Horse of a Different Color (Big & Rich album)

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All tracks are written by Big Kenny and John Rich, with additional co-writers as noted.

Horse of a Different Color
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 4, 2004 (2004-05-04)
StudioDark Horse Recording Studio
Genre Country
Length56:52
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer Big Kenny
John Rich
Paul Worley
Big & Rich chronology
Horse of a Different Color
(2004)
Big & Rich's Super Galactic Fan Pak (EP)
(2004)
Singles from Horse of a Different Color
  1. "Wild West Show"
    Released: December 15, 2003
  2. "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)"
    Released: April 19, 2004
  3. "Holy Water"
    Released: September 20, 2004
  4. "Big Time"
    Released: February 7, 2005
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Rollin' (The Ballad of Big & Rich)" (featuring Cowboy Troy) Cowboy Troy 4:50
2."Wild West Show"Blair Daly4:20
3."Big Time" Angie Aparo 3:56
4."Kick My Ass" (featuring Cowboy Troy -uncredited)Bryan Wayne4:58
5."Six Foot Town" 3:47
6."Holy Water"
4:13
7."Saved" (background vocals: Gretchen Wilson)John Phillips4:51
8."Real World"Adam Shoenfeld5:05
9."Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)" 3:20
10."Drinkin' 'bout You" 2:53
11."Love Train" (background vocals: Jon Nicholson)Jon Nicholson3:47
12."Deadwood Mountain" 5:10
13."Live This Life" (background vocals: Martina McBride) 5:33
Total length:56:52

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [5]

Big & Rich
Additional musicians
Technical

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[14]
US
[15]
GER
[16]
2003"Wild West Show"2185
2004"Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)"115687
"Holy Water"1575
2005"Big Time"20103
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

Region Certification
Canada (Music Canada) [19] Gold
United States (RIAA) [20] 3× Platinum

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