This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All

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This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All is the eleventh studio album released by the American country music band Sawyer Brown. Their fourth studio album for Curb Records, it produced four hit singles on the Billboard country music charts between 1995 and 1996: the title track, "'Round Here", "Treat Her Right", and "She's Gettin' There". "She's Gettin' There" was also the band's first single since 1991's "Mama's Little Baby Loves Me" to miss the country Top 40.

Critical reception

Gary Graff and Brian Mansfield, in MusicHound Country: The Essential Album Guide, wrote that the album "continues to hone the band's direction as 'small town heroes'...The first three singles from the album...are probably the strongest trio of hits the group has ever had."

Track listing

1. "Nothing Less Than Love" (Mark A. Miller, Gregg Hubbard) - 3:38
2. "Big Picture" (Miller, Mac McAnally) - 3:57
3. "I Will Leave the Light On" (Duncan Cameron) - 3:10
4. "(This Thing Called) Wantin' and Havin' It All" (Dave Loggins, Ronnie Samoset) - 3:28
5. "Another Mile" (Miller, Hubbard) - 3:43
6. "Round Here" (Miller, Hubbard, Scotty Emerick) - 4:02
7. "She's Gettin' There" (Miller, Emerick, John Northrup, M.C. Potts) - 4:04
8. "Treat Her Right" (Lenny LeBlanc, Ava Aldridge) - 3:39
9. "Like a John Deere" (Miller, Bill Shore) - 2:53
10. "Small Town Hero" (Miller, Hubbard) - 3:56

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.

Sawyer Brown

• Duncan Cameron – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, steel guitar, background vocals
• Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard – keyboards, background vocals
• Mark Miller – lead vocals
• Jim Scholten – bass guitar
• Joe "Curley" Smyth – drums, percussion

Technical

• Mac McAnally – production
• Mark Miller – production
• Jim Ed Norman – string arrangement
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Alan Schulman – recording, mixing
• Bergen White – string arrangement

Additional musicians

• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• John Hobbs – piano
• James Hooker – keyboards
• Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion
• Mike Lawler – synthesizer
• Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Terry McMillan – harmonica
• Jay Dee Maness – steel guitar
• Steve Nathan – keyboards
• Matt Rollings – piano

Strings on "I Will Leave the Light On" by the "A Strings".

Chart performance

Chart (1995)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	10
U.S. Billboard 200	77