Diamonds & Dirt
| Diamonds & Dirt | ||||
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| Released | March 30, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Studio | Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 34:54 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Producer | Rodney Crowell Tony Brown | |||
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Diamonds & Dirt is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell, released in 1988. His fifth studio album, it was his second release for Columbia Records. The album was his most successful, achieving RIAA gold certification. 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, they 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 Leavin", "After All This Time", and a cover of Buck Owens' "Above and Beyond (The Call of Love)".
The album was reissued by Columbia Legacy, with three bonus tracks.