Tracy Byrd (album)

Tracy Byrd
Studio album by Tracy Byrd
Released	April 27, 1993 (1993-04-27)
Recorded	1992-1993
Genre	Country
Length	29:52
Label	MCA
Producer	Keith Stegall (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7-10) Tony Brown (tracks 3, 4, 6)
Tracy Byrd chronology
Tracy Byrd (1993) No Ordinary Man (1994)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	C [3]

Tracy Byrd is the self-titled debut album of American country music artist Tracy Byrd. In order of release, the singles from this album were "That's the Thing About a Memory", "Someone to Give My Love To" (a cover of a Johnny Paycheck song), "Holdin' Heaven", and "Why Don't That Telephone Ring". "Holdin' Heaven" reached Number One on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1993.

"An Out of Control Raging Fire" would later be recorded by Patty Loveless (as a duet with Travis Tritt) on Loveless's Mountain Soul album.

Track listing

1. "That's the Thing About a Memory" (Keith Stegall, Tracy Byrd, Lewis Anderson) - 2:46
2. "Back in the Swing of Things" (Buddy Cannon, Vern Gosdin, Dean Dillon) - 2:30
3. "Someone to Give My Love To" (Jerry Foster, Bill Rice) - 3:23
4. "Holdin' Heaven" (Bill Kenner, Thom McHugh) - 2:31
5. "Why" (Larry Bastian, DeWayne Blackwell, Earl Bud Lee) - 2:58
6. "An Out of Control Raging Fire" (Kostas, Melba Montgomery) - 3:40
   • duet vocals: Dawn Sears
7. "Hat Trick" (Jim Weatherly, Glenn Sutton) - 2:37
8. "Why Don't That Telephone Ring" (Charles Quillen, Ron Hellard) - 3:16
9. "Edge of a Memory" (Paul Nelson, Tom Shapiro) - 3:05
10. "Talk to Me Texas" (Don Cook, Bucky Jones, Curly Putman) - 3:01

Personnel

Tracks 1, 2, 5, 7–10

• Eddie Bayers – drums on all tracks except "She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not"
• Bruce Bouton – pedal steel guitar
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Roy Huskey, Jr. – acoustic bass
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Tim Mensy – acoustic guitar
• Weldon Myrick – pedal steel guitar
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
• Jerry Salley – background vocals
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson – drums on "She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not"
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Curtis Young – background vocals
• Andrea Zonn – background vocals

Tracks 3, 4, 6

• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
• Larry Byrom – electric guitar
• Glen Duncan – fiddle
• Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
• Owen Hale – drums
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• Randy McCormick – keyboards, piano

Chart performance

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