This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All

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This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 29, 1995
Genre Country
Length36:30
Label Curb
Producer
[1]
Sawyer Brown chronology
Greatest Hits 1990-1995
(1995)
This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All
(1995)
Six Days on the Road
(1997)
Singles from This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All
  1. "(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All"
    Released: July 10, 1995
  2. "'Round Here"
    Released: November 13, 1995
  3. "Treat Her Right"
    Released: March 18, 1996

This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All is the eleventh studio album released by the American country music band Sawyer Brown. Their fourth studio album for Curb Records, it produced four hit singles on the Billboard country music charts between 1995 and 1996: the title track, "'Round Here", "Treat Her Right", and "She's Gettin' There". "She's Gettin' There" was also the band's first single since 1991's "Mama's Little Baby Loves Me" to miss the country Top 40.

Contents

Critical reception

Gary Graff and Brian Mansfield, in MusicHound Country: The Essential Album Guide, wrote that the album "continues to hone the band's direction as 'small town heroes'...The first three singles from the album...are probably the strongest trio of hits the group has ever had." [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Nothing Less Than Love"Mark Miller, Gregg Hubbard3:38
2."Big Picture"Miller, Mac McAnally 3:57
3."I Will Leave the Light On"Duncan Cameron3:10
4."(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All" Dave Loggins, Ronnie Samoset3:28
5."Another Mile"Miller, Hubbard3:43
6."'Round Here"Miller, Hubbard, Scotty Emerick 4:02
7."She's Gettin' There"Miller, Emerick, John Northrup, M.C. Potts4:04
8."Treat Her Right" Lenny LeBlanc, Ava Aldridge3:39
9."Like a John Deere"Miller, Bill Shore2:53
10."Small Town Hero"Miller, Hubbard3:56
Total length:36:30

Personnel

Sawyer Brown

Additional musicians

Production

Studios

Chart performance

Chart (1995)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums10
U.S. Billboard 20077

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References

  1. This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All (CD booklet). Sawyer Brown. Curb Records. 1995. D2-77785.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. Mansfield, Brian; Graff, Gary (1997). MusicHound Country: The Essential Album Guide . Visible Ink.