It Won't Be the Last
It Won't Be the Last is the second studio album released by country music artist Billy Ray Cyrus. Certified Platinum in just under a year after release by the RIAA, the album has sold over 1 million copies in the US and over 3 million copies worldwide. This album produced four singles for Cyrus on the Hot Country Songs charts: "In the Heart of a Woman", "Somebody New", "Words by Heart" and "Talk Some", which reached number #3, number #9, number #12, and number #63, respectively, on the charts. The first, third and fourth singles, plus two album tracks ("Ain't Your Dog No More" and "When I'm Gone") had accompanying music videos. "Somebody New" was covered in 2008 by Jill King, whose version was released as a single, however, it did not chart.
It Won't Be the Last | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | June 22, 1993 | |||
Studio | Music Mill Recording Studio Nashville, Tennessee | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 38:20 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Producer | Joe Scaife, Jim Cotton | |||
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Singles from It Won't Be the Last | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | C[2] |
Rolling Stone | [3] |
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "In the Heart of a Woman" | Keith Hinton, Brett Cartwright | 4:00 |
2. | "Talk Some" | Don Von Tress | 4:15 |
3. | "Somebody New" | Alex Harvey, Mike Curtis | 3:45 |
4. | "Only Time Will Tell" | Billy Ray Cyrus, Greg Fletcher | 3:21 |
5. | "Ain't Your Dog No More" | Von Tress | 2:28 |
6. | "Words by Heart" | Reed Nielsen, Monty Powell | 3:07 |
7. | "It Won't Be the Last" | Cyrus, Terry Shelton | 3:49 |
8. | "Throwin' Stones" | Cyrus | 3:40 |
9. | "Right Face Wrong Time" | Cyrus | 3:27 |
10. | "Dreamin' in Color, Livin' in Black and White" | Von Tress, Donny Lowery | 4:17 |
11. | "When I'm Gone" | Cyrus, Von Tress | 3:01 |
Personnel
- Sly Dog
- Billy Ray Cyrus - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Greg Fletcher - drums, percussion, backing vocals
- Corky Holbrook - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Michael J. Sagraves - acoustic, electric and pedal steel guitars, harmonica, backing vocals
- Terry Shelton - lead guitar, backing vocals
- Barton Stevens - keyboards, backing vocals
- Additional Musicians
- Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
- Clyde Carr - backing vocals
- Costo Davis - keyboards
- Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
- Keith D. Hinton - acoustic and electric guitars
- Roy Huskey, Jr. - upright bass
- Mike Lawler - keyboards
- Neal Matthews - backing vocals
- Joe Scaife - backing vocals
- Gordon Stoker - backing vocals
- Don Von Tress - acoustic, electric and bass guitars, backing vocals
- Ray C. Walker - backing vocals
- Duane West - backing vocals
Charts
Album
Chart (1993) [4][5][6][7][8] |
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Australian ARIA Charts | 20 |
Canadian Albums Chart | 11 |
Canadian Top Country Albums | 1 |
Netherlands Mega Charts | 86 |
New Zealand RIANZ Charts | 43 |
Swedish Fullprice Albums Chart | 33 |
Swiss Music Charts | 27 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 3 |
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
VG-lista Norwegian Albums Chart | 18 |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |||||||
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US Country | US | CAN Country | |||||||
1993 | "In the Heart of a Woman" | 3 | 76 | 1 | |||||
"Somebody New" | 9 | 104 | 14 | ||||||
1994 | "Words by Heart" | 12 | 119 | 14 | |||||
"Talk Some" | 63 | — | — | ||||||
"—" denotes releases that failed to chart | |||||||||
References
- Allmusic review
- Entertainment Weekly review
- Rolling Stone review
- "Billy Ray Cyrus US Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
- "Billy Ray Cyrus Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-10-19.
- "Issue date July 31, 1993". RPM. 1993-07-31. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
- "Issue date July 31, 1993". RPM. 1993-07-31. Archived from the original on October 11, 2012. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
- "It Won't Be The Last Oceanian and some European Charts". IFPI Switzerland. Retrieved 2009-08-02.