Extra Mile is the third studio album by the American 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 Shenandoah

Shenandoah (band)

Shenandoah is an American country music group founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama in 1984 by Marty Raybon , Ralph Ezell , Stan Thorn , Jim Seales , and Mike McGuire...

. It was released May 2, 1990 (see 1990 in country music

1990 in country music

This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1990.-Events:* January 20 — Billboard magazine begins basing the Hot Country Singles chart entirely on radio airplay through Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems , which uses a computerized system to detect actual radio spins....

) on Columbia Records

Columbia Records

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. Their final album for the label, it produced five chart singles on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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country charts. In order of release, these were "Next to You, Next to Me", "Ghost in This House", "I Got You", "The Moon Over Georgia" and "When You Were Mine". "Next to You, Next to Me" was the band's fourth Number One, and all the others except "When You Were Mine" were Top Ten hits. Extra Mile is certified gold by the RIAA.

Track listing

1. "Next to You, Next to Me
   Next to You, Next to Me
   "Next to You, Next to Me" is the title of a song written by Robert Ellis Orrall and Curtis Wright, and recorded by country music group Shenandoah. It was released in June 1990 as the lead-off single to their 1990 album Extra Mile...
   
   " (Robert Ellis Orrall
   Robert Ellis Orrall
   Robert Ellis Orrall is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Signed to RCA Records in 1980, Orrall debuted that year with the album "Fixation". His first Top 40 single was "I Couldn't Say No", a duet with Carlene Carter...
   
   , Curtis Wright
   Curtis Wright
   Curtis Blaine Wright is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1989 with the single "She's Got a Man on her Mind" on a branch of MCA Records, before recording a solo album in 1992 on Liberty Records...
   
   ) – 3:38
2. "Ghost in This House
   Ghost in This House
   "Ghost in This House" is the title of a song written by Hugh Prestwood and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in September 1990 as the second single from their album Extra Mile...
   
   " (Hugh Prestwood
   Hugh Prestwood
   Hugh Prestwood is an American songwriter whose work is primarily in country music. His first hit as a songwriter was "Hard Time for Lovers", which was recorded in 1978 by Judy Collins. Prestwood also wrote "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart", a Number One for Randy Travis in 1990, and a song for...
   
   ) – 3:36
3. "She Makes the Coming Home (Worth the Being Gone)" (Rory Michael Bourke
   Rory Michael Bourke
   Rory Michael Bourke is a country music songwriter born July 14, 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio.Bourke moved to Nashville in 1964 and worked for a period in the promotional department of Mercury Records....
   
   , Mike Reid) – 3:29
4. "She's a Natural" (Lionel Cartwright
   Lionel Cartwright
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   ) – 3:28
5. "I Got You
   I Got You (Shenandoah song)
   "I Got You" is the title of a song recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in January 1991 as the third single from their album Extra Mile. The song reached #7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in March 1991. It also peaked at #4 on the Canadian RPM...
   
   " (Robert Byrne, Teddy Gentry, Greg Fowler) – 3:45
6. "Puttin' New Roots Down" (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...
   
   , Larry Shell) – 3:00
7. "When You Were Mine" (Byrne, Gene Nelson) – 3:03
8. "Goin' Down with My Pride" (Byrne, Susan Longacre) – 3:34
9. "The Moon Over Georgia
   The Moon Over Georgia
   "The Moon Over Georgia" is the title of a song written by Mark Narmore and recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in April 1991 as the fourth single from their album Extra Mile. The song reached #9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 1991.-Chart...
   
   " (Mark Narmore) – 3:13
10. "Daddy's Little Man" (Billy Maddox, Mike McGuire) – 3:45

Shenandoah

• Ralph Ezell - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Mike McGuire - drums
  Drum kit
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• Marty Raybon
  Marty Raybon
  Marty Raybon Marty Raybon Marty Raybon (born December 8, 1959 is an Award Winning American country music artist. He is known primarily for his role as the lead singer of the band Shenandoah, a role which he held from 1985 to 1996. He recorded his first solo album, Marty Raybon, in 1995 on Sparrow...
  
   - lead vocals
• Jim Seales - lead guitar
  Lead guitar
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• Stan Thorn - keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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Other musicians

• Mickey Buckins
• Robert Byrne
• Bill Darnell
• Paul Franklin
  Paul Franklin (musician)
  Paul Franklin is an American multi-instrumentalist, known mainly for his work as a steel guitarist. He began his career in the 1970s as a member of Barbara Mandrell's road band; in addition he toured with Mel Tillis and Jerry Reed. He has since become a prolific session musician in Nashville,...
  
   - steel guitar
  Steel guitar
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• Owen Hale - drums
• Rick Hall
• Carl Jackson
• Lenny LeBlanc
• Mac McAnally
  Mac McAnally
  Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...
  
   - acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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• Steve Nathan - keyboards
• Mark O'Connor
  Mark O'Connor
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   - fiddle
  Fiddle
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• John Willis

Chart performance

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	11
U.S. Billboard 200	186