The Right Place Explained
The Right Place is the third studio album by American country music artist Bryan White. It was released in 1997 (see 1997 in country music) on Asylum Records. The album produced four chart singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. In order of release, these were "Love Is the Right Place", "One Small Miracle", "Bad Day to Let You Go", and "Tree of Hearts", which respectively reached numbers 4, 16, 30, and 45. "Bad Day to Let You Go" also overlapped with White's guest appearance on Shania Twain's 1998 single "From This Moment On".
Personnel
- Bryan White – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 2, 3, 5, 10), acoustic guitar (3), drums (10), suspended cymbal (10)
- Dennis Burnside – electric piano (1)
- Steve Nathan – Wurlitzer electric piano (1), Hammond B3 organ (1, 2, 3, 5, 9), keyboards (2, 7, 8), acoustic piano (4, 6, 10), clavinet (9)
- Larry Byrom – electric guitar (1, 5), gut-string guitar (2), acoustic guitar (4, 6-10)
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar (1)
- Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 6, 7), gut-string guitar (4)
- Derek George – acoustic guitar (3, 9), electric guitar (3, 10), echoplex (3), backing vocals (3, 9, 10)
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Sonny Garrish – pedabro (7)
- Brent Mason – 6-string bass (1), electric bass solo (1), electric guitar (2, 4-10)
- Michael Rhodes – bass (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10)
- Glenn Worf – bass (3, 5, 7, 9)
- Lonnie Wilson – drums (1, 3, 7, 9)
- Paul Leim – drums (2, 4, 6)
- Eddie Bayers – drums (5, 8)
- Tom Roady – percussion (2, 3, 10)
- Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (6, 7), mandolin (7)
- Bekka Bramlett – backing vocals (1)
- Mac McAnally – backing vocals (2)
- Dennis Wilson – backing vocals (2, 4, 5, 7, 8)
- Curtis Young – backing vocals (4, 8)
- Neil Thrasher – backing vocals (5)
- Liana Manis – backing vocals (6)
- Steve Wariner – backing vocals (6)
- Harry Stinson – backing vocals (7)
Production
- Kyle Lehning – producer, mixing
- Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – producer
- Derek Bason – assistant engineer
- Kevin Bemish – recording engineer
- Brian Hardin – assistant engineer
- Steve Tillisch – recording engineer
- Amy Hughes Frigo – assistant engineer
- Jason Lehning – overdub engineer, mix assistant
- Marty McClantoc – overdub engineer
- Koji Egawa – assistant overdub engineer
- Chris Mara – assistant overdub engineer
- Sally Jenkins – mix assistant
- Glenn Spinner – mix assistant
- Doug Sax – mastering
- Marla Burns – production coordinator
- Virginia Team – art direction
- Chris Ferrara – design
- Matthew Barnes – photography
- Ron Davis – photography
- Marty Gamblin – management
- Stan Schneider – management
Studios
- Overdubs recorded at Woodland Studios; The Compound Studio, Schnee Studios and The Recording Club (Los Angeles, California).
- Mixed at The Compound Studio (Los Angeles, California); Woodland Studios and Ocean Way Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee).
- Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).
Charts
Year-end charts
References
- Citations
Bibliography
- Allmusic (see infobox)
- The Right Place . Bryan White . 1997 . CD liner notes . Asylum Records . 62047.
Notes and References
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997. Billboard. February 11, 2021.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998. Billboard. May 12, 2021.
