Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	On The Western Skyline Engineer – Elliot ScheinerWritten-By – John Hornsby	4:39
A2	Every Little Kiss Engineer – Elliot Scheiner	5:46
A3	Mandolin Rain Engineer – Elliot ScheinerWritten-By – John Hornsby	5:21
A4	The Long Race Engineer – Jim GainesWritten-By – John Hornsby	4:28
B1	The Way It Is Engineer – Elliot Scheiner	4:57
B2	Down The Road Tonight Engineer – Jim GainesHarmonica, Vocals – Huey LewisWritten-By – John Hornsby	4:32
B3	The Wild Frontier Engineer – Elliot ScheinerWritten-By – John Hornsby	4:01
B4	The River Runs Low Engineer – Jim GainesWritten-By – John Hornsby	4:31
B5	The Red Plains Engineer – Elliot ScheinerWritten-By – John Hornsby	5:08

Companies, etc.

• Marketed By – RCA Records
• Distributed By – RCA/Ariola-Ariola/RCA
• Distributed By – Ariola/RCA-RCA/Ariola
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA/Ariola International
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – RCA Records
• Copyright (c) – RCA/Ariola
• 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
• Mastered At – Precision Lacquer
• Produced For – Trackman, Inc.
• Pressed By – Sonopress – B-4876

Credits

• Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – George Marinelli
• Art Direction, Design – Ted Raess
• Artwork [Consultant] – Kathy Hornsby
• Band – The Range*
• Bass – Joe Puerta
• Drums, Percussion – John Molo
• Edited By [Digital] – Bob Harlan
• 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
• 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: A1 to A3, B1, B3, B5), Elliot Scheiner (tracks: A1 to A3, B1, B3, B5), Huey Lewis (tracks: A4, B2, B4)
• Supervised By [Enforcement] – Jeff Gerson
• Technician [Synthesizer Consultant] – Jon Gilutin, Sean Hopper
• Vocals – George Marinelli, Joe Puerta
• Written-By – B. R. Hornsby*

Notes

Similar to this version, except for the seperate boxed rights societies "BIEM" and "GEMA" on the center labels.

Distributed in Europe by RCA/Ariola-Ariola/RCA · Distribué en Europe par RCA/Ariola-Ariola/RCA · Vertrieb in Europa durch Ariola/RCA-RCA/Ariola […]
℗ 1986 RCA Records · Printed in Germany · Imprimé en Allemagne · 8/86 /S

Recorded at Rumbo Recorders, Ocean Way Recording, Studio D (Sausalito), Kingsound Studios, Village Recorder and Capitol Recording Studios
Mixed at Fantasy, Conway, Village, The Complex and Rumbo Recorders.
Mastered at Precission Lacquer
Huey Lewis appears courtesy of Chrysalis Records
© 1986, RCA/Ariola

℗ 1986 RCA/Ariola International
All timings are approximate
Marketed by RCA Records from master recordings of RCA Records.
Made in Germany. Farbriqué en Allemagne.

Printed inner sleeve with lyrics and credits.
May contain beige sticker on front cover:
Includes
The Hit Single
“The Way it Is”
and
“Every Little Kiss”
“Down the Road Tonight”
“Mandolin Rain”

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 035628 990112
• Barcode (Scanned EAN): 0035628990112
• Barcode (Scanned UPC): 035628990112
• Rights Society: BIEM
• Rights Society: GEMA
• Label Code: LC 0316
• Other (Distribution code D): SE
• Other (Distribution code F): RC270
• Other (Distribution code UK): HH
• Other (Inner sleeve part#): PL89901-8
• Rights Society (Inner sleeve lyrics copyright): ASCAP
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side A, Stamped/Etched): DM B-4876 A-1/5-86 I̶I̶I̶ VI
• Matrix / Runout (Runout, Side A, Stamped/Etched): DM B-4876 B-3/10-86 II

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

Tracklist Hide Credits

A	The Way It Is Remix – Brothers In Rhythm
B1	Melanie Williams Mix By Junior Vasquez

Notes

White Label With BH1 A Etched On A Side Runout And BH1 Etched On B Side Runout