Comin' to Your City

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Comin' to Your City
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 15, 2005
Recorded2005
Genre Country
Length48:42
Label Warner Bros. Nashville, Warner Music Group
Producer Big Kenny, John Rich, Paul Worley
Big & Rich chronology
Big & Rich's Super Galactic Fan Pak (EP)
(2004)
Comin' to Your City
(2005)
Rolling Stone Original (EP)
(2005)
Singles from Comin' to Your City
  1. "Comin' to Your City"
    Released: September 12, 2005
  2. "Never Mind Me"
    Released: January 30, 2006
  3. "8th of November"
    Released: May 26, 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly C− [2]
Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Comin' to Your City is the second studio album by the country music duo Big & Rich, released in 2005. It features the hit singles "Comin' to Your City", "Never Mind Me", and "8th of November", which peaked at number 21, number 34, and number 18 on the Hot Country Songs charts, respectively. Target offered an exclusive deluxe edition of the album which featured a bonus DVD of Big & Rich's performance at the 2005 CMA Music Festival. [4]

Contents

The title track has become the official theme song of College Gameday, albeit with different lyrics that talk about specific college football teams. Cowboy Troy appears in the revamped version and the corresponding video. [5] The track "I Pray for You" was one of the first songs which Big Kenny and John Rich wrote together. Prior to the duo's inception, both singers included it on their respective solo albums (Big Kenny's Live a Little and Rich's Underneath the Same Moon ), which were both recorded in 1999, with the former released in 2005 and the latter in 2006. Rich's solo rendition was also released as a single in 2000, peaking at No. 58 on the country charts.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Freak Parade" Big Kenny, John Rich 1:09
2."Comin' to Your City"Kenny, Rich3:27
3."Soul Shaker"Kenny, Rich, Rodney Clawson 3:05
4."Never Mind Me"Kenny, Rich, Clawson3:27
5."Caught Up in the Moment"Kenny, Rich3:42
6."Leap of Faith"Kenny, Rich4:58
7."I Pray for You"Kenny, Rich3:59
8."Filthy Rich"Kenny, Rich, Bill McDavid, Freddy Powers, Sonny Throckmorton 3:09
9."Jalapeño"Rich2:58
10."20 Margaritas"Kenny2:48
11."Blow My Mind"Kenny3:35
12."Slow Motion"Kenny, Rich3:26
13."8th of November" (spoken intro: Kris Kristofferson)Kenny, Rich6:17
14."Our America" (guest vocals: Gretchen Wilson and Cowboy Troy)Traditional, arr. by Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Paul Worley 2:42
Total length:48:42

In later presses of the album, "8th of November" was split into two tracks: one for Kris Kristofferson's opening and another for the song itself.

Personnel

Big & Rich

Additional musicians

Strings on Track 14 performed by the Nashville String Machine, conducted by Carl Gorodetzky, arranged by Dennis Burnside:

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country
[10]
US
[11]
US
Pop

[12]
2005"Comin' to Your City"217262
2006"Never Mind Me"34
"8th of November"1894
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

Region Certification
United States (RIAA) [13] Platinum

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