For the Ride Home

For the Ride Home is the debut album of singer Josh Kelley. It was re-released in 2004 with different artwork and a bonus disc. The album peaked at #159 on the Billboard 200 album chart and #5 on the Top Heatseekers Chart.

Track listing

For the Short Ride Home

For the Short Ride Home is a digital-only release that includes the four songs from the second disc of the re-release. It was first made available on October 19, 2004.

Singles

Personnel

• Josh Kelley – vocals, acoustic guitars, handclaps (1, 3, 7), electric guitars (7), dobro (9), drum programming (11), Rhodes electric piano (13), Wurlitzer electric piano (13)
• Dave Yaden – Wurlitzer electric piano (1, 11), Hammond organ (1–3, 5, 6, 10, 11), acoustic piano (4, 8, 12), synthesizers (7), clavinet (11)
• John Alagía – Korg MS2000 (1, 6, 8, 13), electric guitars (1–3, 7, 8), shaker (1–3, 8), tambourine (1–3, 6, 8, 10), orchestrations (1–8, 10–13), backing vocals (2, 4, 12), keyboards (4), string arrangements (4), toy piano (6), accordion (8), jingle bells (11), synthesizers (12), samples (12), EBow (12), vibraphone (12)
• Michael Andrews – banjo, lap steel guitar (10), ukulele (10)
• Ben Peeler – lap steel guitar (5, 6, 8, 11), electric guitars (6, 11–13), banjo (6, 10), synthesizers (8), accordion (8)
• Mark Bryant – mandolin
• Tom Freund – bass (1–4, 6–8, 10–13)
• Matt Johnson – drums (1–4, 6–8, 10–13)

Bonus disc

• Josh Kelley – vocals, acoustic guitars, cabasa (2)
• Dave Yaden – acoustic piano (1, 2), Hammond organ (1, 2)
• Seth Stuart – acoustic piano (3)
• John Alagía – additional guitars (1, 2)
• Ben Peeler – lap steel guitar (1)
• Tom Freund – bass (1, 2, 4)
• Matt Johnson – drums (1, 2)

Production

• Eric Clinger – A&R
• John Alagía – producer (1–8, 10–13), mixing (1–8, 10–13)
• Josh Kelley – producer (9), engineer (9), mixing (9)
• Jeff Juliano – engineer (1–8, 10–13), mixing (1–8, 10–13)
• Eddie Miller – additional engineer (10)
• Peter Harding – assistant engineer, additional Pro Tools
• Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Marcussen Mastering (Hollywood, California)
• OK Management Company – management

Bonus disc

• John Alagía – producer (1, 2), mixing (1, 2)
• Mark Jackson – producer (3), engineer (3), mixing (3)
• Michael Baiardi – co-producer (3)
• Josh Kelley – producer (4), engineer (4), mixing (4)
• Jeff Juliano – engineer (1, 2), mixing (1, 2)

Charts

References