Passing Through is the fifteenth studio album released by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Randy Travis

Randy Travis

Randy Travis is an American country music singer and actor. Since 1985, he has recorded 20 studio albums and charted more than 30 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, 22 of which were number one hits...

. It is his fourth album of gospel music

Gospel music

Gospel music is music that is written to express either personal, spiritual or a communal belief regarding Christian life, as well as to give a Christian alternative to mainstream secular music....

, and his fourth for Word Records

Word Records

Word Records is a Christian record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a division of Word Entertainment , which, itself is co-owned by Warner Music Group and Curb Records...

. The album produced two singles on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

country charts: "Four Walls" at #46 and "Angels" at #48. "That Was Us" was previously recorded by Tracy Lawrence

Tracy Lawrence

Tracy Lawrence is an American country music artist. He started at a country music restaurant called "Live At Libby's" where owner Libby Knight would help local talent find their way into country music...

 on his 2001 self-titled album

Tracy Lawrence (album)

Tracy Lawrence is an eponymous album released by country music artist Tracy Lawrence in 2001. It was his only album for the Warner Bros. Records label. Only two singles were released from this album: "Life Don't Have to Be So Hard" and "What a Memory", the latter of which failed to make Top 40 on...

.

Recording

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 6 & 11 were recorded in September 2001 at the Sound Emporium in Nashville. The rest of the songs were recorded in June 2004 at Cartee Day Studios in Nashville. According to the liner notes, 20 songs were recorded for this album.

Track listing

1. "Pick Up the Oars and Row" (Jamie O'Hara
   Jamie O'Hara (singer)
   Jamie O'Hara is an American country music artist. Between 1986 and 1990, he and Kieran Kane comprised The O'Kanes, a duo which charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, including the Number One single "Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You"...
   
   ) – 2:50
2. "Four Walls" (Don Rollins, Harry Stinson, D. Vincent Williams) – 3:42
3. "That Was Us" (Craig Wiseman
   Craig Wiseman
   Craig Michael Wiseman is an American country music songwriter. Active since the late 1980s as a songwriter, he has had his songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, and several other acts....
   
   , Tony Lane) – 3:25
4. "Angels" (Harvey McNalley, Buck Moore, Troy Seals
   Troy Seals
   Troy Seals is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes, Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Brady Seals...
   
   ) – 3:46
5. "Running Blind" (Roger Ferris) – 2:52
6. "My Daddy Never Was" (Lane) – 3:56
7. "A Place to Hang My Heart" (Shawn Camp, Byron Hill
   Byron Hill
   Byron Hill , is an American songwriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Working professionally in Nashville, TN for more than thirty years, his songs have been recorded by over 650 Country and Pop artists.-Music career:...
   
   , Brice Long
   Brice Long
   Brice Long is an American country music singer. Signed to Columbia Records in 2005, Long charted one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts that year: "Anywhere but Here", which was also released by Chris Cagle a year later...
   
   ) – 3:15
8. "Right On Time" (Al Anderson
   Al Anderson (NRBQ)
   Alan Gordon "Al" Anderson is an American guitarist, singer, and songwiter. Between 1971 and the early 1990s, he was the lead guitarist in the rock band NRBQ, also releasing several solo albums. He also played electric guitar on Jonathan Edwards' 1973 album Have a Good Time for Me...
   
   , Sharon Vaughn
   Sharon Vaughn
   Sharon Vaughn is a musician, songwriter and producer. She has had over two hundred cuts including several number one hits. She has also been nominated for The Nashville Songwriters Federation "Hall Of Fame". Vaughn was formerly married to songwriter Bill Rice, and later to Howard Bellamy of The...
   
   ) – 3:58
9. "My Poor Old Heart" (Camp, Gary Harrison) – 2:46
10. "I'm Your Man" (Randy Travis) – 3:27
11. "Train Long Gone" (Dennis Linde
    Dennis Linde
    Dennis Linde was an American singer and songwriter whose work was primarily in country musicHe is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love"...
    
    ) – 3:56
12. "I Can See It in Your Eyes" (Travis, Pastor Matthew Hagee) – 4:17

Chart performance

Chart (2004)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Christian Albums	6
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	23
U.S. Billboard 200	127

Awards

On 2005, the album won a Dove Award for Country Album of the Year at the 36th GMA Dove Awards.