''Unbelievable'' is the fifth studio album by American
country music
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group
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 ...
.
Its title track and "You're Gone" were both Top 5 hits on the country charts in 1998-1999, while "I Know How the River Feels" (originally cut by
Ty Herndon
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on his ''
Living in a Moment
''Living in a Moment'' is the second studio album by American country music artist Ty Herndon. The album was released in 1996 (see 1996 in country music) via Epic Records. Like his debut album '' What Mattered Most'', the album has been certified ...
'' album) was a minor Top 40, and was later a #69 for the group
McAlyster
McAlyster was an American country music group founded in Pensacola, Florida. Its members comprised Cody Collins, Josh Walther, Leigh Usilton and Valerie Gills. They were signed to MCA Nashville Records in 2000. Their debut single, "I Know How the ...
in 2000.
Critical reception
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Entertainment Weekly
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'' thought that the band "knows how to please with show-off musicianship and clever vocal harmonies ... but too often they call more attention to how hard they’re working than to what lies between the grooves."
Track listing
Personnel
Diamond Rio
* Marty Roe – lead vocals
* Dan Truman – keyboards, string arrangements
* Jimmy Olander – acoustic guitar, electric guitars
* Gene Johnson –
mandolin
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, backing vocals
* Dana Williams – bass, backing vocals
* Brian Prout – drums
Additional Musicians
* Michael Wyatt – percussion
* Carl Marsh- string arrangements and conductor
* John Catchings –
cello
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* Kathryn Plummer –
viola
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* Kristin Wilkinson – viola
* David Davidson –
violin
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Production
* Diamond Rio – producers
* Mike Clute – producer, engineer, mixing
* Pete Miskinis – assistant engineer
* Matt Svobodny – assistant engineer
* Glenn Meadows – mastering
* Jennifer Rose – project coordinator
* Maude Gilman-Clapham – art direction
* S. Wade Hunt – design
* Fred C. Moran – cover artwork
* Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography
* Lori Turk – grooming
* Claudia Robertson-Fowler – stylist
Studios
* Recorded at Midtown Tone & Volume and OmniSound (Nashville, Tennessee).
* Mixed and Mastered at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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1998 albums
Arista Records albums
Diamond Rio albums