Diamond Mine is the second album by Blue Rodeo, released in 1989. It was recorded in 1989 at the Donlands Theatre in Toronto and mixed at the Kingsway Studio in New Orleans. It is the last Blue Rodeo album to feature original drummer Cleave Anderson and includes several instrumental interludes by Bob Wiseman on the majority of versions. Diamond Mine was the second best-selling Cancon album in Canada in 1989.
The band had decided to work with Malcolm Burn on the album after hearing the album Red Earth by Crash Vegas, which had been formed a year earlier by singer-songwriter Michelle McAdorey and Blue Rodeo member Colin Cripps.
Personnel
Blue Rodeo
- Cleave Anderson – drums
- Jim Cuddy – guitar, vocals, bongos
- Bazil Donovan – bass, bongos
- Greg Keelor – guitar, vocals, bongos
- Bob Wiseman – piano, organ, bongos, accordion, the grinder
Additional personnel
- Malcolm Burn – production, mixing
- Blue Rodeo – production, mixing
- Zimbie – engineering (all except "Diamond Mine" and "Now and Forever")
- Doug McClement – engineering assistance, engineering ("Diamond Mine" and "Now and Forever")
- Mark Lambert – engineering assistance
- Brad Ormsby – engineering assistance
- Brant Scott – production assistance
- Mark Howard – mix engineering, bongos
Chart performance
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! Chart (1989)
! Peak<br />position
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| Canadian RPM Country Albums
| align="center"| 2
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| Canadian RPM Top Albums
| align="center"| 4
|}
Awards
Blue Rodeo won the Juno Award for Group of the Year in 1990 despite neither the album or any song from it being nominated for an award.