Are You Ready for the Big Show?

Are You Ready for the Big Show?
Are You Ready for the Big Show?
Live album by Radney Foster
Released	June 26, 2001
Genre	Country
Label	Dualtone
Producer	Radney Foster
Radney Foster chronology

Are You Ready for the Big Show? is the fourth album by American country music singer Radney Foster. It was released in 2001 for Dualtone Records. It is a live album, featuring re-recordings of Foster's past songs, including his first two singles, "Just Call Me Lonesome" and "Nobody Wins". Also included as a hidden track is "Texas in 1880", which Foster originally released in 1988 as one-half of Foster & Lloyd.^[1]

The version from this album, a duet with Pat Green, charted at number 54 on Hot Country Songs in 2001.^[2]

Critical reception[]

Giving it 4 out of 5 stars, Matt Reasor of Allmusic said that Foster "returns full circle to his neo-traditionalist roots".^[1] Jim Caliguri of The Austin Chronicle gave the album three stars, saying that it was "an accurate snapshot of another night of South Austin musical magic."^[3]

Track listing[]

All songs written by Radney Foster; co-writers in parentheses.

"Are You Ready for the Big Show?" — 0:15^A
"Tonight" (Mac McAnally) — 4:14
"God Knows When" — 4:01
"Just Call Me Lonesome" (George Ducas) — 3:27
"Something Stupid" — 0:12^A
"School of Hard Knocks" — 3:18
"Intro to Went for a Ride" — 1:45^A
"Went for a Ride" (Alice Randall) — 4:06
"I'm Used to It" — 4:13
"Folding Money" — 6:57
"Leaning on What Love Can Do" — 4:36
"How You Play the Hand" (Peter Smith) — 4:09
"Nobody Wins" (Foster, Kim Richey) — 4:19
"We Know Better" — 0:08^A
"I'm In" (Georgia Middleman) — 5:56
"Texas in 1880" — 4:08^B
- duet with Pat Green
"Tonight (reprise)" (Foster, McAnally) — 4:06^B

^AInterstitial sketch.
^BHidden track.

Personnel[]

Jeff Armstrong- Hammond organ, Wurlitzer
Ashley Arrison- background vocals
Radney Foster- acoustic guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
Pat Green- vocals on "Texas in 1880"
Byron House- upright bass
Mike McAdam- electric guitar, slide guitar
Charlie Miller- introduction
Chris Thile- mandolin
Matt Thompson- drums, trash cans, background vocals

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Reasor, Matt. "Are You Ready for the Big Show? review". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 149. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
^ Caliguri, Jim (June 29, 2001). "Are You Ready for the Big Show? review". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 17 January 2013.

[allmusic-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Reasor, Matt. "Are You Ready for the Big Show? review". Allmusic. Retrieved 17 January 2013.

[whitburn-2] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 149. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.

[3] Caliguri, Jim (June 29, 2001). "Are You Ready for the Big Show? review". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 17 January 2013.

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hide v t Radney Foster / Foster & Lloyd
Foster & Lloyd albums	Foster & Lloyd Faster & Llouder Version of the Truth The Essential Foster and Lloyd
Notable Foster & Lloyd singles	"Crazy Over You" "Sure Thing" "Texas in 1880" "What Do You Want from Me This Time" "Fair Shake"
Solo albums	Del Rio, TX 1959 Labor of Love See What You Want to See Are You Ready for the Big Show? Another Way to Go
Notable solo singles	"Just Call Me Lonesome" "Nobody Wins" "Easier Said Than Done" "The Running Kind" "I'm In" (with Abra Moore) "Texas in 1880" (with Pat Green)