The Wheel is an album by singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriter

Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...

 Rosanne Cash

Rosanne Cash

Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin....

. Most of the songs on the album reflected Cash's feelings on embarking on a new relationship after the dissolution of her marriage to Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell

Rodney Crowell is a Grammy Award-winning musician, known primarily for his work as a singer and songwriter in country music....

. Though neither of its two singles, "The Wheel" and "You Won't Let Me In", charted on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks

Hot Country Songs

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 chart, the album received considerable critical acclaim.

Track listing

All songs by Rosanne Cash

Rosanne Cash

Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin....

, except as indicated.

1. "The Wheel" – 4:20
2. "Seventh Avenue" (Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal
   John Leventhal
   John Leventhal is a Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has produced albums for Michelle Branch, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, Loudon Wainwright, The Wreckers and many others...
   
   ) – 5:14
3. "Change Partners" – 3:41
4. "Sleeping in Paris" – 4:09
5. "You Won't Let Me In" – 4:31
6. "From the Ashes" – 3:58
7. "The Truth About You" (Cash, Leventhal) – 2:29
8. "Tears Falling Down" (Cash, Leventhal) – 3:27
9. "Roses in the Fire" – 3:25
10. "Fire of the Newly Alive" (Cash, Leventhal) – 4:28
11. "If There's a God on My Side" – 4:51

Musicians

• Rosanne Cash
  Rosanne Cash
  Rosanne Cash is an American singer-songwriter and author. She is the eldest daughter of the late country music singer Johnny Cash and his first wife, Vivian Liberto Cash Distin....
  
  : Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
• Benmont Tench
  Benmont Tench
  Benjamin Montmorency Tench, III is an American keyboardist best known as a founding member of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.-Early years:...
  
  : Piano, Keyboards
• Mary Chapin Carpenter
  Mary Chapin Carpenter
  Mary Chapin Carpenter is an American folk and country music artist. Carpenter spent several years singing in Washington, D.C. clubs before signing in the late 1980s with Columbia Records, who marketed her as a country singer...
  
  : Background Vocals
• Patty Larkin
  Patty Larkin
  Patty Larkin is a Boston-based singer-songwriter. redefines the boundaries of folk-urban pop music with her inventive guitar wizardry and uncompromising vocals and lyrics...
  
  : Background Vocals
• Marc Cohn
  Marc Cohn
  Marc Craig Cohn is an American folk rock singer-songwriter and musician.- Personal life :Cohn was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from Beachwood High School in Beachwood, a Cleveland suburb. He then attended Oberlin College....
  
  : Harmony Vocal
• Bruce Cockburn
  Bruce Cockburn
  Bruce Douglas Cockburn OC is a Canadian folk/rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. His most recent album was released in March 2011. He has written songs in styles ranging from folk to jazz-influenced rock to rock and roll.-Biography:...
  
  : Harmony Vocal
• John Leventhal
  John Leventhal
  John Leventhal is a Grammy Award-winning musician, producer, songwriter, and recording engineer who has produced albums for Michelle Branch, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Shawn Colvin, Rodney Crowell, Jim Lauderdale, Joan Osborne, Loudon Wainwright, The Wreckers and many others...
  
  : Guitars, Mandolin, Bass, Piano, Organ, Keyboards, Harmonica, Percussion, Background Vocals
• Steuart Smith
  Steuart Smith
  Steuart Smith is a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, writer and producer currently working with American rock band the Eagles. Smith is from Arlington, VA.]].-Current work:...
  
  : Guitar, Acoustic Guitar
• Lincoln Shleifer: Bass
• Zev Katz: Bass, Acoustic Bass
• Frank Vilardi: Drums, Percussion
• Steve Gaboury: Organ
• Charlie Giordano: Accordion
• Dennis McDermott: Drums
• Tommy Malone: Harmony Vocal
• Catherine Russell: Background Vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	37
U.S. Billboard 200	160