Extra Mile (album)

Extra Mile
Studio album by Shenandoah
Released	May 2, 1990 (1990-05-02)
Recorded	1989–90
Studio	Fame Recording Studios; Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Genre	Country
Length	34:51
Label	Columbia Nashville
Producer	Robert Byrne Rick Hall
Shenandoah chronology
The Road Not Taken (1989) Extra Mile (1990) Greatest Hits (1992)
Singles from Extra Mile
"Next to You, Next to Me" Released: June 1990 "Ghost in This House" Released: September 20, 1990 "I Got You" Released: January 1991 "The Moon Over Georgia" Released: April 1991 "When You Were Mine" Released: August 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Entertainment Weekly	B link

Extra Mile is the third studio album by the American country music band Shenandoah. It was released May 2, 1990 (see 1990 in country music) on Columbia Records. Their final album for the label, it produced five chart singles on the Billboard country charts. In order of release, these were "Next to You, Next to Me", "Ghost in This House", "I Got You", "The Moon Over Georgia" and "When You Were Mine". "Next to You, Next to Me" was the band's fourth Number One, and all the others except "When You Were Mine" were Top Ten hits. Extra Mile is certified gold by the RIAA.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Next to You, Next to Me"	Robert Ellis Orrall, Curtis Wright	3:38
2.	"Ghost in This House"	Hugh Prestwood	3:36
3.	"She Makes the Coming Home (Worth the Being Gone)"	Rory Bourke, Mike Reid	3:29
4.	"She's a Natural"	Lionel Cartwright	3:28
5.	"I Got You"	Robert Byrne, Teddy Gentry, Greg Fowler	3:45
6.	"Puttin' New Roots Down"	Larry Cordle, Larry Shell	3:00
7.	"When You Were Mine"	Byrne, Gene Nelson	3:03
8.	"Goin' Down with My Pride"	Byrne, Susan Longacre	3:34
9.	"The Moon Over Georgia"	Mark Narmore	3:13
10.	"Daddy's Little Man"	Billy Maddox, Mike McGuire	3:45

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[1]

Shenandoah

• Ralph Ezell – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Mike McGuire – drums, backing vocals
• Marty Raybon – lead vocals
• Jim Seales – electric guitar, backing vocals
• Stan Thorn – keyboards, backing vocals

Other musicians

• Mickey Buckins – percussion
• Robert Byrne – acoustic and electric guitars
• Bill Darnell – backing vocals
• Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, Dobro
• Owen Hale – drums
• Rick Hall – backing vocals
• Carl Jackson – acoustic guitar
• Lenny LeBlanc – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle, mandolin
• John Willis – acoustic guitar

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1990–91) Peak position US Billboard 200[2] 186 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3] 11

Year-end charts Chart (1990) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] 37 Chart (1991) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 31

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[6]	Gold	500,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Extra Mile (CD). Shenandoah. Columbia Records. 1990. 45490.
2. "Shenandoah Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
3. "Shenandoah Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
4. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
5. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
6. "American album certifications – Shenandoah – Extra Mile". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

• Extra Mile at Allmusic