Next Big Thing

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Next Big Thing
Vince nextbigthing.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 11, 2003 (2003-02-11)
Recorded2002
Genre Country
Length1:04:13
Label MCA Nashville
Producer Vince Gill
Vince Gill chronology
Tis the Season
(2000)
Next Big Thing
(2003)
These Days
(2006)
Singles from Next Big Thing
  1. "Next Big Thing"
    Released: November 2002
  2. "Someday"
    Released: March 29, 2003
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 80/100 [1]
Review scores
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Billboard (favorable) [3]
Country Weekly (favorable) [4]
Entertainment Weekly A− [5]
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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.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Next Big Thing"Vince Gill, Al Anderson, John Hobbs3:23
2."She Never Makes Me Cry"Gill3:53
3."Don't Let Her Get Away"Gill, Anderson3:04
4."Someday"Gill, Richard Marx 3:36
5."These Broken Hearts"Gill, Pete Wasner4:51
6."We Had It All"Gill3:58
7."Young Man's Town"Gill4:30
8."Real Mean Bottle"Gill3:15
9."Whippoorwill River"Gill, Dean Dillon 5:45
10."The Sun's Gonna Shine on You"Gill, Reed Nielsen3:17
11."From Where I Stand"Gill, Anderson, Hobbs3:38
12."You Ain't Foolin' Nobody"Gill, Nielsen3:49
13."Old Time Fiddle"Gill, Leslie Satcher 2:48
14."Without You"Gill3:08
15."Two Hearts"Gill, Satcher3:59
16."This Old Guitar and Me"Gill3:47
17."In These Last Few Days"Gill:32

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Harmony vocalists

Charts

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