It Won't Be the Last

It Won't Be the Last is the second studio album released by country music artist Billy Ray Cyrus. Certified Platinum in just under a year after release by the RIAA, the album has sold over 1 million copies in the US and over 3 million copies worldwide. This album produced four singles for Cyrus on the Hot Country Songs charts: "In the Heart of a Woman", "Somebody New", "Words by Heart" and "Talk Some", which reached number #3, number #9, number #12, and number #63, respectively, on the charts. The first, third and fourth singles, plus two album tracks ("Ain't Your Dog No More" and "When I'm Gone") had accompanying music videos. "Somebody New" was covered in 2008 by Jill King, whose version was released as a single, however, it did not chart.

It Won't Be the Last
Studio album by
Billy Ray Cyrus
ReleasedJune 22, 1993 (1993-06-22)
StudioMusic Mill Recording Studio Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry
Length38:20
LabelMercury
ProducerJoe Scaife, Jim Cotton
Billy Ray Cyrus chronology
Some Gave All
(1992)		 It Won't Be the Last
(1993)		 Storm in the Heartland
(1994)
Singles from It Won't Be the Last
  1. "In the Heart of a Woman"
    Released: June 29, 1993
  2. "Somebody New"
    Released: September 18, 1993
  3. "Words by Heart"
    Released: January 24, 1994
  4. "Talk Some"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."In the Heart of a Woman"Keith Hinton, Brett Cartwright4:00
2."Talk Some"Don Von Tress4:15
3."Somebody New"Alex Harvey, Mike Curtis3:45
4."Only Time Will Tell"Billy Ray Cyrus, Greg Fletcher3:21
5."Ain't Your Dog No More"Von Tress2:28
6."Words by Heart"Reed Nielsen, Monty Powell3:07
7."It Won't Be the Last"Cyrus, Terry Shelton3:49
8."Throwin' Stones"Cyrus3:40
9."Right Face Wrong Time"Cyrus3:27
10."Dreamin' in Color, Livin' in Black and White"Von Tress, Donny Lowery4:17
11."When I'm Gone"Cyrus, Von Tress3:01

Personnel
Sly Dog
Additional Musicians
  • Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
  • Clyde Carr - backing vocals
  • Costo Davis - keyboards
  • Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
  • Keith D. Hinton - acoustic and electric guitars
  • Roy Huskey, Jr. - upright bass
  • Mike Lawler - keyboards
  • Neal Matthews - backing vocals
  • Joe Scaife - backing vocals
  • Gordon Stoker - backing vocals
  • Don Von Tress - acoustic, electric and bass guitars, backing vocals
  • Ray C. Walker - backing vocals
  • Duane West - backing vocals

Charts

Singles
Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US CAN Country
1993 "In the Heart of a Woman" 3 76 1
"Somebody New" 9 104 14
1994 "Words by Heart" 12 119 14
"Talk Some" 63 — —
"—" denotes releases that failed to chart

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Entertainment Weekly review
  3. Rolling Stone review
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