I Am Ready

Infobox Album
Name = I Am Ready
Type = studio
Artist = Steve Wariner


Released = 1991
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 36:32
Label = Arista Nashville
Producer = Scott Hendricks
Tim DuBois
Reviews = *Allmusic – Rating|4|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0pfexqwgldae link]
*"Entertainment Weekly" – (B-) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,316401,00.html link]
Last album = "Laredo"
(1990)
This album = "I Am Ready"
(1991)
Next album = "Drive"
(1994)

"I Am Ready" is American country music artist Steve Wariner's tenth full-length album. It was released in 1991 on Arista Records as his first for the label, following his departure from MCA Records. Singles from the album include "Leave Him Out of This", "The Tips of My Fingers" (a cover of Bill Anderson's 1960 hit), "A Woman Loves", "Crash Course in the Blues" and "Like a River to the Sea". Respectively, these reached #6, #3, #9, #32 and #30 on the "Billboard" country charts. The album was certified gold by the RIAA, and was Wariner's first album to achieve that certification.

Track listing

#"On My Heart Again" (Bob DiPiero, Dennis Robbins, John Scott Sherrill) – 2:51
#"The Tips of My Fingers" (Bill Anderson) – 3:39
#"When Will I Let Go" (Steve Wariner, Jim Weatherly) – 3:10
#"Leave Him Out of This" (Walt Aldridge, Susan Longacre) – 3:56
#"Like A River to the Sea" (Wariner) – 4:36
#"Everything's Gonna Be Alright" (Bill LaBounty, Wariner) – 4:02
#"A Woman Loves" (Steve Bogard, Rick Giles) – 3:53
#"My, How The Time Don't Fly" (Robbins, Wariner) – 3:40
#"Gone Out of My Mind" (Gene Dobbins, Michael Huffman, Bob Morrison) – 3:12
#"Crash Course in the Blues" (Don Cook, John Barlow Jarvis, Wariner) – 3:53

Production

*Produced By Scott Hendricks & Tim DuBois
*Mixed By Scott Hendricks
*Engineered By Bill Deaton, Mike Clute, Scott Hendricks, Brad Jones, John Kunz, Gary Paczosa & Greg Parker

Personnel

*Eddie Bayers – drums, percussion
*Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
*Carol Chase – background vocals
*Bill Cuomo – organ
*Bob DiPiero – background vocals
*Buddy Emmons – steel guitar
*Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
*Steve Gibson – 12-string guitar, mandolin
*Vince Gill – background vocals
*Scott Hendricks – acoustic guitar, piano
*David Hungate – bass guitar
*John Barlow Jarvis – piano, Wurlitzer
*Albert Lee – electric guitar
*Allyn Love – steel guitar
*Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
*Terry McMillan – percussion, harmonica
*Mark O'Connor – fiddle
*John Scott Sherrill – background vocals
*Harry Stinson – background vocals
*Billy Thomas – background vocals
*Wendy Waldman – background vocals
*Steve Wariner – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*Reggie Young – electric guitar
*Andrea Zonn – background vocals