Some Gave All

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Some Gave All
Some Gave All cover
Studio album by Billy Ray Cyrus
Released May 19, 1992
Genre Country
Length 35:42
Label Mercury
Producer Joe Scaife, Jim Cotton
Professional reviews
Billy Ray Cyrus chronology
Some Gave All
(1992)
It Won't Be the Last
(1993)

Some Gave All was the 1992 debut album by American country music musician Billy Ray Cyrus. It was released on Mercury Records and it produced four hit singles on the Billboard country charts. The first of these was Cyrus's breakthrough song "Achy Breaky Heart"; a Number One hit on the country charts, it was also a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot 100. "Could've Been Me", "Wher'm I Gonna Live?" and "She's Not Cryin' Anymore" were also released as singles, peaking at #2, #23, and #6, respectively, on the country charts. The title track also reached #52 based on unsolicited airplay.

Overall, the album sold more than nine million copies in the U.S., receiving 9× Multi-Platinum certification by the RIAA.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Could've Been Me" (Monty Powell, Reed Nielsen) – 3:44
  2. "Achy Breaky Heart" (Don Von Tress) – 3:23
  3. "She's Not Cryin' Anymore" (Billy Ray Cyrus, Buddy Cannon, Terry Shelton) – 3:25
  4. "Where'm I Gonna Live?" (B. R. Cyrus, Cindy Cyrus) – 3:29
  5. "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" (Lee Hazlewood) – 2:47
  6. "Someday, Somewhere, Somehow" (B. R. Cyrus) – 3:47
  7. "Never Thought I'd Fall in Love with You" (Jim McKnight, Mike Murphy) – 3:41
  8. "Ain't No Good Goodbye" (Barton Stevens, B. R. Cyrus, Kevin White) – 3:22
  9. "I'm So Miserable" (B. R. Cyrus, Corky Holbrook) – 3:59
  10. "Some Gave All" (B. R. Cyrus, C. Cyrus) – 4:05

[edit] Album Charts

Year Chart Peak
1992 Top Country Albums 1
Billboard 200 1

[edit] Singles

Year Single Chart Positions
US Country US Hot 100 CAN Country
1992 "Achy Breaky Heart" 1 4 1
"Some Gave All" 52
"Could've Been Me" 2 72 1
"Where'm I Gonna Live" 23 16
1993 "She's Not Cryin' Anymore" 6 70 3

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

  • Co-Producers: Joe Scaife, Jim Cotton
  • Assistant engineers: Grahame Snith, Clyde Carr
  • Mixing: Jim Cotton, Joe Scaife
  • Mastering: Hank Williams
  • Art direction: Virginia Team
  • Design: Jerry Joyner
  • Photography: Peter Nash
  • Make-Up: Mary Beth Felts
  • Executive Art Direction: Kim Markovchick

[edit] See also

Preceded by
The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion by The Black Crowes
Billboard 200 number-one album
June 13 - October 9, 1992
Succeeded by
The Chase by Garth Brooks