- Comin' to Your City
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Comin' to Your City Studio album by Big & Rich Released November 17, 2005 Genre Country Length 48:42 Label Warner Bros. Producer Big Kenny
John Rich
Paul WorleyBig & Rich chronology Big & Rich's Super Galactic Fan Pak
(2004)Comin' to Your City
(2005)Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace
(2007)Singles from Comin' to Your City - "Comin' to Your City"
Released: September 2005 - "Never Mind Me"
Released: 2006 - "8th of November"
Released: May 26, 2006
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Entertainment Weekly C-[2] Slant [3] This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information. Comin' to Your City is the name of the second studio album by the country music duo Big & Rich. It was released in 2005, and has 14 tracks. It features the hit singles "Comin' to Your City", "Never Mind Me", and "8th of November", which respectively reached #21, #34, and #18 on the Hot Country Songs charts. It has become the official theme song of College Gameday with different lyrics that talk about specific college football teams. Cowboy Troy sings in the video and also announces some football terms during instrumental parts of the song.
The track "I Pray for You" was one of the first songs which Big Kenny and John Rich wrote together. Prior to the duo's inception, both singers included it on their respective solo albums (Big Kenny's Live a Little and Rich's Underneath the Same Moon), which were both recorded in 1999 but unreleased until 2005. Rich's solo rendition was also released as a single in 2000, peaking at No. 58 on the country charts.
Contents
Track listing
No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "The Freak Parade" Big Kenny, John Rich 1:09 2. "Comin' to Your City" Kenny, Rich 3:27 3. "Soul Shaker" Kenny, Rich, Rodney Clawson 3:05 4. "Never Mind Me" Kenny, Rich, Clawson 3:27 5. "Caught Up in the Moment" Kenny, Rich 3:42 6. "Leap of Faith" Kenny, Rich 4:58 7. "I Pray for You" Kenny, Rich 3:59 8. "Filthy Rich" Kenny, Rich, Bill McDavid, Freddy Powers, Sonny Throckmorton 3:09 9. "Jalapeño" Rich 2:58 10. "20 Margaritas" Kenny 2:48 11. "Blow My Mind" Kenny 3:35 12. "Slow Motion" Kenny, Rich 3:26 13. "8th of November" (spoken intro: Kris Kristofferson) Kenny, Rich 6:17 14. "Our America" (guest vocals: Gretchen Wilson and Cowboy Troy) Traditional, arr. by Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Paul Worley 2:42 In later presses of the album, "8th of November" was split into two tracks: one for Kris Kristofferson's opening and another for the song itself.
Personnel
Big & Rich
- Big Kenny – vocals
- John Rich – vocals, acoustic guitar
Additional musicians
- Max Abrams – saxophone
- Sam Bacco – percussion (track 14)
- Brian Barnett – drums (all tracks except 4, 9, 10), percussion (track 3)
- Dennis Burnside – keyboards (track 2), synthesizer (track 5)
- Eric Darken – percussion (track 14)
- Mike Johnson – steel guitar
- Wayne Killius – drums (track 4, 9, 10)
- Howard Laravea – Hammond B-3 organ (track 4), synthesizer (track 4), piano (track 10)
- Carig Nelson – bass guitar (track 14)
- Matt Pierson – bass guitar (track 10)
- Mike Rojas – keyboards (track 1), piano (tracks 6, 8, 13), synthesizer (tracks 6, 11, 13), Hammond B-3 organ (track 11, 12), Wurlitzer (track 12)
- Ethan Pilzer – bass guitar (track 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13)
- Ron Sobro – percussion (track 14)
- Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar (all tracks)
- Justin Tockett – bass guitar (track 2, 4, 5, 9)
- Paul Worley – electric guitar (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13)
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, banjo, mandolin, Dobro, cello, harp, octofone
Strings on Track 14 performed by the Nashville String Machine, conducted by Carl Gorodetzky, arranged by Dennis Burnside:
- Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin, Conni Ellisor, Alan Umstead, David Davidson, David Angell, Catherine Umstead, Cate Myer, Zeneba Bowers, Erin Hall, Denise Baker, Carolyn Bailey, Gerald Greer, chris teal, Janet Askey, Karen Winkleman – violins
- Gary Vanosdale, Kathryn Plummer, Monisa Angell, Kris Wilkinson – violas
- John Catchings, Felix Wang, Sarighani Reist Acro – cellos
Chart performance
Album
Chart (2005) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 3 U.S. Billboard 200 7 Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions US Country
[4]US
[5]US
Pop
[6]2005 "Comin' to Your City" 21 72 62 2006 "Never Mind Me" 34 — — "8th of November" 18 94 — "—" denotes releases that did not chart Certifications
Region Certification United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum References
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Comin' to Your City review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r794441. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ^ Browne, David. "Comin' to Your City review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1128511,00.html. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ^ Keefe, Jonathan. "Big & Rich: Comin' to Your City". Slant. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/big-and-rich-comin-to-your-city/681. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ^ "Big & Rich Album & Song Chart History (Country Songs)". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/big-rich/chart-history/592506?f=357&g=Singles. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
- ^ "Big & Rich Album & Song Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/big-rich/chart-history/592506?f=379&g=Singles. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
- ^ "allmusic ((( Big & Rich > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p637739/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
- ^ "American album certifications – Big & Rich – Comin' to Your City". Recording Industry Association of America. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=%22Comin%27+to+Your+City%22. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
Big & Rich albums Horse of a Different Color · Big & Rich's Super Galactic Fan Pak · Comin' to Your City · Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace · Big & Rich's Super Galactic Fan Pak 2 · Greatest HitsBig & Rich singles "Wild West Show" · "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" · "Holy Water" · "Big Time" · "Comin' to Your City" · "Never Mind Me" · "8th of November" · "Lost in This Moment" · "Between Raising Hell and Amazing Grace" · "Loud" · "Fake I.D."Solo albums Big Kenny Live a Little • The Quiet Times of a Rock and Roll Farm BoyJohn Rich Solo singles Big Kenny "Under the Sun" · "Long After I'm Gone" · "To Find a Heart" · "Beautiful Lies"(with Jaron and the Long Road to Love)John Rich "I Pray for You" · "Forever Loving You" · "Come to Bed" (with Gretchen Wilson) · "Another You" · "Shuttin' Detroit Down" · "The Good Lord and the Man" · "Country Done Come to Town"Related pages Discography · Warner Bros. Records · Lonestar · MuzikMafia · Nashville Star · Gone Country · Can You Duet · The Celebrity Apprentice Season 4Categories:- Albums certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America
- 2005 albums
- Big & Rich albums
- Warner Bros. Records albums
- Albums produced by Paul Worley
- Albums produced by John Rich
- "Comin' to Your City"
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