Paradise (John Anderson album)

Sara Sytsma of Allmusic rated the album two-and-a-half stars out of five, saying that it "featur[es] a handful of great songs that cancel out the fair amount of filler on the record."[1] Chet Flippo of Billboard called it "traditional, uncompromising John Anderson country".[2]

1. "Paradise" (Bob McDill, Roger Murrah) - 2:46
2. "Long Hard Lesson Learned" (John Anderson, Donna Anderson, Michael A. Anderson) - 3:26
3. "The Band Plays On" (J. Fred Knobloch, Gary Scruggs) - 3:51
4. "My Kind of Crazy" (John Jarrard, Delbert McClinton, Gary Nicholson) - 2:42
5. "Let the Guitar Do the Talkin'" (Kelly Garrett, Craig Wiseman) - 3:41
6. "30,000 Feet" (John Anderson, Troy Seals) - 3:00
7. "It Wouldn't Kill Me" (Larry Boone, Paul Nelson, Tom Shapiro) - 3:07
8. "Love Comes Back Around" (John Anderson, Donna Anderson, Michael A. Anderson) - 3:21
9. "Bad Weather" (John Anderson, Lionel Delmore) - 4:09
10. "They Spent Forever" (John Anderson, Lionel Delmore) - 3:28

As listed in liner notes.[3]

• John Anderson – acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
• Darel DeCounter – Hammond B-3 organ
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, Dobro
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar, Dobro
• Levon Helm – background vocals on "The Band Plays On"
• Dann Huff – electric guitar
• Mark Knopfler – electric guitar on "Let the Guitar Do the Talkin'"
• Matt Rollings – piano
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Gary Smith – piano
• Joe Spivey – fiddle, mandolin
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Curtis Wright – background vocals
• Curtis Young – background vocals