Next Big Thing

Next Big Thing
Next Big Thing
Studio album by Vince Gill
Released	February 11, 2003
Recorded	2002
Genre	Country
Length	1:04:13
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Vince Gill
Vince Gill chronology
Singles from Next Big Thing
	"Next Big Thing"; Released: November 2002; "Someday"; Released: March 29, 2003;

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100 ^[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Billboard	(favorable) ^[3]
Country Weekly	(favorable) ^[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A− ^[5]
Q	^[1]
USA Today	^[6]

Next Big Thing is the tenth studio album from American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 2003 on MCA Nashville, and it features four singles: the title track, "Someday", "Young Man's Town", and "In These Last Few Days". These respectively reached #17, #31, #44 and #51 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 2003.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Next Big Thing"	Vince Gill, Al Anderson, John Hobbs	3:23
2.	"She Never Makes Me Cry"	Gill	3:53
3.	"Don't Let Her Get Away"	Gill, Anderson	3:04
4.	"Someday"	Gill, Richard Marx	3:36
5.	"These Broken Hearts"	Gill, Pete Wasner	4:51
6.	"We Had It All"	Gill	3:58
7.	"Young Man's Town"	Gill	4:30
8.	"Real Mean Bottle"	Gill	3:15
9.	"Whippoorwill River"	Gill, Dean Dillon	5:45
10.	"The Sun's Gonna Shine on You"	Gill, Reed Nielsen	3:17
11.	"From Where I Stand"	Gill, Anderson, Hobbs	3:38
12.	"You Ain't Foolin' Nobody"	Gill, Nielsen	3:49
13.	"Old Time Fiddle"	Gill, Leslie Satcher	2:48
14.	"Without You"	Gill	3:08
15.	"Two Hearts"	Gill, Satcher	3:59
16.	"This Old Guitar and Me"	Gill	3:47
17.	"In These Last Few Days"	Gill	3:32

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Vince Gill – lead and backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
John Hobbs – keyboards, string arrangements (4, 5)
Pete Wasner – keyboards
Jim Hoke – accordion, autoharp, harmonica
Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
Dean Parks – electric guitar
Al Anderson – acoustic guitar (1, 3, 11), electric guitar (1, 3, 11)
Tom Britt – slide guitar (1)
John Hughey – steel guitar
Willie Weeks – bass guitar
Chad Cromwell – drums
Eric Darken – percussion
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Kirk Whalum – alto saxophone (1)
Jim Horn – baritone saxophone (1), horn arrangements (1)
Steve Herrman – trombone (1)
Charles Rose – trumpet (1)
The Nashville String Machine – strings (4, 5)

Harmony vocalists

Bekka Bramlett (1, 11)
Billy Thomas (1, 2, 4, 6, 10, 12)
Harry Stinson (2, 12)
Jeff White (3)
Andrea Zonn (3)
Michael McDonald (5)
Kim Keyes (6, 10)
Emmylou Harris (7)
Dawn Sears (8, 14)
Jenny Gill (9)
Leslie Satcher (13)
Lee Ann Womack (15)
Amy Grant (17)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2003)	Peak position
US Billboard 200^[7]	14
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[8]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[9]	39

References

^ ^a ^b Critic Reviews at Metacritic
^ AllMusic review
^ Billboard review
^ Country Weekly review
^ Entertainment Weekly review
^ USA Today review
^ "Vince Gill, TLP". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
^ "Vince Gill, CLP". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2020.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2020.

External links

Next Big Thing at Metacritic

[meta-1] Critic Reviews at Metacritic

[2] AllMusic review

[3] Billboard review

[4] Country Weekly review

[5] Entertainment Weekly review

[6] USA Today review

[7] "Vince Gill, TLP". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2020.

[8] "Vince Gill, CLP". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2020.

[9] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2003". Billboard. Retrieved November 2, 2020.

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v t e Vince Gill
Studio albums	The Things That Matter The Way Back Home When I Call Your Name Pocket Full of Gold I Still Believe in You When Love Finds You High Lonesome Sound The Key Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye Next Big Thing These Days Guitar Slinger Bakersfield Down to My Last Bad Habit Okie
Compilation albums	Souvenirs Icon
Christmas albums	Let There Be Peace on Earth Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection
Extended plays	Turn Me Loose
Notable singles	"If It Weren't for Him" "Oklahoma Borderline" "Cinderella" "Let's Do Something" "Everybody's Sweetheart" "Never Alone" "Oklahoma Swing" "When I Call Your Name" "Never Knew Lonely" "Pocket Full of Gold" "Liza Jane" "Look at Us" "Take Your Memory with You" "I Still Believe in You" "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" "No Future in the Past" "One More Last Chance" "Tryin' to Get Over You" "Whenever You Come Around" "What the Cowgirls Do" "When Love Finds You" "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)" "You Better Think Twice" "Go Rest High on That Mountain" "High Lonesome Sound" "Worlds Apart" "Pretty Little Adriana" "A Little More Love" "You and You Alone" "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man" "Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye" "Feels Like Love" "Next Big Thing"
Guest singles	"The Heart Won't Lie" "House of Love" "I Will Always Love You" "It's Not Over" "If You Ever Leave Me" "Building Bridges" "Don't Rush" "I Just Can't Help Believing" "Sober Saturday Night" "Dear Hate" "Heaven by Then"
Other songs	"Here We Are" "I Can't Tell You Why"
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