Horse of a Different Color (Big & Rich album)

Infobox Album
Name = Horse of a Different Color
Type = studio
Artist = Big & Rich


Released = start date|2004|05|04
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 45:55
Label = Warner Bros.
Producer = Big Kenny
John Rich
Paul Worley
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|4|5 – [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:qcxuak8kam3l link]
*"Entertainment Weekly" – (B+) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,634073,00.html link]
This album = "Horse of a Different Color"
(2004)
Next album = "Big & Rich's Super Galactic Fan Pak"
(2004)Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption =

"Horse of a Different Color" is the debut album by the American country music duo Big & Rich. It was released in 2004 on Warner Bros. Records and it contains the hit singles "Wild West Show", "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)", "Holy Water", and "Big Time". Respectively, these reached #21, #11, #15, and #20 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts. The album was certified 3× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of three million copies. [ [http://www.cmt.com/news/articles/1559596/20070514/big_rich.jhtml Big & Rich's Debut CD Certified Triple Platinum] ]

Track listing

#"Rollin' (The Ballad of Big & Rich)" (Big Kenny, John Rich, Cowboy Troy) - 4:40
#*feat. Cowboy Troy
#"Wild West Show" (Kenny, Rich, Blair Daly) - 4:20
#"Big Time" Kenny, Rich, Angie Aparo) - 3:56
#"Kick My Ass" (Kenny, Rich, Bryan Wayne) - 4:58
#*feat. Cowboy Troy (uncredited)
#"Six Foot Town" (Kenny, Rich) - 3:47
#"Holy Water" (Kenny, Rich, Vicki McGehee, Jeff Cohen) - 4:16
#"Saved" (Kenny, Rich, John Phillips) - 4:51
#*background vocals: Gretchen Wilson
#"Real World" (Kenny, Rich, Adam M. Shoenfeld) - 5:05
#"Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" (Kenny, Rich) - 3:20
#"Drinkin' 'Bout You" (Kenny, Rich) - 2:53
#"Love Train" (Kenny, Rich, Jon Nicholson) - 3:47
#*background vocals: Jon Nicholson
#"Deadwood Mountain" (Kenny, Rich) - 5:10
#"Live This Life" (Kenny, Rich) - 5:33
#*background vocals: Martina McBride

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [cite album-notes |title=Horse of a Different Color |bandname=Big & Rich |year=2004 |format=CD |publisher=Warner Bros. Records |publisherid=48520]

Big & Rich

*Big Kenny – vocals
*John Rich – vocals, acoustic guitar

Additional musicians

*Brian Barnett – drums
*Steve Brewster – drums
*Dennis Burnside – keyboards
*Owen Hale – drums
*Mike Johnson – steel guitar
*Wayne Killius – drums, shaker, peanut can
*Duncan Mullins – bass guitar
*Matt Pierson – bass guitar
*Michael Rojas – keyboards
*Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar
*Nicole Summers – flute on "Wild West Show"
*Justin Tocket – bass guitar
*Paul Worley – "Yeehaw juice" on "Kick My Ass"
*Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, banjo, mandolin, harp

All strings performed, comosed, and arranged by Jonathan Yudkin.

References