If We Ever Make It Home
If We Ever Make It Home is Wade Bowen'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. 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
- "You Had Me At My Best" – 4:17
- "If We Ever Make It Home" – 4:08
- "Turn On The Lights" – 3:51
- "Ghost In This Town" – 3:56
- "Why Makes Perfect Sense" – 5:15
- "Trouble" – 4:01
- "Nobody's Fool" – 3:36
- "Into The Arms Of You" – 4:18
- "From Bad To Good" – 4:01
- "Missing You" – 3:38
- "Daddy And The Devil" – 3:44
- "Somewhere Beautiful" – 5:04
Personnel
- Drums – Shawn Fitcher
- Bass guitar – David Santos
- Electric guitar – David Grissom, Jedd Hughes, Tom Bukovac, Kenny Greenberg, Greg V.
- Acoustic guitar – Ilya Toshinsky, Jedd Hughes, Tom Bukovac, Greg V.
- Steel guitar, lap steel guitar – Dan Dugmore
- Mandolin – Aubrey Haynie
- Percussion – Eric Darken
- Keyboards – Charlie Judge, Tim Lauer, J.R. Rodriguez
- Piano, accordion, B3 organ – Charlie Judge
- Pump organ – Tim Lauer
- Lead vocals – Wade Bowen
- Background vocals – Jedd Hughes, Emily Francis, Sonya Isaacs, Ashley Monroe, Melodie Crittenden, Wes Hightower, Russell Terrell, J.R. Rodriguez
- Guest vocals – Chris Knight on "Daddy and the Devil"