Living in a Moment
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Living in a Moment is the second album from American country music
artist Ty Herndon
. The album was released in 1996 (see 1996 in country music
) via Epic Records
. Like his debut album What Mattered Most
, the album has been certified gold by the RIAA. It features the singles "Living in a Moment", "She Wants to Be Wanted Again", "Loved Too Much" and "I Have to Surrender".
country singles charts in 1996. Following this song were the #21 "She Wants to Be Wanted Again", the #2 "Loved Too Much" and the #17 "I Have to Surrender".
Three of this album's songs have also been recorded by other artists. "She Wants to Be Wanted Again" was originally recorded by Larry Stewart
on his 1994 album Heart Like a Hurricane
, and later by Western Flyer
on their 1996 album Back in America. "I Know How the River Feels" was later released in 1999 as a single by Diamond Rio
from their 1998 album Unbelievable
, and again by McAlyster
in 2000. In addition, Gary Allan
recorded "Don't Tell Mama" on his 1999 album Smoke Rings in the Dark
, as did Doug Stone on his 2007 album My Turn. Stone's version was a single in 2008.
Doug Virden and Drew Womack, members of the band Sons of the Desert
at the time, provided background vocals on this album, as did Blue Miller, formerly of the Silver Bullet Band and Gibson/Miller Band
. Both the Gibson/Miller Band and Sons of the Desert recorded for Epic as well.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
artist Ty Herndon
Ty Herndon
Boyd Tyrone "Ty" Herndon is an American country music and Christian singer. Signed to Epic Records in 1995, Herndon made his debut that year with the Number One single "What Mattered Most", followed by the release of his first album, also entitled What Mattered Most...
. The album was released in 1996 (see 1996 in country music
1996 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1996.-Events:* June 28 — First annual Country Stampede Music Festival begins* October 6 — Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are married, and quickly become country music's most visible couple...
) via Epic Records
Epic Records
Epic Records is an American record label, owned by Sony Music Entertainment. Though it was originally conceived as a jazz imprint, it has since expanded to represent various genres. L.A...
. Like his debut album What Mattered Most
What Mattered Most
What Mattered Most is the debut album of American country music artist Ty Herndon, issued in 1995 on Epic Records. The album's title track, which was Herndon's debut single, reached #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in mid-1995...
, the album has been certified gold by the RIAA. It features the singles "Living in a Moment", "She Wants to Be Wanted Again", "Loved Too Much" and "I Have to Surrender".
Content
Living in a Moment is led off by its title track, which is also the first single release from it. This song became Herndon's second Number One hit on the BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
country singles charts in 1996. Following this song were the #21 "She Wants to Be Wanted Again", the #2 "Loved Too Much" and the #17 "I Have to Surrender".
Three of this album's songs have also been recorded by other artists. "She Wants to Be Wanted Again" was originally recorded by Larry Stewart
Larry Stewart (singer)
Larry Stewart is an American country music singer, best known for his role as lead singer of the country pop band Restless Heart...
on his 1994 album Heart Like a Hurricane
Heart Like a Hurricane
Heart Like a Hurricane is the second studio album by American country music singer Larry Stewart. It is his second release after his 1991 departue from the band Restless Heart. This album accounted for three singles: the title track, "Losing Your Love" and "Rockin' the Rock"...
, and later by Western Flyer
Western Flyer
-Track listing:#"Western Flyer" – 3:53#"She Should've Been Mine" – 3:41#"His Memory" – 3:20#"Cherokee Highway" – 4:45...
on their 1996 album Back in America. "I Know How the River Feels" was later released in 1999 as a single by Diamond Rio
Diamond Rio
Diamond Rio is an American Country music/Christian music band formed in 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee. Since its foundation, the group has comprised the same six members: Gene Johnson , Jimmy Olander , Brian Prout , Marty Roe , Dan Truman , and Dana Williams...
from their 1998 album Unbelievable
Unbelievable (Diamond Rio album)
Unbelievable is the fifth studio album released by country music group Diamond Rio. Its title track and "You're Gone" were both Top 5 hits on the country charts in 1998-1999, while "I Know How the River Feels" was a minor Top 40, and was later a #69 for the group McAlyster in 2000.-Track...
, and again by McAlyster
McAlyster
McAlyster was an American country music group founded in Pensacola, Florida. Its members comprised Cody Collins, Josh Walther, Leigh Usilton and Valerie Gills. They were signed to MCA Nashville Records in 2000...
in 2000. In addition, Gary Allan
Gary Allan
Gary Allan Herzberg is an American country music artist, known professionally as Gary Allan.Signed to Decca Records in 1996, Allan made his debut on the United States country music scene with the release of his single "Her Man", the lead-off to his gold-certified debut album Used Heart for Sale,...
recorded "Don't Tell Mama" on his 1999 album Smoke Rings in the Dark
Smoke Rings in the Dark
-Album:-Singles:-Certifications:-Personnel:*Gary Allan – lead vocals*Lisa Cochran – background vocals*Christy Cornelius – background vocals*Chad Cromwell – drums*Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar, acoustic guitar*Steve Gibson – electric guitar...
