Inspirational Journey

Studio album by Randy Travis

Released

October 31, 2000

Genre

Country

Label

Word/Warner Bros. Nashville/Curb

Producer

Kyle Lehning

Randy Travis chronology

A Man Ain't Made of Stone
(1999)

Inspirational Journey
(2000)

Live: It Was Just a Matter of Time
(2001)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	(favorable) link
Allmusic	link
Country Weekly	(average) link
The Daily Vault	B link
Entertainment Weekly	C+ link
People	(favorable) link
PopMatters	(average) link
Robert Christgau	link

Inspirational Journey was released on 31 October in the year 2000,^[1]^[2] and is the twelfth studio album from American country music artist Randy Travis. His first album of gospel music, it also marked his return to Warner Bros. Records (by way of Word Records). The album was originally cut during Travis's tenure on Warner Bros. in the late 1990s but was not released until 2000.

"Baptism" as duet with Kenny Chesney, was included on Chesney's 1999 album Everywhere We Go, but is featured on Inspirational Journey as a solo by Travis. The song charted at #75 on the Billboard country charts although Chesney was not credited. "Doctor Jesus" was originally recorded by Ken Mellons on his 1995 album Where Forever Begins. Waylon Jennings and his wife Jessi Colter are featured on "The Carpenter."

Track listing

"Shallow Water" (Tom Kimmel) – 3:43
"Baptism" (Mickey Cates) – 4:11
"Which Way Will You Choose?" (Ron Block) – 2:41
"Doctor Jesus" (Tony Stampley, Justin Bolen) – 3:02
"Drive Another Nail" (Marty Raybon, Michael A. Curtis) – 3:29
"See Myself in You" (Tom Kimmel, Tom Prasada-Rao) – 3:54
"Feet on the Rock" (Troy Seals, Buck Moore) – 3:10
"Don't Ever Sell Your Saddle" (Kim Tribble, Bobby Whiteside) – 3:40
"The Carpenter" (Randy Travis, Ron Avis, Chip Taylor) – 3:17
- featuring Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter
"Walk with Me" (Travis, Les Bohan) – 2:58
"I Am Going" (Travis, Buck Moore) – 3:48
"Amazing Grace" (John Newton) – 3:25

Personnel

Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
Kevin Carroll - background vocals
Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
Jessi Colter - vocals on "The Carpenter"
Jim Cox - keyboards
Jerry Douglas - dobro
Thom Flora - background vocals
Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
Doyle Grisham - steel guitar
Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
David Hungate - bass guitar
Waylon Jennings - vocals on "The Carpenter"
Jason Lehning - omnichord
Paul Liem - drums
Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar
Terry McMillan - harmonica, percussion
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Steve Nathan - piano
Shirley Settles - background vocals
Lisa Silver - background vocals
Hank Singer - fiddle, mandolin
Marty Stuart - mandolin
Fred Tackett - acoustic guitar
Randy Travis - lead vocals
Robby Turner - steel guitar
Cindy Richardson-Walker - background vocals
Billy Joe Walker Jr. - electric guitar
Glenn Worf - bass guitar

Chart performance

Chart (2000)	Peak position
US Billboard Top Country Albums	34 ^[3]

References

↑ "Inspirational Journey by Randy Travis". Country Weekley. 30 October 2000. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
↑ "Inspirational Journey". Allmusic. 2000. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
↑ "Randy Travis". Billboard. 2000. Retrieved 19 September 2014.

Randy Travis

Albums Singles

Studio albums	Randy Traywick Storms of Life Always & Forever Old 8×10 No Holdin' Back Heroes & Friends High Lonesome Wind in the Wire This Is Me Full Circle You and You Alone A Man Ain't Made of Stone Inspirational Journey Rise and Shine Worship & Faith Passing Through Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise Around the Bend Anniversary Celebration Influence Vol. 1: The Man I Am Influence Vol. 2: The Man I Am

Compilation albums	Greatest Hits, Volume 1 Greatest Hits, Volume 2 Forever & Ever... The Best of Randy Travis Greatest #1 Hits Super Hits, Volume 1 Trail of Memories: The Randy Travis Anthology The Essential Randy Travis The Very Best of Randy Travis The Platinum Collection I Told You So: The Ultimate Hits of Randy Travis Three Wooden Crosses: The Inspirational Hits of Randy Travis I'll Fly Away Top 10 Randy Travis Forever Country: 15 Original Hits Hymns: 17 Timeless Songs of Faith On the Other Hand: All the Number Ones

Holiday albums	An Old Time Christmas Songs of the Season

Live albums	Randy Ray: Live at the Nashville Palace Live: It Was Just a Matter of Time

Notable singles	"1982" "On the Other Hand" "Diggin' Up Bones" "No Place Like Home" "Forever and Ever, Amen" "I Won't Need You Anymore (Always and Forever)" "Too Gone Too Long" "I Told You So" "Honky Tonk Moon" "Deeper Than the Holler" "Is It Still Over?" "Promises" "It's Just a Matter of Time" "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" "He Walked on Water" "A Few Ole Country Boys" (with George Jones) "Heroes and Friends" "Point of Light" "Forever Together" "Better Class of Losers" "I'd Surrender All" "If I Didn't Have You" "Look Heart, No Hands" "An Old Pair of Shoes" "Cowboy Boogie" "Before You Kill Us All" "Whisper My Name" "This Is Me" "The Box" "Are We in Trouble Now" "Would I" "Out of My Bones" "The Hole" "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" "Stranger in My Mirror" "A Man Ain't Made of Stone" "Baptism" "Three Wooden Crosses"

Related articles	Warner Bros. Records DreamWorks Records "She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)"

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