Daron Norwood (album)

Daron Norwood
Studio album by Daron Norwood
Released	February 1, 1994 (1994-02-01)
Genre	Country
Length	34:20
Label	Giant
Producer	James Stroud, Jeff Carlton
Daron Norwood chronology
Daron Norwood (1994) Ready, Willing and Able (1995)

Daron Norwood is the debut album of American country music singer Daron Norwood. It was released on February 1, 1994 via Giant Records. The album includes the singles "If It Wasn't for Her I Wouldn't Have You", "Cowboys Don't Cry", and "If I Ever Love Again", of which the first two were Top 40 hits on the Hot Country Songs charts.^[1]

Critical reception

The album received a mostly-favorable review in Billboard, which praised Norwood's "pleasantly resonant voice" and said that he "displays both his songwriting potential and an engaging way with a ballad".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Cowboys Don't Cry" (Jim Allison, Jeff Raymond, Bob Simon, Doug Gilmore) — 3:06
2. "If It Wasn't for Her I Wouldn't Have You" (J. L. Wallace, Terry Skinner) — 3:34
3. "Phantom of the Opry" (Billy Lawson, John Schweers, Roger Murrah) — 3:55
   • featuring Travis Tritt
4. "Phonographic Memory" (Robert Ellis Orrall, Curtis Wright, Doug Millett) — 2:24
5. "J. T. Miller's Farm" (Daron Norwood, Billy Lawson, Mike O'Rear) — 4:18
6. "Honky Tonk Heartache of the Year" (Lonnie Wilson, Wayne Perry) — 2:50
7. "If I Ever Love Again" (Curtis Wright, Billy Spencer) — 3:50
8. "A Little Bigger Piece of American Pie" (Craig Wiseman, Ronnie Samoset) — 3:24
9. "I Was Losing You" (Bruce Burch) — 3:09
10. "That's Life" (Billy Lawson, Bud McGuire, Mike McGuire) — 3:50

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[3]

Musicians

• David Briggs — strings
• Larry Byrom — acoustic guitar
• Sonny Garrish — steel guitar
• Dann Huff — electric guitar
• Gary Prim — keyboards
• Joe Spivey — fiddle
• Jimmy Tipton — electric guitar
• Lonnie Wilson — drums
• Curtis Wright — background vocals
• Glenn Worf — bass guitar
• Curtis Young — background vocals

Technical

• Jeff Carlton — production
• Julian King — engineering
• Glenn Meadows — mastering
• Lee Peterzell — engineering
• Lynn Peterzell — engineering
• James Stroud — production

Recorded and mixed at Loud Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.

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