Wishes (Lari White album)

Wishes
Studio album by Lari White
Released	June 14, 1994 (1994-06-14)
Genre	Country
Length	36:26
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Garth Fundis
Lari White chronology
Lead Me Not (1993) Wishes (1994) Don't Fence Me In (1996)
Singles from Wishes
"That's My Baby" Released: March 1994 [1] "Now I Know" Released: August 15, 1994 "That's How You Know (When You're in Love)" Released: January 16, 1995 [2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B [4]

Wishes is the second studio album by American country music artist Lari White. Released on June 14, 1994 via RCA Nashville, it had three singles: "That's My Baby", "Now I Know", and "That's How You Know (When You're in Love)", all of which were Top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts.

Content

White wrote "That's My Baby" with her husband, songwriter Chuck Cannon. According to her, the song was climbing the charts when the two were on honeymoon. ^[5] The album itself received RIAA gold certification in the United States. ^[6]

Track listing

Wishes track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"That's My Baby"	Lari White Chuck Cannon	3:27
2.	"Somebody's Fool"	White Tom Shapiro Chris Waters	3:21
3.	"Wishes"	White Cannon	3:03
4.	"Now I Know"	Chick Rains Cindy Greene Don Cook	4:31
5.	"If I'm Not Already Crazy"	Verlon Thompson Suzi Ragsdale	4:45
6.	"That's How You Know (When You're in Love)"	White Cannon	3:39
7.	"When It Rains"	White	3:45
8.	"Go On"	White Shapiro Waters	3:39
9.	"It's Love"	White Cannon	3:18A
10.	"If You Only Knew"	White Cannon	2:58
Total length:			36:26

^A Track omitted from cassette version.

Personnel

• Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar, requinto
• Chuck Cannon – background vocals
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, Pedabro
• Garth Fundis – background vocals
• John Gardner – drums
• John Hobbs – piano
• Hal Ketchum – background vocals on "That's How You Know (When You're in Love)"
• Larry Knechtel – piano
• Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
• Mark Luna – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Steve Nathan – piano, keyboards
• Dave Pomeroy – bass guitar
• Vince Santoro – drums
• Stephony Smith – background vocals
• Verlon Thompson – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar, gut string guitar
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Lari White – lead vocals, background vocals

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1994–1995) Peak position US Billboard 200 [7] 125 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [8] 24 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [9] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1995) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [10] 53

References

1. "New & Active: Country". Radio & Records . No. 1036. March 25, 1994. p. 41.
2. "Country Highlights: New Releases". Country Monitor . Vol. 3, no. 3. January 13, 1995. p. 1.
3. "Wishes – Lari White". AllMusic . Retrieved January 8, 2022.
4. "Wishes (Music - Lari White) | Music Review". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2009.
5. "Chuck Cannon and Lari White: The Love Behind Their Love Songs". Sports and Entertainment Nashville. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
6. "RIAA search results for Lari White". RIAA. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
7. "Lari White Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
8. "Lari White Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
9. "Lari White Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
10. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved February 21, 2021.