Full Circle (Randy Travis album)
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| Released | August 13, 1996 | |||
| Studio | Nightengale Studio, The Compound, The Tracking Room and Seventeen Grand Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Warner Records[1] | |||
| Producer | Kyle Lehning[2] | |||
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Full Circle is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on August 13, 1996 by Warner Records.[3][4] His last album for Warner Bros. Records until 2008 (not counting his later country-gospel works for Word/Warner/Curb), the album produced four singles: "Are We in Trouble Now", "Would I", "Price to Pay", and a cover of Roger Miller's hit single "King of the Road"; the cover also appeared on the soundtrack to the 1997 film Traveller.
"Are We in Trouble Now" was written by Mark Knopfler.[5] Travis cowrote three of the album's songs.[6]
Critical reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [8] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[9] |
| Lincoln Journal Star | [10] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [6] |
| USA Today |  [11] |
| Windsor Star | B+[5] |
The Lincoln Journal Star wrote that "when he's on, Travis' lonesome North Carolina baritone slurs and slides with smoothness and feeling that few can match."[10] USA Today thought that "Travis' aching baritone again sounds fresh as rain compared with the river of drivel pouring out of Nashville."[11]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Highway Junkie" | Chris Knight, Annie Tate, Sam Tate | 3:57 |
| 2. | "Price to Pay" | Craig Wiseman, Trey Bruce | 3:46 |
| 3. | "Long on Lonely (Short on Pride)" | Bucky Jones, Bob McDill, Dickey Lee | 3:26 |
| 4. | "Would I" | Mark Winchester | 2:23 |
| 5. | "Future Mister Me" | Randy Travis, John Lindley | 3:05 |
| 6. | "Don't Take Your Love Away from Me" | Verlon Thompson, Mark D. Sanders | 2:53 |
| 7. | "Are We in Trouble Now" | Mark Knopfler | 3:40 |
| 8. | "If It Ain't One Thing, It's Another" | Joe Stampley, Tony Stampley, Bobby Carmichael | 2:15 |
| 9. | "I Wish It Would Rain" | Travis, Ron Avis | 3:15 |
| 10. | "King of the Road" | Roger Miller | 3:49 |
| 11. | "I Can Almost Hear Her Wings" | Travis, Eddie Lee, Buck Moore | 4:21 |
| 12. | "Ants on a Log" | Skip Ewing, Donny Kees | 3:27 |
Personnel[edit]
- Randy Travis – lead vocals
- Robbie Buchanan – acoustic piano
- Dennis Burnside – keyboards
- Steve Nathan – keyboards
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – acoustic piano
- Matt Rollings – acoustic piano
- Larry Byrom – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Steve Gibson – electric guitar
- Dan Dugmore – electric guitar, steel guitar
- Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
- Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar, dobro
- Jay Dee Maness – steel guitar
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- Dave Carpenter – acoustic bass
- Roy Huskey, Jr. – acoustic bass
- Paul Leim – drums
- Mike Shapiro – drums
- Milton Sledge – drums
- Hank Singer – fiddle
- Gene Miller – backing vocals
- John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals
- Curtis Wright – background vocals
- Curtis Young – backing vocals
- Alvin Chea – backing vocals
- Mervyn Warren – backing vocals
- Cherry Sisters (Sheri Huffman, Lisa Silver and Diane Tidwell) – backing vocals
Production[edit]
- Martha Sharp – A&R direction
- Kyle Lehning – producer, mixing (1-9, 11, 12)
- Joe Bogan – basic track recording (1-9, 11, 12)
- Bill Schnee – recording (10), mixing (10)
- Gene Eichelberger – overdub recording
- Jason Lehning – overdub recording, mix assistant (1-9, 11, 12)
- Eric Prestidge – additional tracking (1-9, 11, 12)
- James "Val" Valentini – additional tracking assistant (1-9, 11, 12)
- Sandy Jenkins – mix assistant (1-9, 11, 12)
- Koji Egawa – recording assistant (10)
- John Hendrickson – recording assistant (10)
- Janice Azark – art direction
- Garrett Rittenberry – design
- Aaron Rapoport – photography
Chart performance[edit]
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 9 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[12] | 77 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 10 |
References[edit]
- ^ "Randy Travis - Full Circle". www.countrystandardtime.com.
- ^ Price, Deborah Evans (Jul 6, 1996). "Randy Travis comes 'Full Circle'". Billboard. Vol. 108, no. 27. p. 27.
- ^ "Randy Travis Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Novak, Ralph (Aug 26, 1996). "Full Circle". People. 46 (9): 21.
- ^ a b Shaw, Ted (5 Sep 1996). "Cd Reviews". Windsor Star. p. X19.
- ^ a b Gettelman, Parry (30 Aug 1996). "SUMMER STOCK INCLUDES SOME BLUE CHIPS". Orlando Sentinel. Calendar. p. 7.
- ^ "Full Circle - Randy Travis | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (May 27, 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Full Circle". EW.com.
- ^ a b "Coming 'Full Circle' Travis serves notice: He's here to stay". Lincoln Journal Star. 25 Aug 1996. p. H5.
- ^ a b Zimmerman, David (13 Aug 1996). "COUNTRY: Randy Travis, Full Circle". USA Today. p. 4D.
- ^ "Randy Travis". Billboard.
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