Are You Ready for the Big Show?


Are You Ready for the Big Show? is the fourth album by American country music singer Radney Foster. It was released in 2001 for Dualtone Records. It is a live album, featuring re-recordings of Foster's past songs, including his first two singles, "Just Call Me Lonesome" and "Nobody Wins". Also included as a hidden track is "Texas in 1880", which Foster originally released in 1988 as one-half of Foster & Lloyd.
The version from this album, a duet with Pat Green, charted at number 54 on Hot Country Songs in 2001.

Critical reception

Giving it 4 out of 5 stars, Matt Reasor of Allmusic said that Foster "returns full circle to his neo-traditionalist roots". Jim Caliguri of The Austin Chronicle gave the album three stars, saying that it was "an accurate snapshot of another night of South Austin musical magic."

Track listing

All songs written by Radney Foster; co-writers in parentheses.
  1. "Are You Ready for the Big Show?" — 0:15A
  2. "Tonight" — 4:14
  3. "God Knows When" — 4:01
  4. "Just Call Me Lonesome" — 3:27
  5. "Something Stupid" — 0:12A
  6. "School of Hard Knocks" — 3:18
  7. "Intro to Went for a Ride" — 1:45A
  8. "Went for a Ride" — 4:06
  9. "I'm Used to It" — 4:13
  10. "Folding Money" — 6:57
  11. "Leaning on What Love Can Do" — 4:36
  12. "How You Play the Hand" — 4:09
  13. "Nobody Wins" — 4:19
  14. "We Know Better" — 0:08A
  15. "I'm In" — 5:56
  16. "Texas in 1880" — 4:08B
  17. *duet with Pat Green
  18. "Tonight " — 4:06B

Personnel