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===1992β1993: ''T-R-O-U-B-L-E'' and ''A Travis Tritt Christmas''=== Tritt and Stuart began their No Hats Tour in 1992.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/78488388.html?dids=78488388:78488388&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+09%2C+1992&author=Jim+Abbott+of+The+Sentinel+Staff&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=TRAVIS+TRITT&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104003318/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/orlandosentinel/access/78488388.html?dids=78488388:78488388&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Oct+09,+1992&author=Jim+Abbott+of+The+Sentinel+Staff&pub=Orlando+Sentinel&desc=TRAVIS+TRITT&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 4, 2012|title=Travis Tritt|last=Abbott|first=Jim|date=October 9, 1992|work=[[The Orlando Sentinel]]|access-date=September 25, 2010}}</ref> In August of that same year, Tritt released the album ''[[T-R-O-U-B-L-E (album)|T-R-O-U-B-L-E]]''. Its first single was "[[Lord Have Mercy on the Working Man]]", a song written by [[Kostas Lazarides|Kostas]]. This song, which featured backing vocals from [[Brooks & Dunn]], [[T. Graham Brown]], [[George Jones]], [[Little Texas (band)|Little Texas]], [[Dana McVicker]] (who also sang backup on Tritt's first two albums), [[Tanya Tucker]] and [[Porter Wagoner]] on the final chorus, peaked at number five.<ref name="whitburn"/> Its follow-up, "[[Can I Trust You with My Heart]]", became Tritt's third ''Billboard'' number one in early 1993.<ref name="whitburn"/> The album's next three singles did not perform as well on the charts: the [[T-R-O-U-B-L-E (song)|title track]] (a cover of an [[Elvis Presley]] song<ref name="trouble"/>), peaked at 13, followed by "[[Looking Out for Number One (Travis Tritt song)|Looking Out for Number One]]" at number 11 and "Worth Every Mile" at number 30.<ref name="whitburn"/> ''T-R-O-U-B-L-E'' became the second album of his career to achieve double-platinum certification.<ref name="riaa"/> [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of AllMusic thought that ''T-R-O-U-B-L-E'' followed too closely the formula of ''It's All About to Change'', but said that the songs showed Tritt's personality.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r123596|pure_url=yes}}|title=''T-R-O-U-B-L-E'' review|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=September 23, 2010}}</ref> Nash gave the album a similar criticism, but praised the rock influences of "Looking Out for Number One" and the vocals on "Can I Trust You with My Heart".<ref name="trouble">{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1992/09/04/t-r-o-u-b-l-e/|title=''T-R-O-U-B-L-E'' review|last=Nash|first=Alanna|date=September 4, 1992|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=September 23, 2010}}</ref> One month after the release of ''T-R-O-U-B-L-E'', Tritt issued a Christmas album titled ''[[A Travis Tritt Christmas: Loving Time of the Year]]'', for which he wrote the title track.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r123617|pure_url=yes}}|title=''A Travis Tritt Christmas: Loving Time of the Year'' review|last=Mansfield|first=Brian|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=September 23, 2010}}</ref> He also joined the [[Grand Ole Opry]], a weekly stage show and radio broadcast specializing in country music performances,<ref>Tritt and Bane, p. 115</ref> and filled in for [[Garth Brooks]] at a performance on the [[American Music Awards]].<ref>Tritt and Bane, p. 179</ref> By year's end, Tritt and several other artists appeared on [[George Jones]]'s "[[I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair]]", which won all artists involved the next year's CMA Vocal Event of the Year award.<ref>Whitburn, p. 215</ref>
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