I Am Ready

I Am Ready is American country music artist Steve Wariner's tenth full-length album. It was released in 1991 on Arista Nashville 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.

I Am Ready
Studio album by Steve Wariner
Released	October 22, 1991
Recorded	1991 at Nightingale Studio and Masterfonics, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	36:32
Label	Arista Nashville
Producer	Scott Hendricks Tim DuBois
Steve Wariner chronology
Laredo (1990) I Am Ready (1991) Drive (1994)
Singles from I Am Ready
"Leave Him Out of This" Released: September 16, 1991 "The Tips of My Fingers" Released: February 8, 1992 "A Woman Loves" Released: May 30, 1992 "Crash Course in the Blues" Released: September 12, 1992 "Like a River to the Sea" Released: February 20, 1993

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Entertainment Weekly	B- link

Track listing

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

Production

• Produced By Scott Hendricks & Tim DuBois
• Recorded & Engineered By Bill Deaton & Scott Hendricks
• Additional Recording & Engineering By Scott Hendricks, Mike Clute & John Kunz
• Mixed By Scott Hendricks; Additional Mix Engineering By John Kunz, Brad Jones, Gary Paczosa & Greg Parker
• Digital Editing By Glenn Meadows
• Mastered By Denny Purcell

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers – drums (all tracks)
• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar (track 8)
• Carol Chase – background vocals (track 9)
• Bill Cuomo – keyboards (tracks 4, 5), organ (tracks 2, 7), piano (track 3)
• Bob DiPiero – background vocals (track 1)
• Buddy Emmons – steel guitar (track 6)
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar (all tracks except 8 & 10)
• Steve Gibson – 12-string electric guitar (track 1), electric guitar (track 4), mandolin (track 3)
• Vince Gill – background vocals (tracks 2, 4)
• Scott Hendricks – acoustic guitar (track 4), electric guitar (track 7), floor tom (track 8), power piano (track 4)
• David Hungate – bass guitar (all tracks)
• John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards (track 6), piano (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 10), Wurlitzer (tracks 3, 8)
• Albert Lee – electric guitar (track 10)
• Allyn Love – steel guitar (track 9)
• Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 3, 7-9)
• Terry McMillan – percussion (tracks 3, 5, 6), harmonica (track 10)
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle (tracks 2, 3, 5, 9, 10)
• John Scott Sherrill – background vocals (track 1)
• Harry Stinson – background vocals (track 6)
• Billy Thomas – background vocals (tracks 4, 7)
• Wendy Waldman – background vocals (track 6)
• Steve Wariner – lead vocals (all tracks), background vocals (tracks 2, 3, 8), acoustic guitar solo (track 6), Del Vechio guitar (track 5), electric guitar (track 10), electric guitar solo (track 8)
• Reggie Young – electric guitar (all tracks)
• Andrea Zonn – background vocals (track 2)

Chart performance

Chart (1991)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	28
U.S. Billboard 200	180
Canadian RPM Country Albums	16