If We Ever Make It Home is Wade Bowen

Wade Bowen

Wade Bowen is an American Texas Country/Red Dirt singer from Waco, Texas.Bowen was a member of the band, West 84, with friend Matt Miller, before the band was re-aligned 2001. He released his first album in 2002, Try Not To Listen, which became a regional hit in Texas. He released his first live...

's third studio album. It was released in the fall of 2008. The album captures the emotion Bowen's wife's battle with post-partum depression. The song "Daddy and the Devil" features the vocals of singer/songwriter Chris Knight.

Chris Knight (musician)

Chris Knight is a singer and songwriter from Kentucky. He only recently came to national attention, but has written songs for Confederate Railroad, John Anderson, and Randy Travis among others...

 The album's second single, "Trouble," is the second of Bowen's songs to have a music video, which was directed by Evan Kaufmann.

Track listing

1. "You Had Me At My Best" (Wade Bowen, Jedd Hughes
   Jedd Hughes
   Jedd Hughes is a country musician born in Australia. Hughes grew up in Quorn, where he grew up listening to his father's country records. He won a local country music contest at the age of eight and began playing guitar from age nine, taking lessons from his father...
   
   ) – 4:17
2. "If We Ever Make It Home" (Bowen, Jim Beavers) – 4:08
3. "Turn On The Lights" (Bowen, Stephony Smith) – 3:51
4. "Ghost In This Town" (Bowen, Michael Cox) – 3:56
5. "Why Makes Perfect Sense" (Bowen, Randy Rogers) – 5:15
6. "Trouble" (Bowen, Clint Ingersoll) – 4:01
7. "Nobody's Fool" (Bowen, Rogers) – 3:36
8. "Into The Arms Of You" (Sean McConnell) – 4:18
9. "From Bad To Good" (Bowen, Radney Foster
   Radney Foster
   Radney Foster is an American Texas Country artist. Initially a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Foster made his debut in 1986 alongside Bill Lloyd in the duo Foster & Lloyd...
   
   ) – 4:01
10. "Missing You" (Matt Powell) – 3:38
11. "Daddy And The Devil" (ft. Chris Knight
    Chris Knight (musician)
    Chris Knight is a singer and songwriter from Kentucky. He only recently came to national attention, but has written songs for Confederate Railroad, John Anderson, and Randy Travis among others...
    
    ) (Chuck Cannon
    Chuck Cannon
    Charles Marion "Chuck" Cannon, Jr. is an American country music songwriter. His compositions include hit singles for Toby Keith and John Michael Montgomery. Cannon has also received awards for Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as an Academy of Country Music award for Song of the Year...
    
    , Chuck Jones, Tom Bukovac) – 3:44
12. "Somewhere Beautiful" (McConnell) – 5:04

Personnel

• Drums - Shawn Fitcher
• Bass - David Santos
• Electric Guitars - David Grissom, Jedd Hughes, Tom Bukovac, Kenny Greenberg, Greg V
• Acoustic Guitar - Ilya Toshinsky, Jedd Hughes, Tom Bukovac, Greg V
• Steel Guitar and Lap Steel - Dan Dugmore
• Mandolin - Aubrey Haney
• Percussion - Eric Darken
• Keyboards - Charlie Judge, Tim Lauer, J.R. Rodriguez
• Piano, Accordion, and B3 Organ - Charlie Judge, Tim Lauer
• Pump Organ - Tim Lauer
• Backing Vocals - Jedd Hughes, Emily Francis, Sonya Isaacs, Ashley Monroe, Melodie Crittenden, Wes Hightower, Russell Terrell, J.R. Rodriguez

Chart performance

Chart (2008)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	29
U.S. Billboard 200	176
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	2