A Thousand Miles Left Behind
A Thousand Miles Left Behind is the second studio album by American country music band Gloriana. It was released on July 31, 2012 via Emblem Music Group/Warner Bros. Records.
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It is their first album since the departure of band member Cheyenne Kimball in 2011. According to group member Tom Gossin, the album was completed before Kimball's departure, but the songs were then re-recorded without her. A song that Kimball wrote was also removed from the track list.The trio had a hand in writing all of the album's eleven tracks. Three singles have been released from the project, including the group's first top five song, "(Kissed You) Good Night."
Commercial performance
A Thousand Miles Left Behind debuted at No. 2 on Country Albums, and No. 11 on Billboard 200, selling 23,000 copies in its first week. It has sold 118,000 copies in the US as of May 2015.Personnel
Gloriana
- Mike Gossin- electric guitar, vocals
- Tom Gossin- acoustic guitar, programming, vocals
- Rachel Reinert- vocals
Additional musicians
- Alex Arias- choir
- Pat Bergeson- harmonica
- Tom Bukovac- dobro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Eric Darken- percussion
- Dan Dugmore- dobro, pedal steel guitar
- Shannon Forrest- drums
- Aubrey Haynie- fiddle, mandolin
- Ryan Kern- choir
- Mike Leisz- choir
- Jerry McPherson- electric guitar
- Tim Pierce- acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Matt Serletic- Fender Rhodes, Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards, percussion, piano, programming, Wurlitzer
- Jimmie Lee Sloas- bass guitar
- Ilya Toshinsky- banjo, dulcimer, acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Doug Trantow- choir