Next Big Thing

This article is about the Vince Gill album. For the title song, see Next Big Thing (song). For other uses, see The Next Big Thing (disambiguation).

Next Big Thing
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Studio album by Vince Gill
Released	February 11, 2003 (2003-02-11)
Recorded	2002
Genre	Country
Length	1:04:13
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Vince Gill
Vince Gill chronology
'Tis the Season (2000)'Tis the Season2000 Next Big Thing (2003) These Days (2006)These Days2006

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	80/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Billboard	(favorable)
Country Weekly	(favorable)
Entertainment Weekly	A−
Q
USA Today

Next Big Thing is the eleventh 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

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.

• Al Anderson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar (tracks 1, 3, 11)
• Tom Britt - slide guitar (track 1)
• Chad Cromwell - drums
• Eric Darken - percussion
• Stuart Duncan - fiddle
• Vince Gill - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, lead vocals
• Steve Herrmann - trombone
• John Hobbs - keyboard (all tracks), string arrangement (tracks 4, 5)
• Jim Hoke - harmonica, accordion, autoharp
• Jim Horn - baritone saxophone, horn arrangement
• John Hughey - pedal steel guitar
• Mac McAnally - acoustic guitar
• Nashville String Machine - string section (tracks 4, 5)
• Dean Parks - electric guitar
• Charles Rose - trumpet
• Pete Wasner - keyboards
• Willie Weeks - bass guitar
• Kirk Whalum - alto saxophone

Background vocalists

• Bekka Bramlett
• Jenny Gill
• Vince Gill
• Amy Grant
• Emmylou Harris
• Kim Keyes
• Michael McDonald
• Leslie Satcher
• Dawn Sears
• Harry Stinson
• Billy Thomas
• Jeff White
• Lee Ann Womack
• Andrea Zonn

Chart performance

Chart (2003)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	4
U.S. Billboard 200	14

External links

• Next Big Thing at Metacritic