Actual Size

Actual Size is the sixth album by the American rock band Mr. Big, released in August 2001, through Atlantic Records, the band's final album with the label. It was their second and final studio album to feature guitarist Richie Kotzen. Actual Size would be Mr. Big's final studio album for 9 years, until What If... in 2010. The song "Shine" was used as the closing theme to the anime adaptation of Hellsing. Kotzen and Sheehan's band The Winery Dogs performed regularly the song in recent tours.^[2]

Actual Size
Studio album by Mr. Big
Released	August 14, 2001 (Japan) August 28, 2001 (U.K.) September 25, 2001 (Europe)
Genre	Hard rock arena rock
Length	51:11
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Richie Zito
Mr. Big chronology
Get Over It (1999) Actual Size (2001) What If... (2010)
Singles from Actual Size
"Shine" Released: July 25, 2001 (Japan only) "Arrow" Released: 2001 (Japan only)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Lost in America"	Eric Martin, André Pessis	4:52
2.	"Wake Up"	Richie Kotzen, Richie Zito	3:45
3.	"Shine"	Kotzen, Zito	3:43
4.	"Arrow"	Martin, Jack Blades	3:43
5.	"Mary Goes 'Round"	Martin, Pessis	4:00
6.	"Suffocation"	Pat Torpey, Lanny Cordola, Chuck Wright	4:43
7.	"One World Away"	Torpey, Cordola, Wright	4:05
8.	"I Don't Want to Be Happy"	Martin, Zito, Kotzen, Pessis	4:50
9.	"Crawl Over Me"	Torpey, Cordola, Matt Sorum	5:08
10.	"Cheap Little Thrill"	Torpey, Cordola, Wright	3:12
11.	"How Did I Give Myself Away"	Martin, Billy Sheehan, Kotzen, Pessis	4:15
12.	"Nothing Like It in the World"	Martin, Pessis	5:02
Total length:			51:11

Japanese edition bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Deep Dark Secret"	Torpey, Cordola, Wright	4:37

Personnel

Mr. Big

• Eric Martin – lead vocals
• Richie Kotzen – lead guitar, co-lead vocals on "Suffocation", keyboards on "Nothing Like It in the World", engineer
• Billy Sheehan – bass guitar
• Pat Torpey – drums

Additional musicians

• Richie Zito – guitar, mandolin, producer, engineer

Production

• Brian Reeves, Patrick Shevelin – assistant engineers
• Phil Kaffel – mixing
• Larry Freemantle – art direction

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)^[3]	5

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)^[4]	Gold	100,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Prato, Greg. "Mr. Big - Actual Size review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
2. "Winery Dogs - Shine HQ". YouTube. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
3. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
4. "Japanese album certifications – Mr. Big – アクチャル・サイズ" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 2001年8月 on the drop-down menu

External links

• Heavy Harmonies page