, as did Doug Stone on his 2007 album My Turn. Stone's version was a single in 2008.
Doug Virden and Drew Womack, members of the band Sons of the Desert
Sons of the Desert (band)
Sons of the Desert was an American country music band founded in 1989 in Waco, Texas by brothers Drew Womack and Tim Womack , along with Scott Saunders , Doug Virden and Brian Westrum...
at the time, provided background vocals on this album, as did Blue Miller, formerly of the Silver Bullet Band and Gibson/Miller Band
Gibson/Miller Band
The Gibson/Miller Band was an American country music band founded in 1990 by Dave Gibson and Bill "Blue" Miller, the latter of whom was a former guest musician in rock musician Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band...
. Both the Gibson/Miller Band and Sons of the Desert recorded for Epic as well.
Track listing
- "Living in a MomentLiving in a Moment (song)"Living in a Moment" is the title of a country music song recorded by Ty Herndon. It was released in June 1996 as the first single from his album of the same name, and in October of that year, it became his second Number One hit ....
" (Pat Bunch, Doug Johnson) – 3:52 - "Returning the Faith" (Sam Lorber, Thom Hardwell) – 4:09
- "She Wants to Be Wanted Again" (Steven Dale Jones, Billy Henderson) – 3:54
- "Before There Was You" (Tommy Conners, Terry Brown) – 3:13
- "Don't Tell Mama" (Jerry Laseter, Buddy Brock, Kim Williams) – 4:12
- "Loved Too MuchLoved Too Much"Loved Too Much" is a single by American country music artist Ty Herndon. Released in 1997, it was the third single from his album, Living in a Moment. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in June 1997....
" (Don SchlitzDon SchlitzDonald Alan "Don" Schlitz, Jr. is a country music songwriter. For his songwriting efforts, Schlitz has earned two Grammys, as well as four ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year awards...
, Billy LivseyBilly LivseyBilly Livsey is an American songwriter, keyboardist, and producer from Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked for many musicians including Tina Turner, Kevin Ayers, 801, Gerry Rafferty, Five Star, and Kenny Rogers.-References:*...
) – 3:41 - "Her Heart Is Only Human" (Kent BlazyKent BlazyKent Blazy is an American country music songwriter. His credits include several singles for Garth Brooks , as well as singles by Gary Morris, Diamond Rio, Patty Loveless and Chris Young.-Biography:Kent Blazy was raised in Lexington, Kentucky...
, Steve DorffSteve DorffSteve Dorff is an American songwriter and composer whose work is mainly in the field of country music.Dorff has written several songs for other artists, including "Hypnotize the Moon" and "My Heart Will Never Know" for Clay Walker, "The Man in Love with You" and "I Cross My Heart" by George Strait,...
, Williams) – 3:35 - "Love Don't Work That Way" (Tony Haselden, Stan Munsey, Shane Sutton) – 3:26
- "I Have to Surrender" (Bunch, Johnson) – 3:25
- "I Know How the River Feels" (Steven Dale Jones, Amy Powers) – 4:25
Personnel
- Bruce Bouton - pedal steel guitarPedal steel guitarThe pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal bar to "fret" or shorten the length of the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar. Unlike other types of steel guitar, it also uses pedals and knee levers to affect the pitch, hence the name "pedal"...
, lap steel guitarLap steel guitarThe lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, an instrument derived from and similar to the guitar. The player changes pitch by pressing a metal or glass bar against the strings instead of by pressing strings against the fingerboard.... - Joe Chemay - bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Larry Franklin - fiddleFiddleThe term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
- Dann HuffDann HuffDann Huff is an American musician, session musician, singer-songwriter and producer. For his work as a producer in the Country music genre he has won several awards including the Musician of the Year award in 2001 and 2004 at the Country Music Association Awards and the Producer of the Year award...
- electric guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker... - Paul Leim - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
- Steve Nathan - keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Tom Roady - percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
- Brent Rowan - electric guitar
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitarAcoustic guitarAn acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
, mandolinMandolinA mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single... - John Willis - electric guitar
Background vocalists
- Stephanie BentleyStephanie BentleyStephanie Kay Bentley is an American country music artist. She made her debut in 1996 as a duet partner on Ty Herndon's single "Heart Half Empty", which peaked at #21 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...
- Mike Jones
- Liana Manis
- Blue Miller
- Jonell Mosser
- John Wesley RylesJohn Wesley RylesJohn Wesley Ryles is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1968 with the single "Kay", a Top Ten hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, and the title track to his debut album for Columbia Records.Ryles later recorded one album, Reconsider Me, for the Plantation label,...
- Doug Virden
- Drew Womack
Chart performance
| Chart (1996) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 6 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 65 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 18 |