Full Circle (Randy Travis album)
1996 studio album by Randy Travis
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Full Circle is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on August 13, 1996 by Warner Records.[3][4] His last album for Warner Bros. Records until 2008 (not counting his later country-gospel works for Word/Warner/Curb), the album produced four singles: "Are We in Trouble Now", "Would I", "Price to Pay", and a cover of Roger Miller's hit single "King of the Road"; the cover also appeared on the soundtrack to the 1997 film Traveller.
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| Released | August 13, 1996 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Warner Records[1] | |||
| Producer | Kyle Lehning[2] | |||
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"Are We in Trouble Now" was written by Mark Knopfler.[5] Travis cowrote three of the album's songs.[6]
Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [8] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[9] |
| Lincoln Journal Star | [10] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [6] |
| USA Today |  [11] |
| Windsor Star | B+[5] |
The Lincoln Journal Star wrote that "when he's on, Travis' lonesome North Carolina baritone slurs and slides with smoothness and feeling that few can match."[10] USA Today thought that "Travis' aching baritone again sounds fresh as rain compared with the river of drivel pouring out of Nashville."[11]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Highway Junkie" | Chris Knight, Annie Tate, Sam Tate | 3:57 |
| 2. | "Price to Pay" | Craig Wiseman, Trey Bruce | 3:46 |
| 3. | "Long on Lonely (Short on Pride)" | Bucky Jones, Bob McDill, Dickey Lee | 3:26 |
| 4. | "Would I" | Mark Winchester | 2:23 |
| 5. | "Future Mister Me" | Randy Travis, John Lindley | 3:05 |
| 6. | "Don't Take Your Love Away from Me" | Verlon Thompson, Mark D. Sanders | 2:53 |
| 7. | "Are We in Trouble Now" | Mark Knopfler | 3:40 |
| 8. | "If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another" | Joe Stampley, Tony Stampley, Bobby Carmichael | 2:15 |
| 9. | "I Wish It Would Rain" | Travis, Ron Avis | 3:15 |
| 10. | "King of the Road" | Roger Miller | 3:49 |
| 11. | "I Can Almost Hear Her Wings" | Travis, Eddie Lee, Buck Moore | 4:21 |
| 12. | "Ants on a Log" | Skip Ewing, Donny Kees | 3:27 |
Personnel
- Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
- Robbie Buchanan - piano
- Dennis Burnside - keyboards
- Larry Byrom - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Dave Carpenter - upright bass
- Mark Casstevens - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Alvin Chea - background vocals
- Cherry Sisters (Lisa Silver, Sherry Huffman, Diane Tidwell) - background vocals
- Dan Dugmore - steel guitar, electric guitar
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar, Dobro
- Steve Gibson - electric guitar
- David Hungate - bass guitar
- Roy Huskey Jr. - upright bass
- Paul Leim - drums
- Chris Leuzinger - electric guitar
- JayDee Maness - steel guitar
- Brent Mason - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Gene Miller - background vocals
- Steve Nathan - keyboards
- Dean Parks - acoustic guitar
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
- Matt Rollings - piano
- John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
- Mike Shapiro - drums
- Hank Singer - fiddle
- Milton Sledge - drums
- Randy Travis - acoustic guitar, lead vocals
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. - electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Mervyn Warren - background vocals
- Dennis Wilson - background vocals
- Curtis Wright - background vocals
- Curtis Young - background vocals
Chart performance
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[12] | 77 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 10 |
