The Journey (The Oak Ridge Boys album)

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The Journey
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ReleasedJuly 27, 2004
Genre Country, Gospel
Label Spring Hill Music Group
Word Records
The Oak Ridge Boys chronology
Colors
(2003)
The Journey
(2004)
Common Thread
(2005)
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The Journey is a studio album released by the country/gospel group The Oak Ridge Boys. The album was released on July 27, 2004.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Train, Train" (Benny Boling, Dusty Drake, Jerry VanDiver) - 2:44
  2. "Someplace Green" (Pat Terry) - 4:00
  3. "Bad Case of Missing You" (Al Anderson, Bob DiPiero, Jeffrey Steele) - 4:04
  4. "Saving Grace" (Jerry Salley, Charles Wilburn) - 4:35
  5. "You Don't Have to Go Home (But You Can't Stay Here)" (Larry Cordle, Jerry Salley, Larry Shell) - 3:10
  6. "Old Familiar Love" (Tom Fisch, Roy Hurtd) - 3:41
  7. "Goin' Against the Grain" (Bruce Bouton, Larry Cordle, Carl Jackson) - 2:33
  8. "I Love You So Much It Hurts" (Floyd Tillman) - 3:06
  9. "My Girl Friday" (Carl Jackson, Curtis Wright) - 3:40
  10. "That Ole Gravel Road Was Easy Street" (Billy Lawson, Roger Murrah) - 3:26
  11. "The Journey" (Joe Bonsall) - 5:27

Awards

In 2004, The Journey was nominated for a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards. [2]

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