Diamonds & Dirt

For the Brian Robertson album, see Diamonds and Dirt.

Diamonds & Dirt
Studio album by Rodney Crowell
Released	March 30, 1988
Genre	Country
Length	34:54
Label	Columbia
Producer	Rodney Crowell Tony Brown
Rodney Crowell chronology
Street Language (1986) Diamonds & Dirt (1988) The Rodney Crowell Collection (1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Diamonds & Dirt is the title of an album released in 1988 by American singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell (see 1988 in country music). His fifth studio album, it was also his second release for the Columbia Records label. The album was also his most successful, achieving RIAA gold certification. In addition, all five of its singles reached Number One on the Billboard country charts, setting a record for the most Number One hits from a country album. In order of release, these were "It's Such a Small World" (a duet with then-wife Rosanne Cash), "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried", "She's Crazy for Leaving", "After All This Time", and a cover of Buck Owens' "Above and Beyond (The Call of Love)".

This was Crowell's first album recorded entirely in Nashville and the first aimed squarely at a country audience^[2].

The album was later re-issued by Columbia Legacy with three bonus tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Rodney Crowell except where noted.

1. "Crazy Baby" (Rodney Crowell, Will Jennings) – 3:06
2. "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" – 3:18
3. "She's Crazy for Leavin'" (Crowell, Guy Clark) – 3:16
4. "After All This Time" – 4:28
5. "I Know You're Married" – 3:31
6. "Above and Beyond" (Harlan Howard) – 2:28
7. "It's Such a Small World" – 3:21
   • duet with Rosanne Cash
8. "I Didn't Know I Could Lose You" – 3:21
9. "Brand New Rag" (Crowell, Jennings) – 3:07
10. "The Last Waltz" (Crowell, Jennings) – 5:21
11. "I've Got My Pride but I Got to Feed the Kids" – 2:28^A
12. "It's Lonely Out" – 3:40^A
13. "Lies Don't Lie" – 3:04^A

^AOnly included on Legacy re-issue.

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Barry Beckett – piano, organ
• Rosanne Cash – background vocals
• Rodney Crowell – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Glen Duncan – fiddle
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Vince Gill – background vocals
• Russell Kunkel – drums
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle, mandolin
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Vince Santoro – background vocals
• Preston Smith – harmonica, background vocals
• Steuart Smith – lead guitar

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	8
Canadian RPM Country Albums	9

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Anon. "Country concert series opens soon." Aiken (SC) Standard 2 Apr 1989: 11

• Allmusic (see infobox)
• (1988) Album notes for Diamonds & Dirt by Rodney Crowell [cassette liner notes]. Columbia Records (44076).