Not a Moment Too Soon

Not a Moment Too Soon is the second studio album by American country music artist Tim McGraw. It was released on March 22, 1994 by Curb Records. McGraw's breakthrough album, it reached No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 chart and No. 1 on Billboard Country chart and stayed for 26 consecutive weeks. It was Billboard's best selling album of 1994. For all genres of that year, it was in the top five. The Academy of Country Music named it Album of the Year in 1994.

Not a Moment Too Soon
Studio album by Tim McGraw
Released	March 22, 1994
Recorded	1993–94
Studio	Javelina Recording Studios, Loud Recording Studios, Mesa Recording Studios, and Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Length	32:02
Label	Curb Records
Producer	Byron Gallimore James Stroud
Tim McGraw chronology
Tim McGraw (1993) Not a Moment Too Soon (1994) All I Want (1995)
Singles from Not a Moment Too Soon
"Indian Outlaw" Released: January 22, 1994 "Don't Take the Girl" Released: March 28, 1994 "Down on the Farm" Released: July 11, 1994 "Not a Moment Too Soon" Released: October 24, 1994 "Refried Dreams" Released: February 20, 1995

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−^[2]
Robert Christgau	C+^[3]

Five singles were released from this album: in order of release, they were "Indian Outlaw", "Don't Take the Girl", "Down on the Farm", the title track and "Refried Dreams". Respectively, these reached No. 8, No. 1, No. 2, No. 1 and No. 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts; the first two singles were both Top 20 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 as well.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It Doesn't Get Any Countrier Than This"	Jerry Vandiver, Randy Archer	2:30
2.	"Give It to Me Strait"	Reese Wilson, Stephen Grauberger	2:46
3.	"Wouldn't Want It Any Other Way"	Ed Hill, David Frasier	3:50
4.	"Down on the Farm"	Jerry Laseter, Kerry Kurt Phillips	2:55
5.	"Not a Moment Too Soon"	Wayne Perry, Joe Barnhill	3:46
6.	"Indian Outlaw"	Tommy Barnes, Jumpin' Gene Simmons, John D. Loudermilk	3:01
7.	"Refried Dreams"	Jim Foster, Mark Petersen	2:45
8.	"Don't Take the Girl"	Craig Martin, Larry W. Johnson	4:09
9.	"40 Days and 40 Nights"	Barnes	2:57
10.	"Ain't That Just Like a Dream"	Tony Mullins, Stan Munsey	3:23

Personnel

Musicians

• Tim McGraw – lead vocals
• Randy McCormick – piano
• Matt Rollings – piano
• Gary Smith – Hammond organ
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Dann Huff – electric guitar
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• Sonny Garrish – Dobro, pedal steel guitar
• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Glen Duncan – fiddle
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Curtis Wright – backing vocals
• Curtis Young – backing vocals

Production

• Byron Gallimore – producer
• James Stroud – producer
• Doug Rich – production assistant
• Neuman, Walker & Associates – art direction, design
• Peter Nash – photography

Technical

• Julian King – engineer, mix assistant
• Lynn Peterzell – engineer, mixing, additional engineer
• Steve Marcantonio – additional engineer
• Russ Martin – additional engineer
• Marty Williams – additional engineer
• Mark Hagen – assistant engineer
• Ken Hutton – assistant engineer
• Mark Hurt – assistant engineer
• Hank Williams – mastering
• Recorded at Loud Recording, Mesa Recording Studio, Sound Stage Studios and Javelina Recording Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Mixed at Loud Recording
• Mastered at MasterMix (Nashville, Tennessee)

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[4]	78
Canadian Albums (RPM)	29
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)	1
US Billboard 200^[5]	1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
US Billboard 200^[7]	12
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[8]	1

Chart (1995)	Position
US Billboard 200^[9]	30
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[10]	4

Chart (1996)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[11]	30

Decade-end charts

Chart (1990–1999)	Position
US Billboard 200^[12]	63

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country ^[13]	US	CAN Country
1994	"Indian Outlaw"	8	15	24
	"Don't Take the Girl"	1	17	1
	"Down on the Farm"	2	—	3
	"Not a Moment Too Soon"	1	—	1
1995	"Refried Dreams"	5	—	3

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[14]	2× Platinum	200,000^^
United States (RIAA)^[15]	6× Platinum	6,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Entertainment Weekly review
3. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
4. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 182.
5. "Tim McGraw Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
6. "Tim McGraw Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
7. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
8. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
9. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
10. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
11. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
12. Geoff Mayfield (December 25, 1999). 1999 The Year in Music Totally '90s: Diary of a Decade - The listing of Top Pop Albums of the '90s & Hot 100 Singles of the '90s. Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
13. Tim McGraw Album & Song Chart History, Billboard, from the original on 18 October 2010, retrieved October 18, 2010
14. "Canadian album certifications – Tim McGraw – Not a Moment Too Soon". Music Canada. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
15. "American album certifications – Tim McGraw – Not a Moment Too Soon". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved February 8, 2023.

External links

• Not a Moment Too Soon at countrymusic.about.com