''Diamond Rio'' is the self-titled debut studio album by American
country music
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band
Diamond Rio
Diamond Rio is an American country music band. The band was founded in 1982 as an attraction for the Opryland USA theme park in Nashville, Tennessee, and was originally known as the Grizzly River Boys, then the Tennessee River Boys. It was foun ...
. Released in 1991 on
Arista Records
Arista Records () is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. The label was previously handled by BMG Entertainmen ...
, 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
Personnel
Diamond Rio
* Marty Roe – acoustic guitars, lead vocals
* Dan Truman – keyboards
* Jimmy Olander – lead guitars,
banjo
* Gene Johnson –
mandolin
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, backing vocals
* Dana Williams – bass, backing vocals
* Brian Prout – drums
Production
* Tim DuBois – producer
* Monty Powell – producer
* Mike Clute – engineer, mixing
* Chris Armstrong – assistant engineer
* Ted Greene – assistant engineer
* Paula Montondo – assistant engineer
* Doug Williams – assistant engineer
* Glenn Meadows – mastering
* Anthony Ranieri – art direction, design
* Peter Nash – photography
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
Certifications
References
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1991 debut albums
Diamond Rio albums
Arista Records albums