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Shot Full of Love (1998)

Where the lyrics of Shot Full of Love take you, and where it was really made.

Its title song had already been recorded three times before Cyrus, and one of those versions only reached number 73.

Key places

Sessions on Music Row (1998)

Recording site Music Row — Cyrus held his first full-fledged sessions with top musicians on Music Row in Nashville. The point uses the Music Row candidate location, and no single studio building is named. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Shot Full of Love is the fifth studio album by American country artist Billy Ray Cyrus
• Released November 3, 1998; the Italian Wikipedia entry gives 1998 as the release year
• Lead single "Busy Man" peaked at number 3 in early 1999
• The album sold more than 220,000 copies worldwide
• It was Cyrus's last studio album for Mercury Records
• The track listing has 11 songs

Background

• After this album, Cyrus left Mercury Records for Monument Records in 1999
• "Busy Man" was his first Top Ten country hit since "Somebody New" in 1993
• The title song is a cover of a Bob McDill song first recorded by Juice Newton in 1981
• The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band recorded it in 1983
• Jennifer McCarter and The McCarters released it in 1990, peaking at number 73
• "Time for Letting Go" is a cover of a 1990 Jude Cole hit
• "Missing You" was originally recorded by Canadian country singer Calvin Wiggett in 1995
• In the 1980s the title song was a staple of Cyrus's set list with his band Sly Dog, before his first record deal
• Cyrus said he adjusted his music, attitude, and appearance, and let go of the past

Recording

• The album came from Cyrus's first full-fledged sessions with top musicians on Music Row in Nashville
• Electric guitar: J. T. Corenflos, Dann Huff, Mike Henderson, Brent Mason
• Steel guitar: Dan Dugmore
• Drums: Paul Leim and Owen Hale
• Bass: Dave Pomeroy and Glenn Worf
• Keyboards: Gary Prim; banjo: Bruce Watkins; saxophone: Mark Douthit

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Born William Ray Cyrus on August 25, 1961, in Flatwoods, Kentucky; American singer, songwriter and actor.
• Debut album Some Gave All (1992) topped the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums; certified 9× multi-platinum in the US and sold over 20 million copies worldwide.
• Lead single "Achy Breaky Heart" topped the Hot Country Songs chart and became a global hit, spreading the line dance into the mainstream.
• Moved from Mercury Records to Monument Records in 1999, then to New Door/UMe, Walt Disney Records and Lyric Street Records.
• Starred in the PAX series Doc (2001–2004), Disney Channel's Hannah Montana (2006–2011) with daughter Miley Cyrus, and CMT's Still the King (2016–2017).

Old Town Road

• Featured on the remix of Lil Nas X's "Old Town Road", which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 19 consecutive weeks there.
• The song won Grammy Awards for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance and Best Music Video.

Personal life

• Married Cindy Smith (1986–1991), then Leticia "Tish" Finley; the couple raised several children together.
• Married Australian singer Firerose in 2023; divorce finalized in August 2024.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Great American Family profiled Shot Full of Love as a deliberately radio-ready collection, Cyrus's first
• The profile called it the result of his first full-fledged sessions with top Music Row musicians
• Cyrus said he adjusted his music, attitude, and appearance, and let go of the past
• Cyrus said he wanted to make a completely different album from any he had made before

Records

• Busy Man peaked at number 3 in early 1999
• It was Cyrus's first Top Ten country hit since Somebody New in 1993
• The album sold more than 220,000 copies worldwide
• It was Cyrus's last studio album for Mercury Records

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title song was a staple of Cyrus's set list with his band Sly Dog in the 1980s, before he signed his first record deal
• The McCarters' 1990 version of the title song peaked at number 73
• Cyrus left Mercury Records for Monument Records in 1999, right after this album
• Busy Man reached number 3 in early 1999, his first Top Ten country hit in six years

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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