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Kicking Stones
2026-11-15 03:18:21 · Cedar Herald Index
Kicking Stones is the fourth studio album by the Canadian country music singer-songwriter Johnny Reid. It was released on April 10, 2007, by Open Road Recordings. "Love Sweet Love", "Kicking Stones", "Darlin'", "Thank You" and "Out of the Blue" were released as singles.
Kicking Stones was nominated for a 2008 Juno Award for Country Recording of the Year. It has since been certified Gold by the Canadian Recording Industry Association for sales of 50,000 units.

"Darlin'" was previously recorded by Tom Jones as the title track of his 1981 album, Darlin'.

Track listing
"Out of the Blue" (Brent Maher, Brian Maher, Johnny Reid) – 2:58
"Love Sweet Love" (Jim Daddario, Thom Hardwell, Reid) – 3:28
"Thank You" (Hardwell, Reid) – 3:53
"Darlin'" (Oscar Stewart Blandamer) – 3:14
"Feelin' Alright Today" (Hardwell, Reid) – 4:34
"Which Way Is Home" (Brent Maher, Brian Maher, Reid) – 3:44
"What I Did for Love" (Brent Maher, Thom Schuyler) – 4:02
"That Kind of Lonely" (Jeremy Campbell, Reid) – 3:24
"To the End of the Road" (Hardwell, Brent Maher, Reid) – 2:54
"Kicking Stones" (Brent Maher, Reid) – 4:00
Personnel
Chad Cromwell – drums, tambourine
Eric Darken – percussion, tambourine
Jim Drury – bagpipes
Connie Ellisor – violin
Carl Gorodetzky – violin
Jim Grosjean – viola
Vicki Hampton – background vocals
Mike Haynes – trumpet
Jim Hoke – harmonica
Fats Kaplin – fiddle, violin
Anthony LaMarchina – cello
Tim Lauer – accordion, organ, piano, Wurlitzer
Sam Levine – horn arrangements, penny whistle, saxophone
Brent Maher – horn arrangements
Gordon Mote – piano
Don Potter – acoustic guitar, mandolin, slide guitar, background vocals
Carole Rabinowitz-Neuen – cello
Johnny Reid – lead vocals, background vocals
Mark Selby – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Pam Sixfin – violin
Liz Stewart – upright bass
Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar, mandolin
Bergen White – string arrangements
Glenn Worf – bass guitar
Chart performance
References
External links
[ allmusic ((( Kicking Stones > Overview )))]
2007 albums
Johnny Reid albums
Open Road Recordings albums
Albums produced by Brent Maher
Albums recorded at Metalworks Studios
Canadian Country Music Association Top Selling Canadian Album albums
