Passing Through (Randy Travis album)

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Passing Through
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ReleasedNovember 9, 2004 (2004-11-09)
RecordedSeptember 2001–June 2004
StudioSound Emporium, The Compound, The Electric Sandbox and Cartee Day Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Stepbridge Studios (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Genre Country
Length42:28
Label Word Records
Producer Kyle Lehning
Randy Travis chronology
The Very Best of Randy Travis
(2004)
Passing Through
(2004)
Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise
(2005)
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Passing Through is the sixteenth studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on November 9, 2004 by Word Records. The album produced two singles on the Billboard country charts: "Four Walls" at #46 and "Angels" at #48. "That Was Us" was previously recorded by Tracy Lawrence on his 2001 album of the same name.

Contents

Recording

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6 & 11 were recorded in September 2001 at the Sound Emporium in Nashville. The rest of the songs were recorded in June 2004 at Cartee Day Studios in Nashville. According to the liner notes, 20 songs were recorded for this album. [8]

Track listing

  1. "Pick Up the Oars and Row" (Jamie O'Hara) – 2:50
  2. "Four Walls" (Don Rollins, Harry Stinson, D. Vincent Williams) – 3:42
  3. "That Was Us" (Craig Wiseman, Tony Lane) – 3:25
  4. "Angels" (Harvey McNalley, Buck Moore, Troy Seals) – 3:46
  5. "Running Blind" (Roger D. Ferris) – 2:52
  6. "My Daddy Never Was" (Lane) – 3:56
  7. "A Place to Hang My Hat" (Shawn Camp, Byron Hill, Brice Long) – 3:15
  8. "Right On Time" (Al Anderson, Sharon Vaughn) – 3:58
  9. "My Poor Old Heart" (Camp, Gary Harrison) – 2:46
  10. "I'm Your Man" (Randy Travis) – 3:27
  11. "Train Long Gone" (Dennis Linde) – 3:56
  12. "I Can See It in Your Eyes" (Travis, Pastor Matthew Hagee) – 4:17

Personnel

Production

Charts

Awards

On 2005, the album won a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards. [13]

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