Tracklist Hide Credits

1	On The Western Skyline	4:42
2	Every Little Kiss	5:47
3	Mandolin Rain	5:18
4	The Long Race Engineer – Jim GainesProducer – Huey Lewis	4:22
5	The Way It Is	4:56
6	Down The Road Tonight Engineer – Jim GainesProducer, Harmonica, Vocals – Huey Lewis	4:25
7	The Wild Frontier	4:02
8	The River Runs Low Engineer – Jim GainesProducer – Huey Lewis	4:26
9	The Red Plains	5:00

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – RVC Corporation
• Produced For – Trackman, Inc.
• Recorded At – Rumbo Recorders
• Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
• Recorded At – Studio D
• Recorded At – Kingsound Studios
• Recorded At – The Village Recorder
• Recorded At – Capitol Studios
• Mixed At – Fantasy Studios
• Mixed At – Conway Studios
• Mixed At – The Village Recorder
• Mixed At – The Complex
• Mixed At – Rumbo Recorders
• Mastered At – Precision Lacquer
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA/Ariola International
• Copyright (c) – RCA/Ariola International
• Distributed By – RCA/Ariola

Credits

• A&R, Coordinator – Marge Meoli
• Acoustic Guitar, Guitar [Electric] – George Marinelli
• Artwork [Art Consultant] – Kathy Hornsby
• Artwork [Art Direction & Design] – Ted Raess
• Bass – Joe Puerta
• Drums, Percussion – John Molo
• Edited By [Digital] – Bob Harlan
• Engineer – Elliot Scheiner (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7, 9)
• Engineer [Additional] – Eddie King, Jeff "Nik" Norman*
• Executive-Producer – Paul Atkinson
• Guitar, Mandolin, Violin – David Mansfield
• Lead Vocals, Piano, Accordion, Synthesizer, Dulcimer [Hammered] – Bruce Hornsby
• Management – Tim Neece
• Mastered By – Stephen Marcussen
• Mixed By – David Luke, Don Smith, Eddie King, Elliot Scheiner
• Photography By – Aaron Rapoport
• Photography By [Inner Sleeve] – Robert Llewellyn
• Producer – Bruce Hornsby (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7, 9), Elliot Scheiner (tracks: 1 to 3, 5, 7, 9)
• Producer [Assistant] – Ivy Skoff
• Supervised By [Enforcement] – Jeff Gerson
• Technician [Synthesizer Consultants] – Jon Gilutin, Sean Hopper
• Vocals – George Marinelli, Joe Puerta
• Written-By – B.R. Hornsby*, John Hornsby (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 6 to 9)

Notes

Produced for Trackman, Inc.
Recorded at Rumbo Recorders, Ocean Way Recordings, Studio D (Sausalito), Kingsound Studios, Village Recorder and Capitol Recording Studios
Mixed at Fantasy, Conway, Village, The Complex and Rumbo Records
Mastered at Precision Lacquer

Cost was 3,200 yen
℗ & © 1986 RCA/Ariola International
Printed & made in Germany
Distributed in Europe by RCA/Ariola

The CD imprint shows incomplete and mistyped credits: Produced by Eilliot Scheiner

First Issue with RCA-Logo on Frontcover and Blue TELDEC stripes on site and no spaces in catalog number: PD 89901

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Rights Society: JASRAC
• Matrix / Runout: R32P-1079 U1B21
• Barcode: T4988 017 00351 0

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
NFL1-8058	Bruce Hornsby And The Range	The Way It Is ‎(LP, Album)	RCA Victor	NFL1-8058	US	1986
RCLP 20386	Bruce Hornsby And The Range	The Way It Is ‎(LP, Album, TP)	RCA	RCLP 20386	Greece	1986
PL89901	Bruce Hornsby And The Range	The Way It Is ‎(LP, Album)	RCA	PL89901	Italy	1986
PL-85904	Bruce Hornsby And The Range	The Way It Is ‎(LP, Album)	RCA Victor	PL-85904	Spain	1986
PCD1-5904	Bruce Hornsby And The Range	The Way It Is ‎(CD, Album, RE)	RCA, BMG Music Canada	PCD1-5904	Canada	Unknown

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