Not a Moment Too Soon
Not a Moment Too Soon is the second studio album by American country music singer Tim McGraw. It was released on March 22, 1994. McGraw's breakthrough album, it reached No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 chart and No. 1 on Billboard Country chart and stayed for 26 consecutive weeks. It was Billboard's best selling album of 1994. For all genres of that year, it was in the top five. The Academy of Country Music named it Album of the Year in 1994.
Not a Moment Too Soon | ||||
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Released | March 22, 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1993-1994 | |||
Studio | Javelina Recording Studios, Loud Recording Studios, Mesa Recording Studios, and Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 32:02 | |||
Label | Curb | |||
Producer | ||||
Tim McGraw chronology | ||||
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Singles from Not a Moment Too Soon | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | B−[2] |
Robert Christgau | C+[3] |
Five singles were released from this album: in order of release, they were "Indian Outlaw", "Don't Take the Girl", "Down on the Farm", the title track and "Refried Dreams". Respectively, these reached No. 8, No. 1, No. 2, No. 1 and No. 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts; the first two singles were both Top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 as well.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "It Doesn't Get Any Countrier Than This" | Jerry Vandiver, Randy Archer | 2:30 |
2. | "Give It to Me Strait" | Reese Wilson, Stephen Grauberger | 2:46 |
3. | "Wouldn't Want It Any Other Way" | Ed Hill, David Frasier | 3:50 |
4. | "Down on the Farm" | Jerry Laseter, Kerry Kurt Phillips | 2:55 |
5. | "Not a Moment Too Soon" | Wayne Perry, Joe Barnhill | 3:46 |
6. | "Indian Outlaw" | Tommy Barnes, Jumpin' Gene Simmons, John D. Loudermilk | 3:01 |
7. | "Refried Dreams" | Jim Foster, Mark Petersen | 2:45 |
8. | "Don't Take the Girl" | Craig Martin, Larry W. Johnson | 4:09 |
9. | "40 Days and 40 Nights" | Barnes | 2:57 |
10. | "Ain't That Just Like a Dream" | Tony Mullins, Stan Munsey | 3:23 |
Charts and certifications
Charts
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End of decade charts
Singles
Certifications
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Personnel
- Tim McGraw – lead vocals
- Randy McCormick – pianos
- Matt Rollings – pianos
- Gary Smith – Hammond B3 organ
- Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Dann Huff – electric guitar
- Brent Rowan – electric guitar
- Sonny Garrish – dobro, pedal steel guitar
- Mike Brignardello – bass
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Glen Duncan – fiddle
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle
- Curtis Wright – backing vocals
- Curtis Young – backing vocals
Production
- Byron Gallimore – producer
- James Stroud – producer
- Doug Rich – production assistant
- Neuman, Walker & Associates – art direction, design
- Peter Nash – photography
- Image Entertainment Group – management
Technical
- Julian King – engineer, mix assistant
- Lynn Peterzell – engineer, mixing, additional engineer
- Steve Marcantonio – additional engineer
- Russ Martin – additional engineer
- Marty Williams – additional engineer
- Mark Hagen – assistant engineer
- Ken Hutton – assistant engineer
- Mark Hurt – assistant engineer
- Hank Williams – mastering
- Recorded at Loud Recording, Mesa Recording Studio, Sound Stage Studios and Javelina Recording Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
- Mixed at Loud Recording
- Mastered at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee).
References
- Allmusic review
- Entertainment Weekly review
- Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- Not a Moment Too Soon - Tim McGraw, Billboard, retrieved 2010-10-18
- Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
- Tim McGraw Album & Song Chart History, Billboard, archived from the original on 18 October 2010, retrieved 2010-10-18
- "RIAA – Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 2010-10-18.