Monongahela (album)

Monongahela
Studio album by The Oak Ridge Boys
Released	August 10, 1988 (1988-08-10)
Genre	Country
Length	35:49
Label	MCA
Producer	Jimmy Bowen
The Oak Ridge Boys chronology
Heartbeat (1987) Monongahela (1988) Greatest Hits 3 (1989)
Singles from Monongahela
"Gonna Take a Lot of River" Released: July 1988 "Bridges and Walls" Released: December 3, 1988 "Beyond Those Years" Released: April 1, 1989

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Monongahela is the 14th country studio album by American country music group The Oak Ridge Boys, released in 1988 via MCA Records. The album peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[2]

The album includes three singles that charted on Hot Country Songs: "Gonna Take a Lot of River", which reached number 1, followed by "Bridges and Walls" at number 10 and "Beyond Those Years" at number 7.[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gonna Take a Lot of River"	Mark Henley, John Kurhajetz	3:00
2.	"I Can Count on You"	Roger Murrah, Randy VanWarmer	3:36
3.	"Never Together (But Close Sometimes)"	Rodney Crowell	2:20
4.	"No Way Out"	Steve Bogard, Rick Giles	3:16
5.	"Beyond Those Years"	Troy Seals, Eddie Setser	4:37
6.	"Private Lives"	Seals, Mentor Williams	3:16
7.	"Too Many Heartaches"	Jerry G. Hludzik, Mark Wanko	2:57
8.	"Bridges and Walls"	Murrah, VanWarmer	3:52
9.	"When Karen Comes Around"	Dewayne Blackwell, Bobby Fischer, Earl Bud Lee, Robert Ellis Orrall	4:20
10.	"Taking One Heartbeat (At a Time)"	Walker Igleheart	4:35

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[4]

The Oak Ridge Boys

• Duane Allen — lead vocals
• Joe Bonsall — tenor vocals
• Steve Sanders — baritone vocals
• Richard Sterban — bass vocals

Musicians

• Dewey Dorough — saxophone
• Bessyl Duhon — accordion
• John Barlow Jarvis — piano, synthesizer
• Wade Benson Landry — fiddle
• Mike Lawler — synthesizer
• Rick Marotta — drums
• Leland Sklar — bass guitar
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Reggie Young — electric guitar

Chart performance

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

References

1. Roland, Tom. "Monongahela review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
2. "Monongahela Charts". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 March 2011.
3. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 303. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
4. Monongahela (CD booklet). The Oak Ridge Boys. MCA Records. 1988. 42205.