The Way I Should

Infobox Album |
Name = The Way I Should
Type = Album
Artist = Iris DeMent


Released = Oct 8, 1996
Recorded =
Genre = Folk, Country
Length = 50:07
Label = Warner
Producer = Randy Scruggs
Reviews = Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fxfuxqlhldse Review]
Last album = "My Life"
(1993)
This album = "The Way I Should"
(1996)
Next album = "Lifeline"
(2004)

"The Way I Should" is the third album released by singer-songwriter Iris DeMent. It peaked at number 22 on the "Billboard" Heatseekers chart.

Guests include guitarist Mark Knopfler and Delbert McClinton, who duets with DeMent on "Trouble".

Track listing

All songs by Iris DeMent except as indicated.

#"When My Mornin' Comes Around" – 3:49
#"There's a Wall in Washington" – 5:19
#"Wasteland of the Free" – 5:13
#"I'll Take My Sorrow Straight" (Dement, McCall) – 3:24
#"This Kind of Happy" (Dement, Haggard) – 3:43
#"The Way I Should" – 4:24
#"Letter to Mom" – 3:15
#"Keep Me God" – 3:46
#"Quality Time" – 4:03
#"Walkin' Home" – 5:39
#"Trouble" (Dement, McCall) – 7:32

Personnel

*Iris DeMent – vocals, guitar, piano
*Mark Knopfler – guitar
*Chuck Leavell – organ, piano, accordion
*Lonnie Mack - guitar
*Brent Mason - guitar
*Paul Franklin – steel guitar
*John Jennings – guitar, EBow, 6-string bass
*Bekka Bramlett – background vocals
*Billy Burnette – background vocals
*Melodie Crittenden – background vocals
*Delbert McClinton – harmonica, vocals
*Dave Pomeroy – bass
*Tom Roady – tambourine
*Tammy Rogers – fiddle, mandolin, violin, cello, viola
*Harry Stinson – drums
*Russ Taff – background vocals
*Earl Scruggs – banjo
*Randy Scruggs – guitar
*Stuart Smith – guitar, slide guitar

Production notes

*Produced by Randy Scruggs
*Engineered and mixed by Chuck Ainlay
*Mastered by Denny Purcell
*Assistant Engineers – Chris Rua and Graham Lewis
*Photography by Debbie Spinelli and Rocky Schenck
*Art direction and design by Stephen Walker and Terry Robertson