Big Love (Tracy Byrd album)

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Big Love
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ReleasedOctober 22, 1996 (1996-10-22)
Recorded1996
Genre Country
Length32:09
Label MCA
Producer Tony Brown
Tracy Byrd chronology
Love Lessons
(1995)
Big Love
(1996)
I'm from the Country
(1998)
Singles from Big Love
  1. "Big Love"
    Released: September 24, 1996
  2. "Don't Take Her She's All I Got"
    Released: January 27, 1997
  3. "Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine"
    Released: May 17, 1997
  4. "Good Ol' Fashioned Love"
    Released: 1997
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Big Love is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. The album was released in 1996 on MCA Records and contains four singles: the title track, a cover of Johnny Paycheck's "(Don't Take Her) She's All I Got", "Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine", and "Good Ol' Fashioned Love". These first two singles both reached the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, and "Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine" was a Top 20; "Good Ol' Fashioned Love", however, missed the Top 40.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Big Love"Michael Clark, Jeff Stevens 3:39
2."Cowgirl" Harley Allen, Shawn Camp 2:47
3."Good Ol' Fashioned Love" Mark Nesler, Tony Martin 2:59
4."Don't Take Her She's All I Got" Gary U.S. Bonds, Jerry Williams 3:26
5."If I Stay" Dean Dillon, Larry Bastian3:09
6."Don't Love Make a Diamond Shine" Craig Wiseman, Mike Dekle3:19
7."Tucson Too Soon"Nesler, Tracy Byrd 3:21
8."I Don't Believe That's How You Feel" Kostas, Harlan Howard 2:46
9."Driving Me out of Your Mind"Nesler3:17
10."I Love You, That's All"Chris Crawford, Tom Kimmel3:26

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1996)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums12
U.S. Billboard 200106
Canadian RPM Country Albums18

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