''Nobody's Got It All'' is the eighteenth studio album by

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artist

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released under the

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label on March 27, 2001. The album produced the singles "Nobody's Got It All" which peaked at 55 on the country charts and "You Ain't Hurt Nothin' Yet", which peaked at 56. Also included on the album was a cover of

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's 1982 song

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from his album ''

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''. According to

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, Anderson's vocals are best utilized in the album on "the ballads, which prominently feature steel guitar and fiddle in traditional country style." His voice is described as "vulnerable, slightly wheezy tenor" that is best suited for "slow material." The reviewer states that some of the tracks are "conservative reflections" on life. Anderson's voice is compared by the reviewer to

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. The album was produced by

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and

Paul Worley Paul Worley (born February 16, 1950 in Nashville) is an American record producer and session guitarist, known primarily for his work in country music. Formerly a vice president at Sony BMG, he later joined the staff of Warner Bros. Records' Nashv ...

, who were a popular production team at the end of the 1990s, most notable for their work with the

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. "It Ain't Easy Being Me" was previously recorded by Chris Knight on his self-titled album. "The Big Revival" was later recorded by

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on ''

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'', which was also produced by Chancey. The song was later recorded by

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in 2014 and used as the title track of his album '' The Big Revival''.

Track listing

#"You Ain't Hurt Nothin' Yet" ( Al Anderson, Billy Lawson) - 3:51 #"It Ain't Easy Being Me" ( Chris Knight,

Craig Wiseman Craig Michael Wiseman is an American country music songwriter and producer, and the owner/founder of the Big Loud enterprise. He has been writing since the late 1980s, and his songs have been recorded by Lorrie Morgan, Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesn ...

) - 3:50 #"I Ain't Afraid of Dying" (

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) - 3:32 #"Nobody's Got It All" ( Layng Martine, Jr.,

Kent Robbins Kent Marshall Robbins (April 23, 1947 – December 27, 1997) was an American country music songwriter. Robbins was born in Mayfield, Kentucky. He began writing for Charley Pride's Pi-Gem music in 1974. Between then and his death, he wrote songs ...

) - 3:44 #"The Call" (

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, Michael White) - 4:38 #"Appalachian Blue" (Donna Anderson, Michael Anderson) - 3:43 #"The Big Revival" (

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) - 3:16 #"Go to Town" (J. Anderson, Dillon) - 4:17 #"Five Generations of Rock County Wilsons" (

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) - 3:51 #"Baby's Gone Home to Mama" ( Shawn Camp, Herb McCullough) - 3:20 #"I Love You Again" (J. Anderson, Wiseman) - 3:51 #"

" (

) - 4:47

Personnel

* Al Anderson -

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- lead vocals, background vocals *

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, background vocals *

Chad Cromwell Chad Cromwell (born June 14, 1957) is an American rock drummer whose music career has spanned more than 30 years. He is the founding member of a band called Fortunate Sons, which released a self-titled album in 2004. Cromwell has worked with mu ...

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Dan Dugmore Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying Bur ...

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*John Hobbs - keyboards *

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, horn arrangements *Liana Manis - background vocals *

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- keyboards *Steve Patrick -

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...

*Charles Rose -

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*Joe Spivey -

banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and in modern forms is usually made of plastic, where early membranes were made of animal skin. ...

fiddle A fiddle is a Bow (music), bowed String instrument, string musical instrument, most often a violin or a bass. It is a colloquial term for the violin, used by players in all genres, including European classical music, classical music. Althou ...

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* Harry Stinson - background vocals *Harvey Thompson -

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (whi ...

- acoustic guitar, electric guitar

Chart performance

Singles

References

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