Length 45:55 Release date 4 May 2004 Genre Country music | Artist Big & Rich Label Warner Bros. Nashville | |
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Released May 4, 2004 (2004-05-04) Recorded Dark Horse Recording Studio Horse of a Different Color
(2004) Big & Rich's Super Galactic Fan Pak (EP)
(2004) Producers Big Kenny, John Rich, Paul Worley Similar Big & Rich albums, Country music albums | ||
Big rich rollin the ballad of big rich with cowboy troy
Horse of a Different Color is the debut album by the American country music duo Big & Rich. It was released in 2004 on Warner Bros. Records and it contains the hit singles "Wild West Show", "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)", "Holy Water", and "Big Time". Respectively, these reached No. 21, No. 11, No. 15, and No. 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. The album was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA for shipments of three million copies.
Contents
Big rich rollin with lyrics
Content
Horse of a Different Color features several guest musicians, primarily members of the MuzikMafia, the collaborative singer-songwriter group that Big & Rich founded. Country rap artist Cowboy Troy is featured on the lead-off track "Rollin' (The Ballad of Big & Rich)", and makes an uncredited guest appearance at the end of "Kick My Ass". Gretchen Wilson provides background vocals on "Saved", and Jon Nicholson on "Love Train". The only guest musician who is not a MuzikMafia member is Martina McBride, who provides backing vocals on the final track, "Live This Life". Big Kenny and John Rich, who comprise the duo, co-wrote all the tracks on the album, and co-produced it with Paul Worley.
Four singles were released from this album. Lead-off single "Wild West Show" peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard country charts in early 2004. Following it was "Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)", which peaked at No. 11 and was certified platinum by the RIAA as a single. The third single release, the No. 15 "Holy Water", was inspired by Big Kenny's and John Rich's sisters, both victims of domestic abuse. "Big Time" was the final single, reaching No. 20 in mid-2005.
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
Songs
1Rollin' (The Ballad of Big & Rich)4:50
2Wild West Show4:21
3Big Time3:56