Not a Moment Too Soon

Not a Moment Too Soon
Studio album by Tim McGraw
Released March 22, 1994
Genre Country
Length 32:02
Label Curb
Producer Byron Gallimore, James Stroud
Tim McGraw chronology
Tim McGraw
(1993)		 Not a Moment Too Soon
(1994)		 All I Want
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]

Not a Moment Too Soon is the second album by American country music singer Tim McGraw. It was released on March 22, 1994. Written by country song writer Wayne Perry, it reached #1 on Billboard's Top 200 chart and #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.

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 #8, #1, #2, #1 and #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts; the first two singles were both Top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 as well.

Contents

Track listing

  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, Gene Simmons, John D. Loudermilk) – 3:01
  7. "Refried Dreams" (Jim Foster, Mark Peterson) – 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 Jr.) – 3:23

Charts and certifications

Charts

Chart (1994) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 1[2]
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1[2]
Canadian RPM Top Albums 29
Canadian RPM Country Albums 1

Certifications

Country Certifier Certification
United States RIAA 6x Platinum[3]

End of decade charts

Chart (1990-1999) Position
U.S. Billboard 200[4] 63

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ a b Not a Moment Too Soon - Tim McGraw, Billboard, http://www.billboard.com/#/album/tim-mcgraw/not-a-moment-too-soon/151092, retrieved 2010-10-18 
  3. ^ "RIAA – Gold & Platinum". RIAA. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=Not%20a%20Moment%20Too%20Soon&artist=Tim%20Mc%20Graw&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved 2010-10-18. 
  4. ^ 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. http://books.google.co.kr/books?id=9w0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&lr&rview=1&pg=RA1-PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved October 15, 2010. 

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The Division Bell by Pink Floyd		 Billboard 200 number-one album
May 21 - June 3, 1994		 Succeeded by
The Crow (soundtrack) by Various artists
Preceded by
Rhythm, Country and Blues by Various Artists
Who I Am by Alan Jackson
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July 30 - October 14, 1994
December 10 - December 30, 1994		 Succeeded by
Who I Am by Alan Jackson
Waitin' on Sundown by Brooks & Dunn
The Hits by Garth Brooks
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Rhythm, Country and Blues by Various Artists
In Pieces by Garth Brooks		 RPM Country Albums number-one album
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October 24 - October 30, 1994		 Succeeded by
Country Heat 4 by Various Artists
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