This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All

This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All is the eleventh studio album released by the American country music band Sawyer Brown. Their fourth studio album for Curb Records, it produced four hit singles on the Billboard country music charts between 1995 and 1996: the title track, "'Round Here", "Treat Her Right", and "She's Gettin' There". "She's Gettin' There" was also the band's first single since 1991's "Mama's Little Baby Loves Me" to miss the country Top 40.

This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All
Studio album by Sawyer Brown
Released	August 29, 1995
Genre	Country
Length	36:30
Label	Curb
Producer	Mark Miller Mac McAnally [1]
Sawyer Brown chronology
Greatest Hits 1990-1995 (1995) This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All (1995) Six Days on the Road (1997)
Singles from This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All
"(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All" Released: July 10, 1995 "'Round Here" Released: November 13, 1995 "Treat Her Right" Released: March 18, 1996

Critical reception

Gary Graff and Brian Mansfield, in MusicHound Country: The Essential Album Guide, wrote that the album "continues to hone the band's direction as 'small town heroes'...The first three singles from the album...are probably the strongest trio of hits the group has ever had."[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Nothing Less Than Love"	Mark Miller, Gregg Hubbard	3:38
2.	"Big Picture"	Miller, Mac McAnally	3:57
3.	"I Will Leave the Light On"	Duncan Cameron	3:10
4.	"(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All"	Dave Loggins, Ronnie Samoset	3:28
5.	"Another Mile"	Miller, Hubbard	3:43
6.	"'Round Here"	Miller, Hubbard, Scotty Emerick	4:02
7.	"She's Gettin' There"	Miller, Emerick, John Northrup, M.C. Potts	4:04
8.	"Treat Her Right"	Lenny LeBlanc, Ava Aldridge	3:39
9.	"Like a John Deere"	Miller, Bill Shore	2:53
10.	"Small Town Hero"	Miller, Hubbard	3:56
Total length:			36:30

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[1]

Sawyer Brown Duncan Cameron – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, steel guitar, background vocals Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard – keyboards, background vocals Mark Miller – lead vocals Jim Scholten – bass guitar Joe "Curley" Smyth – drums, percussion Technical Mac McAnally – production Mark Miller – production Jim Ed Norman – string arrangement Denny Purcell – mastering Alan Schulman – recording, mixing Bergen White – string arrangement

Additional musicians Dan Dugmore – steel guitar Paul Franklin – steel guitar John Hobbs – piano James Hooker – keyboards Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion Mike Lawler – synthesizer Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Terry McMillan – harmonica Jay Dee Maness – steel guitar Steve Nathan – keyboards Matt Rollings – piano Strings on "I Will Leave the Light On" by the "A Strings".

Chart performance

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	10
U.S. Billboard 200	77

References

1. This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All (CD booklet). Sawyer Brown. Curb Records. 1995. D2-77785.CS1 maint: others (link)
2. Mansfield, Brian; Graff, Gary (1997). MusicHound Country: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink.