Next Big Thing
2003 studio album by Vince Gill
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Next Big Thing is the tenth studio album from American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 2003 on MCA Nashville, and it features four singles: the title track, "Someday", "Young Man's Town", and "In These Last Few Days". These respectively reached #17, #31, #44 and #51 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 2003.
ReleasedFebruary 11, 2003
Recorded2002
Studio
- Ocean Way Nashville, Seventeen Grand Recording and East Iris Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee)
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| Released | February 11, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 1:04:13 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Vince Gill | |||
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| Singles from Next Big Thing | ||||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 80/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Billboard | (favorable) [3] |
| Country Weekly | (favorable) [4] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A− [5] |
| Q | [1] |
| USA Today | [6] |
Track listing
All tracks are written by Vince Gill, with additional co-writers as noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Next Big Thing" |
| 3:23 |
| 2. | "She Never Makes Me Cry" | 3:53 | |
| 3. | "Don't Let Her Get Away" | Anderson | 3:04 |
| 4. | "Someday" | Richard Marx | 3:36 |
| 5. | "These Broken Hearts" | Pete Wasner | 4:51 |
| 6. | "We Had It All" | 3:58 | |
| 7. | "Young Man's Town" | 4:30 | |
| 8. | "Real Mean Bottle" | 3:15 | |
| 9. | "Whippoorwill River" | Dean Dillon | 5:45 |
| 10. | "The Sun's Gonna Shine on You" | Reed Nielsen | 3:17 |
| 11. | "From Where I Stand" |
| 3:38 |
| 12. | "You Ain't Foolin' Nobody" | Nielsen | 3:49 |
| 13. | "Old Time Fiddle" | Leslie Satcher | 2:48 |
| 14. | "Without You" | 3:08 | |
| 15. | "Two Hearts" | Satcher | 3:59 |
| 16. | "This Old Guitar and Me" | 3:47 | |
| 17. | "In These Last Few Days" | 3:32 |
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
- Vince Gill – lead vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
- John Hobbs – keyboards, string arrangements (4, 5)
- Pete Wasner – keyboards
- Jim Hoke – accordion, autoharp, harmonica
- Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
- Dean Parks – electric guitar
- Al Anderson – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 11), electric guitar (1, 3, 11)
- Tom Britt – slide guitar (1)
- John Hughey – steel guitar
- Willie Weeks – bass guitar
- Chad Cromwell – drums
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle
- Kirk Whalum – alto saxophone (1)
- Jim Horn – baritone saxophone (1), horn arrangements (1)
- Steve Herrman – trombone (1)
- Charles Rose – trumpet (1)
- The Nashville String Machine – strings (4, 5)
Harmony vocalists
- Bekka Bramlett (1, 11)
- Billy Thomas (1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 12)
- Harry Stinson (2, 12)
- Jeff White (3)
- Andrea Zonn (3)
- Michael McDonald (5)
- Kim Keyes (6, 10)
- Emmylou Harris (7)
- Dawn Sears (8, 14)
- Jenny Gill (9)
- Leslie Satcher (13)
- Lee Ann Womack (15)
- Amy Grant (17)
Production
- Vince Gill – producer, art direction
- Justin Niebank – recording, mixing
- David Bryant – recording assistant
- Sang Park – mix assistant
- Steve Bishir – overdub recording
- Steve Marcantonio – overdub recording
- J.C. Monterrosa – overdub recording assistant
- Hank Nirider – overdub recording assistant
- Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
- Traci Sterling Bishir – production manager
- Michelle Bentrem – production managing assistant
- Jim Kemp – art direction
- Karen Naff – design
- Andrew Eccles – photography
- Trish Townsend – wardrobe stylist
- Mary Beth Felts – hair, make-up
- The Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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