A Thousand Winding Roads

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A Thousand Winding Roads
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1990
RecordedEarly 1990
StudioThe Bennett House, Franklin, TN
Genre Country
Length31:13
Label Epic
Producer Bob Montgomery
Johnny Slate
Joe Diffie chronology
A Thousand Winding Roads
(1990)
Regular Joe
(1992)
Singles from A Thousand Winding Roads
  1. "Home"
    Released: August 21, 1990
  2. "If You Want Me To"
    Released: December 11, 1990
  3. "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)"
    Released: April 2, 1991
  4. "New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)"
    Released: June 29, 1991
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A Thousand Winding Roads is the debut studio album by American country music artist Joe Diffie. [1] The album's title is derived from a line in its lead-off single "Home", which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in late 1990. Other singles from this album include "If You Want Me To" (#2) "If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)" (#1), and "New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)" (#2). "There Goes The Neighborhood" would later be recorded by Shania Twain on her debut album and "Stranger in Your Eyes" would later be recorded by Ken Mellons on his 1995 album, Where Forever Begins .

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Home"Fred Lehner, Andy Spooner3:20
2."If the Devil Danced (In Empty Pockets)"Ken Spooner, Kim Williams 2:45
3."If You Want Me To"Joe Diffie, Larry Williams3:42
4."New Way (To Light Up an Old Flame)"Diffie, Lonnie Wilson 2:42
5."There Goes the Neighborhood"Bill C. Graham, Alan Laney, Tommy Dodson3:14
6."Almost Home"L. Williams, Johnny Slate3:17
7."I Ain't Leavin' 'Til She's Gone"Diffie, Wilson, Wayne Perry 3:04
8."Coolest Fool in Town" Randy Boudreaux 3:25
9."Liquid Heartache"Diffie, Red Lane 2:59
10."Stranger in Your Eyes"Joe Chambers, Max D. Barnes, Larry Jenkins2:45

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