Circles Around Me

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The album earned Bush a Grammy Award nomination for Best Bluegrass Album.[2]

In his Allmusic review, music critic William Ruhlman wrote that the album "makes a good demonstration of Sam Bush's continuing mastery of the mandolin and his own niche in the bluegrass scene."[1]

1. "Circles Around Me" (Jeff Black, Sam Bush) – 3:55
2. "Diamond Joe" (Traditional) – 3:40
3. "You Left Me Alone" (Tom Gray, Jerry Stuart) – 3:07
4. "The Old North Woods" (Bush) – 4:10
5. "Roll on Buddy, Roll On" (Teddy Wilburn, Doyle Wilburn) – 2:41
6. "The Ballad of Stringbean and Estelle" (Bush, Guy Clark, Verlon Thompson) – 4:45
7. "Blue Mountain" (Bush) – 6:09
8. "Out on the Ocean" (Pete Kuykendall) – 2:54
9. "Gold Heart Locket" (Black) – 4:17
10. "Junior Heywood" (Bush, Edgar Meyer) – 6:36
11. "Midnight on the Stormy Deep" (Traditional) – 3:52
12. "Apple Blossom" (Traditional) – 1:35
13. "Souvenir Bottles" (Bush, John Cowan, Stephen F. Brines) – 8:23
14. "Whisper My Name/Hot Tamales" (Ebo Walker) – 7:23

• Jerry Douglas - resonator guitar
• Cornelia Heard - violin
• Byron House - acoustic bass, electric bass
• Courtney Johnson - banjo
• Del McCoury - guitar, vocals
• Edgar Meyer - bass
• George Meyer - violin
• Stephen Mougin - guitar, mandolin, vocals
• Scott Vestal - banjo