Diamond Rio is the eponymous first album of the country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 band Diamond Rio

Diamond Rio

Diamond Rio is an American Country music/Christian music band formed in 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee. Since its foundation, the group has comprised the same six members: Gene Johnson , Jimmy Olander , Brian Prout , Marty Roe , Dan Truman , and Dana Williams...

. Released in 1991 on Arista Records

Arista Records

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, it produced five chart singles on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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country music charts: the Number One hit "Meet in the Middle", as well as the Top Ten hits "Mirror, Mirror", "Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me", "Norma Jean Riley" and "Nowhere Bound". The album itself received RIAA platinum certification.

Track listing

1. "Meet in the Middle
   Meet in the Middle
   "Meet in the Middle" is the debut single of the American country music band Diamond Rio. Released in 1991, the single reached Number One on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, making Diamond Rio the first country music band in history to have its debut single reach Number One...
   
   " (Chapin Hartford, Jim Foster, Don Pfrimmer) – 3:18
2. "This State of Mind" (Michael Puryear, Aaron Tippin
   Aaron Tippin
   Aaron Dupree Tippin is an American country music artist and record producer. Initially a songwriter for Acuff-Rose Music, he gained a recording contract with RCA Records in 1990...
   
   ) – 2:42
3. "They Don't Make Hearts (Like They Used To)" (Monty Powell, Sam Mullins, Stan LaGrange) – 3:32
4. "Mirror, Mirror
   Mirror, Mirror (Diamond Rio song)
   "Mirror, Mirror" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was the second single released from their self-titled debut album. It peaked at #3 in the United States, and #4 in Canada.-Music video:...
   
   " (Bob DiPiero
   Bob DiPiero
   Bob DiPiero is an American country music songwriter. He has written 15. U.S. Number 1 hits and countless top 20 hits for the likes of Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy, Highway 101, Restless Heart, Ricochet, John Anderson, Montgomery...
   
   , John Jarrard, Mark D. Sanders
   Mark D. Sanders
   Mark Daniel Sanders is an American Country Music songwriter. He has written 14 No. 1 hits, 50 singles, and over 200 cuts, including the famous Lee Ann Womack single “I Hope You Dance,” co-written with Tia Sillers.-Early life:...
   
   ) – 3:12
5. "The Ballad of Conley and Billy (The Proof's in the Pickin')" (Powell, Jimmy Olander) – 4:59
6. "Nowhere Bound
   Nowhere Bound
   "Nowhere Bound" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was released in June 1992 as the fifth and final single released from their self-titled debut album...
   
   " (Powell, Jule Medders) – 3:41
7. "It's Gone" (Herb McCullough, Larry Cordle
   Larry Cordle
   Larry Cordle was born in eastern Kentucky and is an American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter. Cordle is most famous for his song "Murder on Music Row", which was recorded by George Strait and Alan Jackson and received the CMA Award for Song of the Year in 2000.-Career:Cordle has written...
   
   ) – 3:17
8. "Norma Jean Riley
   Norma Jean Riley
   "Norma Jean Riley" is the title of a song co-written by Rob Honey, Monty Powell, and Dan Truman and recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was the fourth single released from their self-titled debut album...
   
   " (Powell, Dan Truman, Rob Honey) – 3:03
9. "Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me
   Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me
   "Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was the third single released from their self-titled debut album...
   
   " (Cordle, Larry Shell) – 4:12
10. "Pick Me Up" (Powell, Marty Roe) – 3:25
11. "Poultry Promenade" (Olander) – 3:26
    • instrumental track

Personnel

• Gene Johnson – mandolin
  Mandolin
  A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
  
  , background vocals
• Jimmy Olander – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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  , electric guitar
  Electric guitar
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• Brian Prout – drums
  Drum kit
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• Marty Roe – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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  , lead vocals
• Dan Truman – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Dana Williams – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , background vocals
• Chris Armstrong - assistant engineer
• Mike Clute - engineer, mixing
• Doug Williams, Ted Greene - assistant engineers
• Glenn Meadows - mastering
• Pauls Montondo - engineer

Album

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	13
U.S. Billboard 200	83

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...	CAN Country RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
1991	"Meet in the Middle"	1	1
	"Mirror, Mirror"	3	4
	"Mama Don't Forget to Pray for Me"	9	9
1992	"Norma Jean Riley"	2	3
	"Nowhere Bound"	7	15