Summary
This Woman is the seventh studio album by American singer LeAnn Rimes, released on January 25, 2005. While promoting This Woman, she stated that it was her return to her "roots", country music. The album has a theme of falling in love and marriage. It was a success on the country charts. Rimes co-wrote three tracks on the album: "You Take Me Home", "I Got It Bad" and "When This Woman Loves a Man".
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| Released | January 25, 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 2004 | |||
| Genre | Country pop | |||
| Length | 44:02 | |||
| Label | Asylum-Curb | |||
| Producer | Dann Huff | |||
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Singles from the album include, in order of release, "Nothin' 'bout Love Makes Sense", "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way", "Something's Gotta Give" and "Some People". Respectively, these reached #5, #3, #2, and #36 on the country singles charts.
A bonus thirteenth track, "Afraid to Fall", was released exclusively to US Target stores. Rimes helped pen this track as well.[1]
Reception edit
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B−[3] |
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album four out of five stars stating that there were "no knockouts" on the album but that it was Rimes' "strongest album yet",[2] while Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B− minus rating calling Rimes' vocals "creepy" but said it was "better news" that Rimes was " done making dance-pop records" while praising the songs "With You", "I Got It Bad", and "Something's Gotta Give" as "serious roll-the-windows-down country-radio fun" and stating that the Target exclusive bonus track "Afraid to Fall" is "dreamy" and that Rimes "quits acting like she's an adult and just is one...and the difference is joyfully clear."[3]
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "I Want to with You" | Rivers Rutherford, Tom Shapiro | 3:18 |
| 2. | "You Take Me Home" | Dennis Matkosky, LeAnn Rimes, Craig Wiseman | 3:55 |
| 3. | "Something's Gotta Give" | Tony Mullins, Wiseman | 3:56 |
| 4. | "Won't Be Lonely Long" | Melissa Peirce, Bobby Pinson | 3:24 |
| 5. | "Nothin' 'bout Love Makes Sense" | Gary Burr, Joel Feeney, Kylie Sackley | 2:57 |
| 6. | "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way" | John Kennedy, Tammi Kidd | 3:37 |
| 7. | "The Weight of Love" | Marcel | 4:04 |
| 8. | "With You" | Steve Robson, Jeffrey Steele | 3:42 |
| 9. | "I Got It Bad" | Trey Bruce, Rimes, Dean Sheremet | 3:28 |
| 10. | "I Dare You" | Jason Deere, Kristyn Osborn | 3:43 |
| 11. | "When This Woman Loves a Man" | Blair Daly, Rimes, Troy Verges | 4:02 |
| 12. | "Some People" | Darrell Brown, Joanna Cotten, Matkosky | 3:56 |
| Total length: | 44:02 | ||
Personnel edit
Credits for This Woman were adapted from liner notes.[1]
- Tim Akers – keyboards, accordion
- Adam Ayan – mastering on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
- Robert Bailey – background vocals
- Jeff Balding – mixing on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
- Brady Barnett – recording
- Drew Bollman – assistant mixing
- Bruce Bouton – Dobro
- Bekka Bramlett – background vocals
- Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
- David Bryant – assistant recording
- Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
- Lisa Cochran – background vocals
- Vinnie Colaiuta – drums
- Perry Coleman – background vocals
- J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar
- Eric Darken – percussion
- Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
- Shannon Forrest – drums
- Ben Fowler – recording
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
- Tod Gunnerson – assistant recording
- Jed Hackett – recording
- Mark Hagen – recording
- Vicki Hampton – background vocals
- Dann Huff – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, producer
- Joanna Janét – background vocals
- Jay Joyce – electric guitar
- Charlie Judge – keyboards
- Scott Kidd – assistant mixing
- Greg Lawrence – assistant recording
- B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar
- Chris McHugh – drums
- Steve Nathan – keyboards
- Justin Niebank – mixing
- LeAnn Rimes – lead vocals
- Christopher Rowe – digital editing on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
- Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
- Russell Terrell – background vocals
- Dan Tyminski – background vocals[A]
- Keith Urban – electric guitar solo[B]
- John Willis – acoustic guitar
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
- Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle, mandolin, banjo
- Notes
Charts edit
This Woman debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with over 101,000 copies sold in its 1st week,[4] it fell to #25 with 40,000 copies sold in its 2nd week and #40 in its 3rd week with 37,000 copies sold.[5] The album spent 3 weeks in top 50 and a total of 47 weeks in Billboard 200. It has received gold status and sold over 618,000 copies in United States as of June 2006 by Nielsen SoundScan.[6]
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References edit
- ^ a b c This Woman (Target exclusive CD liner notes). LeAnn Rimes. Curb Records. 2005. D2-78916.
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- ^ a b "This Woman Review | Music Reviews and News". Entertainment Weekly. January 28, 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-04-28. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
- ^ Billboard - Google 圖書. 2005-02-12. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ "Previous Album Sales Chart". HITS Daily Double. 2005-02-14. Archived from the original on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ "Ask Billboard". Billboard. 23 May 2006. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
- ^ a b [1]. Pandora Archive. Retrieved 31 April 2011.
- ^ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 －CD・ブルーレイ・DVD・書籍・コミック－". Retrieved September 28, 2010.[dead link]
- ^ a b [2]. allmusic.com. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
- ^ "Billboard.BIZ". Billboard.BIZ. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ "Billboard.BIZ". Billboard.BIZ. Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ "Billboard.BIZ". Billboard.BIZ. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
- ^ "American album certifications – LeAnn Rimes – This Woman". Recording Industry Association of America.