Pocket Full of Gold
{{For|the song|Pocket Full of Gold (song)}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Pocket Full of Gold
| type = studio
| artist = Vince Gill
| cover = PocketFullofGold.jpg
| alt =
| released = March 5, 1991
| recorded = June–July 1990
| venue =
| studio =
- Studio 6 and Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
| genre = Country
| length = 32:04
| label = MCA Nashville
| producer = Tony Brown
| prev_title = When I Call Your Name
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = I Still Believe in You
| next_year = 1992
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Pocket Full of Gold
| type = studio
| single1 = Pocket Full of Gold
| single1date = January 1991
| single2 = Liza Jane
| single2date = June 3, 1991
| single3 = Look at Us
| single3date = September 16, 1991
| single4 = Take Your Memory with You
| single4date = January 27, 1992
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r92404|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2 = Calgary Herald
| rev2score = BWagamese, Richard (March 31, 1991). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.
| rev3 = Chicago Tribune
| rev3score = {{Rating|3.5|4}} [https://www.chicagotribune.com/1991/03/28/vince-gillpocket-full-of-gold-mca-starstarstar/ link]
| rev4 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev4score = B− [https://web.archive.org/web/20070401042413/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,313551,00.html link]
| rev5 = Orlando Sentinel
| rev5score = {{Rating|5|5}}Gettelman, Parry (March 22, 1991). "Vince Gill". Orlando Sentinel.
| rev6 = Q
| rev6score = {{Rating|3|5}} [http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1103404&style=music link]
}}
Pocket Full of Gold is the fourth studio album from American country music artist, Vince Gill. It was released in 1991 on MCA Nashville. It features the singles "Pocket Full of Gold," "Liza Jane," "Look at Us" and "Take Your Memory with You."
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = I Quit
| length1 = 2:30
| writer1 = {{hlist|Vince Gill|Max D. Barnes}}
| title2 = Look at Us
| length2 = 3:59
| writer2 = {{hlist|Gill|Barnes}}
| title3 = Take Your Memory with You
| length3 = 2:34
| writer3 = Gill
| title4 = Pocket Full of Gold
| length4 = 4:04
| writer4 = {{hlist|Gill|Brian Allsmiller}}
| title5 = The Strings That Tie You Down
| length5 = 3:39
| writer5 = {{hlist|Gill|Barnes}}
| title6 = Liza Jane
| length6 = 2:53
| writer6 = {{hlist|Gill|Reed Nielsen}}
| title7 = If I Didn't Have You in My World
| length7 = 3:52
| writer7 = {{hlist|Gill|Jim Weatherly}}
| title8 = A Little Left Over
| length8 = 2:06
| writer8 = Gill
| title9 = What's a Man to Do
| length9 = 3:11
| writer9 = {{hlist|T.J. Knight|Curtis Wright}}
| title10 = Sparkle
| length10 = 3:16
| writer10 = {{hlist|Jim Lauderdale|John Leventhal}}
| total_length = 32:04
}}
Production
- Tony Brown – producer
- John Guess – recording, overdub recording, mixing
- Marty Williams – overdub recording, second engineer
- Milan Bogdan – digital editing
- Glenn Meadows – mastering
- Jessie Noble – project coordinator
- Katherine DeVault – art direction, design
- Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography
- Larry Fitzgerald at Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management
Personnel
As listed in the liner notes.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Pocket Full of Gold |others=Vince Gill |year=1991 |type=CD |publisher=MCA Records |id=MCAD-10140}}
- Vince Gill – lead vocals, electric guitar (1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9), backing vocals (2, 4, 5, 7-9)
- Barry Beckett – acoustic piano (1, 2, 4, 6, 9)
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – acoustic piano (2, 3, 5, 7)
- Pete Wasner – keyboards (4-7, 9, 10)
- Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 6, 9)
- Larry Byrom – electric guitar (3, 5, 7, 10)
- Richard Bennett – electric guitar (10)
- John Hughey – steel guitar (1, 3-5, 7-9)
- Willie Weeks – bass (1, 2, 4, 6, 9)
- Michael Rhodes – bass (3, 5, 7, 8, 10)
- Eddie Bayers – drums (1, 2, 4, 6, 9)
- Larrie Londin – drums (3, 5, 7, 8, 10)
- Andrea Zonn – fiddle (1-3, 5-8, 10), backing vocals (2, 5, 7)
- Herb Pedersen – backing vocals (1, 3, 10)
- Patty Loveless – backing vocals (4)
- Billy Thomas – backing vocals (6, 9)
- Tony King – backing vocals (8)
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1991)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Billboard 200{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Vince+Gills&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=TLP|title=Vince Gill, TLP|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 28, 2021|url-access=subscription}}
| 37 |
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/search?artistname=Vince+Gills&charttitle=&label=&chartcode=CLP|title=Vince Gill, CLP|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 28, 2021|url-access=subscription}}
| 5 |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1991)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1991/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 28, 2021}}
| 26 |
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|title=Pocket Full of Gold|artist=Vince Gill|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1991}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Vince Gill}}
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