The Road to Here
The Road to Here is the second studio album by American country music group Little Big Town. The album was released on October 4, 2005, by Equity Records and has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album was nominated for Best Country Album and "Boondocks" was nominated for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards.
Content
Singles released from the album include "Boondocks", "Bring It On Home", "Good as Gone", and "A Little More You", all of which charted in the Top 20 on the Hot Country Songs charts. "Bring It On Home" was the highest, at number 4, and "Boondocks" reached number 9 in addition to achieving a gold certification as a single. Besides these songs, an acoustic rendition of "Stay", a song from the group's self-titled debut, is included. According to the liner notes, Kimberly Roads was inspired to write "Lost" after her husband died.Personnel
As listed in liner notes.Little Big Town
- Karen Fairchild – vocals
- Kimberly Roads – vocals
- Philip Sweet – vocals
- Jimi Westbrook – vocals
Additional musicians
- Ron Block – banjo, acoustic guitar
- Mark Childers – bass guitar
- Jerry Douglas – Dobro
- Dan Dugmore – Dobro, steel guitar
- Gordon Kennedy – electric guitar
- Wayne Kirkpatrick – acoustic guitar, National guitar, octave mandolin, dulcimer, piano, banjitar, mando-guitar, "pencil guitar", Hammond B4 Organ, programming, mandolin
- Chris McHugh – drums
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Adam Steffey – mandolin
- Jackie Street – bass guitar
- Jonathan Yudkin – mandolin, fiddle, Celtic harp
Technical
- Kristin Barlowe – photography
- "JB" – engineering, mixing
- Wayne Kirkpatrick – producer
- Little Big Town – producer
- Glenn Spinner – engineering
- Aaron Swehart – engineering
- David Zaffiro – mixing
Chart performance
Year-end charts
| Chart | Position |
| US Billboard 200 | 167 |
| US Top Country Albums | 33 |