Big Time (Little Texas album)
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Big Time is the second studio album released by country music
band Little Texas
. Released in 1993 on Warner Bros. Records
, it produced the singles "What Might Have Been", "God Blessed Texas", "My Love", and "Stop on a Dime". Respectively, these peaked at #2, #4, #1, and #14 on the Hot Country Songs
charts. "What Might Have Been" was also a crossover hit, reaching #16 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
charts.
The album is also the band's highest certified album, having been certified 2× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA.
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...
band Little Texas
Little Texas
Little Texas is an American country music band founded in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1988 by Tim Rushlow , Brady Seals , Del Gray , Porter Howell , Dwayne O'Brien , and Duane Propes . Signed to Warner Bros...
. Released in 1993 on Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records
Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label. It was the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group, and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation. It maintains a close relationship with its former parent, Warner Bros. Pictures, although the two companies...
, it produced the singles "What Might Have Been", "God Blessed Texas", "My Love", and "Stop on a Dime". Respectively, these peaked at #2, #4, #1, and #14 on the Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts. "What Might Have Been" was also a crossover hit, reaching #16 on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks
The Adult Contemporary chart is a weekly chart published in Billboard magazine that lists the most popular songs on adult contemporary and "lite-pop" radio stations in the United States...
charts.
The album is also the band's highest certified album, having been certified 2× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA.
Track listing
- "Forget About Forgetting You" (Porter Howell, Dwayne O'Brien, Brady SealsBrady SealsBrady Seals is an American country music artist. He is the cousin of Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Johnny Duncan, the nephew of Troy Seals, and the husband of former BNA Records recording artist Lisa Stewart...
, Tommy Barnes) – 3:09 - "What Might Have BeenWhat Might Have Been"What Might Have Been" is the title of a song recorded by country music group Little Texas. It was released in May 1993 as the lead-off single from their second album, Big Time. It was co-written by the band's lead guitarist Porter Howell, rhythm guitarist Dwayne O'Brien, and keyboardist and...
" (Howell, O'Brien, B. Seals) – 3:58 - "Only Thing I'm Sure Of" (Howell, O'Brien, B. Seals) – 3:25
- "My LoveMy Love (Little Texas song)"My Love" is the title of a song recorded by the American country music band Little Texas. It was co-written by the band's keyboardist Brady Seals and guitarist Porter Howell along with Tommy Barnes. It was released in January 1994 as the third single from the album, Big Time...
" (Howell, B. Seals, Barnes) - 4:05 - "Stop on a DimeStop on a Dime"Stop on a Dime" is the title of a song recorded by country music group Little Texas. It was released in May 1994 as the third single from their second album, Big Time. It was co-written by the band's lead guitarist Porter Howell, keyboardist and vocalist Brady Seals, and Dwayne O'Brien. The song...
" (Howell, O'Brien, B. Seals) - 3:05 - "God Blessed TexasGod Blessed Texas"God Blessed Texas" is the title of a song recorded by country music group Little Texas. It was released in September 1993 as the second single from their second album, Big Time. It was their seventh single overall. It was co-written by the band's lead guitarist Porter Howell, and keyboardist and...
" (Howell, B. Seals) - 4:05 - "Love and Learn" (Howell, O'Brien) - 3:54
- "My Town" (Michael Stanley) - 4:21
- "This Time It's Real" (Howell, O'Brien, B. Seals) - 4:01
- "Cutoff Jeans" (Troy SealsTroy SealsTroy 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...
, B. Seals, Ronnie Samoset) - 3:35
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.- Del Gray – drums
- Porter Howell – lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, slide guitarSlide guitarSlide guitar or bottleneck guitar is a particular method or technique for playing the guitar. The term slide refers to the motion of the slide against the strings, while bottleneck refers to the original material of choice for such slides: the necks of glass bottles...
, acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
, electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, six-string bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Dwayne O'Brien – rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
, vocals - Duane Propes – bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, upright bass, vocals - Tim RushlowTim RushlowTimothy Ray "Tim" Rushlow is an American country music artist. Between 1991 and 1997, Rushlow was co-lead vocalist of the country music band Little Texas, which recorded four albums and a Greatest Hits package, in addition to charting more than fifteen singles on the Billboard country singles...
– lead and background, acoustic guitar - Brady SealsBrady SealsBrady Seals is an American country music artist. He is the cousin of Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Johnny Duncan, the nephew of Troy Seals, and the husband of former BNA Records recording artist Lisa Stewart...
– pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, Hammond B-3 organ, lead and background vocals
Chart performance
Chart (1993) | Peak position |
---|---|
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 6 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 55 |
Canadian RPM Country Albums | 8 |