Big Time (Trace Adkins album)

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Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Entertainment Weekly	B

Big Time is the second studio album by American country music artist Trace Adkins. It was released on October 21, 1997 and features the singles "The Rest of Mine", "Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone" and "Big Time", which respectively reached No. 4, No. 11 and No. 27 on the Hot Country Songs charts. The album itself was certified Platinum by the RIAA. "Wayfaring Stranger" can be found on the Sparrow Records compilation album Amazing Grace II.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Big Time"	Larry Boone, Paul Nelson, Kenny Beard	3:50
2.	"Took Her to the Moon"	Mark Nesler, Byron Hill	2:47
3.	"The Rest of Mine"	Trace Adkins, Beard	3:13
4.	"Snowball in El Paso"	Adkins, Trey Bruce	4:09
5.	"See Jane Run"	Porter Howell, Tim Nichols	2:55
6.	"Twenty-Four, Seven"	J. B. Rudd, Vip Vipperman	3:32
7.	"Hold You Now"	Bob DiPiero, Howell	4:36
8.	"Nothin' but Taillights"	Gerry House, Devon O'Day, DiPiero	3:15
9.	"Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone"	Jody Alan Sweet, Mary Danna	3:06
10.	"Out of My Dreams"	Doug Nichols, Steven Dale Jones	3:12
11.	"Wayfaring Stranger"	Traditional, arranged by Adkins, Scott Hendricks	3:35
Total length:			38:19

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Tracks 1-10

• Trace Adkins – lead vocals
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Mark Horne – acoustic guitar
• John Jarvis – keyboards, organ
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Scott Neubert – acoustic guitar
• Matt Rollings – keyboard, organ
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitar
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar
• Jonathan Yudkin – mandolin

Track 11

• David Grier – acoustic guitar
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Roy Huskey, Jr. – upright bass
• Scott Neubert – Dobro
• Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitar

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	7
U.S. Billboard 200	50
Canadian RPM Country Albums	26

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country	US	CAN Country
1997	"The Rest of Mine"	4	70	5
1998	"Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone"	11	112	10
	"Big Time"	27	—	22
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Certifications

Region	Certification
United States (RIAA)	Platinum