Actual Size

Actual Size
Actual Size
Studio album by Mr. Big
Released	August 14, 2001 (Japan); August 28, 2001 (U.K.); September 25, 2001 (U.S./Europe)
Genre	Hard rock; arena rock;
Length	51:11
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Richie Zito
Mr. Big chronology
Singles from Actual Size
	"Shine"; Released: July 25, 2001 (Japan only); "Arrow"; Released: 2001 (Japan only);

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Actual Size is the sixth album by the American rock band Mr. Big, released in August 2001. It was their second and final studio album to feature guitarist Richie Kotzen. Actual Size would be Mr. Big's final studio album for 9 years, until What If... in 2010. The song "Shine" was used as the closing theme to the anime adaptation of Hellsing. Kotzen and Sheehan's band The Winery Dogs performed regularly the song in recent tours.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lost in America"	Eric Martin, André Pessis	4:52
2.	"Wake Up"	Richie Kotzen, Richie Zito	3:45
3.	"Shine"	Kotzen, Zito	3:43
4.	"Arrow"	Martin, Jack Blades	3:43
5.	"Mary Goes 'Round"	Martin, Pessis	4:00
6.	"Suffocation"	Pat Torpey, Lanny Cordola, Chuck Wright	4:43
7.	"One World Away"	Torpey, Cordola, Wright	4:05
8.	"I Don't Want to Be Happy"	Martin, Zito, Kotzen, Pessis	4:50
9.	"Crawl Over Me"	Torpey, Cordola, Matt Sorum	5:08
10.	"Cheap Little Thrill"	Torpey, Cordola, Wright	3:12
11.	"How Did I Give Myself Away"	Martin, Billy Sheehan, Kotzen, Pessis	4:15
12.	"Nothing Like It in the World"	Martin, Pessis	5:02
Total length:			51:11

Japanese edition bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Deep Dark Secret"	Torpey, Cordola, Wright	4:37

Personnel

Mr. Big

Eric Martin – lead vocals
Richie Kotzen – lead guitar, co-lead vocals on "Suffocation", keyboards on "Nothing Like It in the World", engineer
Billy Sheehan – bass guitar
Pat Torpey – drums

Additional musicians

Richie Zito – guitar, mandolin, producer, engineer

Production

Brian Reeves, Patrick Shevelin – assistant engineers
Phil Kaffel – mixing
Larry Freemantle – art direction

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2001	Japanese Albums Chart^[3]	5

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[4]	Gold	100,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Prato, Greg. "Mr. Big - Actual Size review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
^ "Winery Dogs - Shine HQ". YouTube. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
^ "ＭＲ．ＢＩＧのアルバム売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on August 29, 2010. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
^ "Japanese album certifications – Mr. Big – アクチャル・サイズ" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2001年8月 on the drop-down menu

External links

Heavy Harmonies page

[1] Prato, Greg. "Mr. Big - Actual Size review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2021-04-25.

[2] "Winery Dogs - Shine HQ". YouTube. Retrieved 2021-04-25.

[Oricon-3] "ＭＲ．ＢＩＧのアルバム売り上げランキング" (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on August 29, 2010. Retrieved 2021-04-12.

[JapanMr._Bigアクチャル・サイズalbumCertRef-4] "Japanese album certifications – Mr. Big – アクチャル・サイズ" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2001年8月 on the drop-down menu

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v t e Mr. Big
Eric Martin Billy Sheehan Paul Gilbert Nick D'Virgilio Pat Torpey Richie Kotzen Matt Starr
Studio albums	Mr. Big Lean into It Bump Ahead Hey Man Get Over It Actual Size What If... ...The Stories We Could Tell Defying Gravity
Live albums	Static
Singles	"To Be with You" "Just Take My Heart" "Wild World" "Take Cover" "Not One Night"
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