Daron Norwood (album)

Daron Norwood is the self-titled debut studio album by American country music singer Daron Norwood. It was released on February 1, 1994 via Giant Records. The album includes the singles "If It Wasn't for Her I Wouldn't Have You", "Cowboys Don't Cry", and "If I Ever Love Again", of which the first two were top 40 hits on the Hot Country Songs chart. "Cowboys Don't Cry" was originally released by Dude Mowrey on his 1991 album Honky Tonk. Both "Phonographic Memory" and "If I Ever Love Again" were originally recorded by their co-writer Curtis Wright on his 1992 self-titled album.

Critical reception
The album received a mostly-favorable review in Billboard, which praised Norwood's "pleasantly resonant voice" and said that he "displays both his songwriting potential and an engaging way with a ballad." Brian Mansfield rated the album 2.5 out of 5 stars in New Country magazine, praising Norwood's "natural quaver that often makes him sound like he's two steps from tears" and highlighting the singles as being among the strongest cuts, but overall criticizing the album as "too familiar."

Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.


 * Musicians
 * David Briggs — strings
 * Larry Byrom — acoustic guitar
 * Sonny Garrish — steel guitar
 * Dann Huff — electric guitar
 * Gary Prim — keyboards
 * Joe Spivey — fiddle
 * Jimmy Tipton — electric guitar
 * Lonnie Wilson — drums
 * Curtis Wright — background vocals
 * Glenn Worf — bass guitar
 * Curtis Young — background vocals


 * Technical
 * Jeff Carlton — production
 * Julian King — engineering
 * Glenn Meadows — mastering
 * Lee Peterzell — engineering
 * Lynn Peterzell — engineering
 * James Stroud — production

Recorded and mixed at Loud Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.