Time Marches On Explained

Time Marches On
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tracy Lawrence
Cover:	Timemarcheson.jpg
Released:	January 23, 1996
Genre:	Country
Length:	33:00
Label:	Atlantic Records
Producer:	Don Cook (tracks 2, 3, 4, 8, 10) Tracy Lawrence and Flip Anderson (tracks 1, 5, 6, 7, 9)
Prev Title:	Tracy Lawrence Live and Unplugged
Prev Year:	1995
Next Title:	The Coast Is Clear
Next Year:	1997

Time Marches On is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Tracy Lawrence. It was released on January 23, 1996 by Atlantic Records. The title track spent three weeks at Number One on the Billboard country charts in 1996, becoming Lawrence's biggest chart hit to date. "Is That a Tear", "If You Loved Me", and "Stars Over Texas" were also released from this album, and all were Top 5 hits as well.

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[1]

• Flip Anderson – piano, keyboards
• Tom Baughman – steel guitar
• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar, slide guitar
• Mike Brown – acoustic guitar
• Dennis Burnside – piano, Hammond organ
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Billy Cochran – fiddle
• Butch Davis – electric guitar, slide guitar
• Deryl Dodd – background vocals
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle, "assorted hoedown tools"
• Tracy Lawrence – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
• Liana Manis – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Vic Mastrianni – drums
• Terry McMillan – percussion
• Dave Pomeroy – bass guitar
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar, mandolin
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Hank Singer – fiddle
• Milton Sledge – drums
• Joe Spivey – fiddle
• Leon Watson – bass guitar
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson – drums, percussion
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1996)	Position
US Billboard 200^[2]	79
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	13
Chart (1997)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	47

Notes and References

1. Time Marches On . Tracy Lawrence . 1996 . Atlantic Records . 82866-2.
2. Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996. Billboard. August 26, 2021.
3. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996. Billboard. August 26, 2021.
4. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997. Billboard. August 26, 2021.