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T-R-O-U-B-L-E
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 18, 1992
Recorded1991-1992
GenreCountry
Length43:12
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
ProducerGregg Brown
Travis Tritt chronology
It's All About to Change
(1991)
T-R-O-U-B-L-E
(1992)
A Travis Tritt Christmas: Loving Time of the Year
(1992)
Singles from T-R-O-U-B-L-E
  1. "Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man"
    Released: August 10, 1992
  2. "Can I Trust You with My Heart"
    Released: November 30, 1992
  3. "T-R-O-U-B-L-E"
    Released: March 13, 1993
  4. "Looking Out for Number One"
    Released: July 5, 1993
  5. "Worth Every Mile"
    Released: October 30, 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Entertainment WeeklyB–[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
Windsor StarA[5]

T-R-O-U-B-L-E is the third studio album from the American country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released on Warner Bros. Records in 1992. Five singles were released from the album; in chronological order of release, these were "Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man", "Can I Trust You with My Heart", the title track, “Looking Out for Number One ", and "Worth Every Mile". Respectively, these reached numbers 5, 1, 13, 11, and 30 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts between 1992 and 1993. The album was certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA for U.S. shipments of two million copies.

Content

"Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man" was the first single released from this album. This song, written by Kostas, features Brooks & Dunn, T. Graham Brown, George Jones, Little Texas, Dana McVicker, Tanya Tucker and Porter Wagoner as backing vocalists on the final chorus. Two cover songs are also included: the title track, originally a single in 1975 for Elvis Presley, and "Leave My Girl Alone", previously recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan on his 1989 album In Step, and Chicago blues guitarist Buddy Guy before that.

Track listing

CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Looking Out for Number One"Travis Tritt, Troy Seals3:30
2."Can I Trust You With My Heart"Tritt, Stewart Harris3:34
3."T-R-O-U-B-L-E"Jerry Chesnut3:00
4."When I Touch You"Tritt, Harris3:56
5."Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man"Kostas4:55
6."I Wish I Could Go Back Home"Tritt4:07
7."A Hundred Years from Now"Marty Stuart2:54
8."Blue Collar Man"Tritt, Gary Rossington3:47
9."Worth Every Mile"Tritt5:06
10."Leave My Girl Alone"Buddy Guy8:52
Total length:43:41

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes.[6]

Charts

Chart (1992) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 6
U.S. Billboard 200 27
Canadian RPM Country Albums 3
Canadian RPM Top Albums 39

References

  1. ^ Mansfield, Brian. "Travis Tritt - T-r-o-u-b-l-e". AllMusic. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  2. ^ Hurst, Jack (1992-08-27). "Travis Tritt t-r-o-u-b-l-e (Warner)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  3. ^ Nash, Alanna (1992-09-04). "T-r-o-u-b-l-e". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2019-01-07.
  4. ^ Cromelin, Richard (1992-08-30). "Record Rack". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^ Shaw, Ted (1992-09-26). "Record Review". Windsor Star.
  6. ^ T-R-O-U-B-L-E (CD). Travis Tritt. Warner Bros. Records. 1992. 45048.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)