50:07

The Way I Should (1996)
  
Lifeline (2004)

Release date
  
8 October 1996

Genres
  
Country music, Folk music

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Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album

Similar
  
Infamous Angel, My Life, Sing the Delta, Lifeline, The Trackless Woods

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The Way I Should is the third album released by singer-songwriter Iris DeMent. It peaked at number 22 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.

Contents

Guests include guitarist Mark Knopfler and Delbert McClinton, who duets with DeMent on "Trouble".

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Track listing

All songs by Iris DeMent except as indicated.

  1. "When My Mornin' Comes Around" – 3:49
  2. "There's a Wall in Washington" – 5:19
  3. "Wasteland of the Free" – 5:13
  4. "I'll Take My Sorrow Straight" (DeMent, Elmer McCall) – 3:24
  5. "This Kind of Happy" (DeMent, Merle Haggard) – 3:43
  6. "The Way I Should" – 4:24
  7. "Letter to Mom" – 3:15
  8. "Keep Me God" – 3:46
  9. "Quality Time" – 4:03
  10. "Walkin' Home" – 5:39
  11. "Trouble" (DeMent, McCall) – 7:32

Personnel

  • Iris DeMent – vocals, guitar, piano
  • Mark Knopfler – National guitar (track 6)
  • Chuck Leavell – organ, piano, accordion
  • Lonnie Mack - electric guitar (track 11)
  • Brent Mason - electric guitar solo (track 5)
  • Paul Franklin – steel guitar
  • John Jennings – guitar, EBow, 6-string bass
  • Bekka Bramlett – background vocals (track 3)
  • Billy Burnette – background vocals (track 3)
  • Melodie Crittenden – background vocals (tracks 6, 9)
  • Delbert McClinton – harmonica, vocals (track 11)
  • Dave Pomeroy – bass
  • Tom Roady – tambourine
  • Tammy Rogers – fiddle, mandolin, violin, cello, viola
  • Harry Stinson – drums
  • Russ Taff – background vocals (track 3)
  • Earl Scruggs – banjo (track 9)
  • Randy Scruggs – guitar
  • Stuart Smith – guitar, slide guitar

    • Songs

    1When My Mornin' Comes Around3:52
    2There's a Wall in Washington5:19
    3Wasteland of the Free5:15

    References

    The Way I Should Wikipedia
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