One More Day is the sixth studio album produced by American country 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...

. The album was released in 2001. Although its lead-off single "Stuff" peaked at #36 on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

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 charts, the title track became popular on radio after the death of Dale Earnhardt, Sr., and eventually went on to become a Number One country hit. Also released from this album were "Sweet Summer" and "That's Just That". "I'm Trying" was previously recorded by Kevin Sharp on his 1998 album Love Is

Love Is (Kevin Sharp album)

Love Is is the title of the second album released by American country music artist Kevin Sharp. The two singles released from the album, "Love Is All That Really Matters" and "If She Only Knew", both failed to reach the top 40 in the charts while the album itself reached #36 on the Billboard Top...

, and later by Martina McBride

Martina McBride

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 on her 2009 album Shine

Shine (Martina McBride album)

Shine is the tenth studio album from American country music singer Martina McBride. It was released on March 24, 2009 through RCA Records Nashville. The album spun three Top 20 hits on the Billboard country chart: "Ride" and "Wrong Baby Wrong" both reached #11, and "I Just Call You Mine" peaked at...

.

Recording

One More Day was recorded in 18 months. The band discussed their take of the album on Arista's website in 2000. "We feel like we've got the best group of songs that we've ever had on record," says Dana Williams. "Every time we do a record, we feel that way - if you don't, then there's something wrong." The group made a conscious effort to conquer new musical territory with this project. "Part of what we set out to do on this record was to do something that we hadn't done before, and try to approach things in a different manner," says Gene Johnson. "Dana and I approached the harmony vocals differently. In fact, we did a lot of harmony vocals on this album; there's not a whole lot of Marty by himself." Gene continues, "We have unique instrumentation, and we're all distinctive players. So one of the things we didn't want to do was get too much light material. We wanted it to be pretty serious." The album's intended title was to be "Stuff" after the lead-off single's title. The commercial failure of that single caused the title and original tracklisting of the album to be changed.

Track listing

1. "That's Just That" (Tim Owens, Kelly Garrett) – 2:32
2. "One More Day
   One More Day (Diamond Rio song)
   "One More Day" is a song written by Bobby Tomberlin and Steven Dale Jones, and recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was released in October 2000 as the second single from their 2001 album, also titled One More Day, in addition to gaining popularity after the death of NASCAR...
   
   " (Bobby Tomberlin, Steven Dale Jones) – 3:35
3. "Sweet Summer
   Sweet Summer
   "Sweet Summer" is the title of a song written by Neil Thrasher and Michael Dulaney and recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio. It was released in May 2001 as the third single from their 2001 album, One More Day. It peaked at #18 in the United States and it also peaked at #4 on the U.S...
   
   " (Neil Thrasher
   Neil Thrasher
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   , Michael Dulaney) – 4:29
4. "I'm Already Gone" (Phil Vassar
   Phil Vassar
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   , Annie Roboff) - 3:28
5. "I Could Do It with My Eyes Closed" (Thrasher, Trey Bruce
   Trey Bruce
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   ) - 2:55
6. "'Til the Heartache's Gone" (Jeffrey Steele
   Jeffrey Steele
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   , Al Anderson
   Al Anderson (NRBQ)
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   , John Hobbs) - 2:57
7. "Here I Go Fallin'" (Steele, Chris Farren) - 3:30
8. "I Think I Love You" (Steve Bogard, Marv Green) - 3:20
9. "Hearts Against the Wind" (J. D. Souther
   J. D. Souther
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   ) - 4:58
10. "You Make Me Feel" (Skip Ewing
    Skip Ewing
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    , 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...
    
    ) - 3:51
11. "The Love of a Woman" (Mark Alan Springer, A. J. Masters, Thomas Cain) - 3:59
12. "I'm Trying" (Darrell Scott
    Darrell Scott
    James Darrell Scott known as Darrell Scott , the son of musician Wayne Scott with whom he has collaborated, is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He moved as a child to East Gary, Indiana. He was playing professionally by his teens in Southern California, later living in...
    
    , Tia Sillers) - 4:10
    • feat. Chely Wright
      Chely Wright
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13. "Stuff" (Owens, Garrett) - 3:06

Personnel

• Gene Johnson – mandolin
  Mandolin
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  , background vocals
• Jimmy Olander – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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  , electric guitar
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• Brian Prout – drums
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• Marty Roe – acoustic guitar
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  , lead vocals
• Dan Truman – keyboards
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• Dana Williams – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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  , background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (2001)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	36