Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof

1994 studio album by Travis Tritt

Studio album by

Travis Tritt

Released

May 10, 1994

Recorded

1993

Genre

Country

Length

42:08

Label

Warner Bros. Nashville

Producer

Gregg Brown

Travis Tritt chronology

A Travis Tritt Christmas: Loving Time of the Year
(1992)

Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof
(1994)

Greatest Hits: From the Beginning
(1995)

Singles from Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof

"Foolish Pride"
Released: March 29, 1994
"Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof"
Released: August 6, 1994
"Between an Old Memory and Me"
Released: November 21, 1994
"Tell Me I Was Dreaming"
Released: April 3, 1995

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Chicago Tribune	link
Entertainment Weekly	B− link
Los Angeles Times	link
Rolling Stone	link

Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Travis Tritt. It was released on Warner Bros. Records in 1994. The tracks "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof", "Between an Old Memory and Me", "Foolish Pride", and "Tell Me I Was Dreaming" were released as singles, all charting in the Top 40 on the country charts. "Between an Old Memory and Me" was previously recorded by Keith Whitley on his 1989 album I Wonder Do You Think of Me. The album has been certificated 2× Platinum for sales of over 2,000,000 in the US.

Track listing

CD
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof"	Travis Tritt	3:31
2.	"Walkin' All Over My Heart"	Paul Overstreet, Al Gore	3:11
3.	"Foolish Pride"	Tritt	4:19
4.	"Outlaws Like Us (featuring Hank Williams Jr. and Waylon Jennings)"	Tritt	4:10
5.	"Hard Times and Misery"	Marty Stuart	3:14
6.	"Tell Me I Was Dreaming"	Tritt, Bruce Ray Brown	6:27
7.	"Wishful Thinking"	Tritt, Brown	3:08
8.	"Between an Old Memory and Me"	Keith Stegall, Charlie Craig	4:05
9.	"No Vacation from the Blues"	Tritt, Gary Rossington	5:00
10.	"Southern Justice"	Stewart Harris, Jim McBride	5:13
Total length:			42:18

Personnel

The following credits are sourced from liner notes.^[1]

Main band

Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, slide guitar
Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
Travis Tritt – lead vocals
Steve Turner – drums, percussion
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Reggie Young – electric guitar, 6-string bass guitar

Additional musicians

"Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof"

Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Wendell Cox – electric guitar
Terry Crisp – steel guitar
Dennis Locorriere – backing vocals
Jimmy Joe Ruggiere – harmonica

"Walkin' All Over My Heart"

Sam Bacco – tambourine
Aaron Braun – tremolo guitar
Mark O'Connor – fiddle
John Cowan – background vocals
Terry Crisp – steel guitar
Billy Livsey – Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano

"Foolish Pride"

Sam Bacco – percussion, tambourine, timpani
Mark O'Connor – fiddle
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Billy Livsey – hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, harmonium
Dennis Locorriere – backing vocals
Dana McVicker – backing vocals

"Outlaws Like Us"

Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Jack Holder – electric and acoustic guitars
Waylon Jennings – vocals
Billy Livsey – Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
Dennis Locorriere – backing vocals
Jimmy Joe Ruggiere – harmonica
Marty Stuart – background vocals
Hank Williams Jr. – vocals

"Hard Times and Misery"

Paul Franklin – steel guitar, "The Box"
Billy Livsey – Hammond organ, Vox Continental
Dennis Locorriere – background vocals
Jimmy Joe Ruggiere – harmonica
Marty Stuart – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals

"Tell Me I Was Dreaming"

Sam Bacco – timpani
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
Jack Holder – electric guitar
Billy Livsey – Hammond organ
Dennis Locorriere – backing vocals
Dana McVicker – backing vocals

"Wishful Thinking"

John Cowan – backing vocals
Jack Holder – electric guitar
Billy Livsey – Hammond organ, clavinet
Dennis Locorriere – backing vocals
Dana McVicker – backing vocals
Jimmy Joe Ruggiere – harmonica

"Between an Old Memory and Me"

John Cowan – background vocals
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
Billy Livsey – Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond organ

"No Vacation from the Blues"

Jack Holder – electric guitar
Billy Livsey – Hammond organ, harmonium
Dennis Locorriere – backing vocals
Dana McVicker – backing vocals
Jimmy Joe Ruggiere – harmonica
Marty Stuart – electric guitar

"Southern Justice"

Sam Bacco – timpani, percussion, gong
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Béla Fleck – banjo
Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar, "The Box", baritone steel guitar
Jack Holder – electric guitars
Dennis Locorriere – backing vocals
Dana McVicker – backing vocals
Edgar Meyer – double bass
Jimmy Joe Ruggiere – harmonica
Matt Rollings – piano

Recording personnel

Gregg Brown – producer
Greg Calbi – mastering engineer
Bob Feaster – recording engineer (except "Southern Justice"), mixing engineer
Chris Hammond – recording engineer ("Southern Justice" only)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (RPM)	64
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)	3
US Billboard 200^[2]	20
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	26
Chart (1995)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	35

References

^ Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof (CD booklet). Travis Tritt. Warner Bros. Records. 1994. 45603.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Travis Tritt Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
^ "Travis Tritt Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.