Walking Away a Winner explained

Walking Away a Winner is the eighth studio album released by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in May 1994 (see 1994 in country music), eight months after her Christmas album Good News. Walking Away a Winner was the final album of her career to be certified gold by the RIAA. Its title track, which peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in early 1994, was also her final Top Ten country hit. Following this single were "Nobody's Gonna Rain on Our Parade" at #13, "Maybe She's Human" at #34 and "Clown in Your Rodeo" at #20.

Track listing

1. "Walking Away a Winner" (Bob DiPiero, Tom Shapiro) – 3:28
2. "The Streets of Your Town" (Andrew Gold, Jenny Yates) – 3:51
3. "Maybe She's Human" (Kent Robbins, Layng Martine Jr.) – 3:07
4. "Clown in Your Rodeo" (Wayne Kirkpatrick) – 3:31
5. "Who Turned Out the Light" (Lisa Angelle, Gold) – 3:34
6. "Nobody's Gonna Rain on Our Parade" (Will Rambeaux, Brad Parker) – 3:37
7. "Another Man" (Chris Waters, Chuck Jones) – 3:12
8. "The Cape" (Jim Janosky, Guy Clark, Susanna Clark) – 2:36
9. "Grand Canyon" (Kirkpatrick) – 4:19
10. "Who's Gonna Know" (Jon Vezner) – 3:21

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[1]

• Lisa Angelle – background vocals
• Karla Bonoff – background vocals
• Sam Bush – fiddle
• Bill Cuomo – piano, keyboards
• Jerry Douglas – Dobro
• Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
• Kenny Edwards – background vocals
• Andrew Gold – background vocals
• John Hammond – drums, percussion
• Dann Huff – electric guitar
• Mary Ann Kennedy – background vocals
• Hal Ketchum – background vocals
• Wayne Kirkpatrick – background vocals, acoustic guitar
• Josh Leo – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Carl Marsh – keyboards
• Kathy Mattea – lead vocals
• Duncan Mullins – bass guitar
• Tom Roady – percussion
• Pam Rose – background vocals
• Timothy B. Schmit – background vocals
• Bobby G. Taylor – oboe
• Wendy Waldman – background vocals
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle

Chart performance

Notes and References

1. Walking Away a Winner . Kathy Mattea . 1994 . cassette liner notes . Mercury Records . 518852.