''This Thing Called Wantin' and Havin' It All'' is the eleventh studio album by American country music band

Sawyer Brown Sawyer Brown is an American country music band. It was founded in 1981 in Apopka, Florida, by Mark Miller (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard (keyboards, vocals), Bobby Randall (lead guitar, vocals), Joe "Curly" Smyth (drums), and ...

. Their fourth studio album for

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, it produced four hit singles on the ''

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'' 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

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, 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

Personnel

Sawyer Brown * Mark Miller – lead vocals * Gregg "Hobie" Hubbard – keyboards, backing vocals * Duncan Cameron – guitars,

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, backing vocals * Jim Scholten – bass * Joe "Curley" Smyth – drums, percussion Additional musicians * John Hobbs – acoustic piano * James Hooker – keyboards *

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– synthesizers * Steve Nathan – keyboards *

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– acoustic piano * Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Dan Dugmore – steel guitar * Paul Franklin – steel guitar *

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– steel guitar * Roger Hawkins – drums, percussion * Terry McMillan –

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* The "A Strings" – strings (3) *

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– string arrangements (3) * Bergen White – string arrangements (3)

Production

* Mark Miller – producer * Mac McAnally – producer, additional recording * Alan Schulman – recording, mixing * Ken Hutton – additional recording, recording assistant, mix assistant * Steve Lowery – additional recording, recording assistant, mix assistant * Kent Bruce – recording assistant, mix assistant * Robert Charles – recording assistant * Michelle Rahmani – recording assistant * King Williams – recording assistant * Paula Montondo – mix assistant * Don Cobb – digital editing * Denny Purcell – mastering * Hank Williams – mastering * Buddy Jackson – art direction, design * Peter Nash – photography Studios * Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios (Sheffield, Alabama); La La Land Studio (Louisville, Kentucky); Scruggs Sound Studio, Recording Arts, Javelina Sound Studios and Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee). * Mixed at Scruggs Sound Studio, Sound Emporium and GroundStar Studios (Nashville, Tennessee); The Castle (Franklin, Tennessee). * Mastered at Georgetown Masters and MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee).

Chart performance

References

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