''Comin' to Your City'' is the second studio album by American

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duo

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, released in 2005. It features the hit singles "

Comin' to Your City ''Comin' to Your City'' is the second studio album by American country music duo Big & Rich, released in 2005. It features the hit singles " Comin' to Your City", "Never Mind Me", and " 8th of November", which peaked at number 21, number 34, and ...

", "Never Mind Me", and " 8th of November", which peaked at number 21, number 34, and number 18 on the

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charts, respectively.

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offered an exclusive deluxe edition of the album which featured a bonus DVD of Big & Rich's performance at the 2005

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. The title track has become the official theme song of College Gameday, albeit with different lyrics that talk about specific college football teams.

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appears in the revamped version and the corresponding video. The track "I Pray for You" was one of the first songs which Big Kenny and John Rich wrote together. Prior to the duo's inception, both singers included it on their respective solo albums (Big Kenny's '' Live a Little'' and Rich's ''

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''), which were both recorded in 1999, with the former released in 2005 and the latter in 2006. Rich's solo rendition was also released as a single in 2000, peaking at No. 58 on the country charts.

Track listing

In later presses of the album, "8th of November" was split into two tracks: one for Kris Kristofferson's opening and another for the song itself.

Personnel

Big & Rich *Big Kenny – vocals *John Rich – vocals,

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Additional musicians *Max Abrams – saxophone *Sam Bacco – percussion (track 14) *Brian Barnett – drums (all tracks except 4, 9, 10), percussion (track 3) *Dennis Burnside – keyboards (track 2), synthesizer (track 5) *

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– percussion (track 14) *Mike Johnson –

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*Wayne Killius – drums (track 4, 9, 10) *Howard Laravea –

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(track 4), synthesizer (track 4), piano (track 10) *Carig Nelson – bass guitar (track 14) *Matt Pierson – bass guitar (track 10) *Mike Rojas – keyboards (track 1), piano (tracks 6, 8, 13), synthesizer (tracks 6, 11, 13), Hammond B-3 organ (track 11, 12),

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(track 12) *Ethan Pilzer – bass guitar (track 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13) *Ron Sobro – percussion (track 14) *Adam Shoenfeld – electric guitar (all tracks) *Justin Tockett – bass guitar (track 2, 4, 5, 9) *

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– electric guitar (tracks 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13) *

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–

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, cello,

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, octophone

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on Track 14 performed by the

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, conducted by Carl Gorodetzky, arranged by Dennis Burnside: *Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin, Conni Ellisor, Alan Umstead, David Davidson, David Angell, Catherine Umstead, Cate Myer, Zeneba Bowers, Erin Hall, Denise Baker, Carolyn Bailey, Gerald Greer, chris teal, Janet Askey, Karen Winkleman – violins *Gary Vanosdale, Kathryn Plummer, Monisa Angell, Kris Wilkinson –

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s *John Catchings, Felix Wang, Sarighani Reist Acro – cellos

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Certifications

References

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