Tracy Byrd (album)

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Tracy Byrd
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 27, 1993 (1993-04-27)
Recorded1992-1993
Genre Country
Length29:52
Label MCA
Producer Keith Stegall (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7-10)
Tony Brown (tracks 3, 4, 6)
Tracy Byrd chronology
Tracy Byrd
(1993)
No Ordinary Man
(1994)
Singles from Tracy Byrd
  1. "That's the Thing About a Memory"
    Released: July 13, 1992
  2. "Someone to Give My Love To"
    Released: January 26, 1993
  3. "Holdin' Heaven"
    Released: May 18, 1993
  4. "Why Don't That Telephone Ring"
    Released: October 30, 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly C [3]

Tracy Byrd is the self-titled debut album of American country music artist Tracy Byrd. In order of release, the singles from this album were "That's the Thing About a Memory", "Someone to Give My Love To" (a cover of Johnny Paycheck's song), "Holdin' Heaven", and "Why Don't That Telephone Ring". "Holdin' Heaven" reached Number One on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1993.

Contents

"An Out of Control Raging Fire" would later be recorded by Patty Loveless (as a duet with Travis Tritt) on Loveless's Mountain Soul album. "Talk to Me Texas" was previously recorded by Keith Whitley for his 1989 posthumous album I Wonder Do You Think of Me .

Track listing

  1. "That's the Thing About a Memory" (Keith Stegall, Tracy Byrd, Lewis Anderson) - 2:46
  2. "Back in the Swing of Things" (Buddy Cannon, Vern Gosdin, Dean Dillon) - 2:30
  3. "Someone to Give My Love To" (Jerry Foster, Bill Rice) - 3:23
  4. "Holdin' Heaven" (Bill Kenner, Thom McHugh) - 2:31
  5. "Why" (Larry Bastian, DeWayne Blackwell, Earl Bud Lee) - 2:58
  6. "An Out of Control Raging Fire" (Kostas, Melba Montgomery) - 3:40
  7. "Hat Trick" (Jim Weatherly, Glenn Sutton) - 2:37
  8. "Why Don't That Telephone Ring" (Charles Quillen, Ron Hellard) - 3:16
  9. "Edge of a Memory" (Paul Nelson, Tom Shapiro) - 3:05
  10. "Talk to Me Texas" (Don Cook, Bucky Jones, Curly Putman) - 3:01

Personnel

Tracks 1, 2, 5, 7–10

Tracks 3, 4, 6


Chart performance

Chart (1993)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums24
U.S. Billboard 200115
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers3

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