This Woman is the ninth 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".
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.
Reception
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", 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."
Track listing
Personnel Credits for This Woman were adapted from liner notes.
LeAnn Rimes – lead vocals Steve Nathan – keyboards (1–4, 7, 11) Charlie Judge – keyboards (4, 6, 8, 9, 12) Tim Akers – keyboards (5–10, 12), accordion (7) Tom Bukovac – guitars (1–4, 11), electric guitar (5–10, 12) Dann Huff – guitars (1–3, 11), electric guitar (5, 7–9, 12), acoustic guitar (6, 12) J. T. Corenflos – guitars (3) Jay Joyce – guitars (4, 11) B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar (5, 7–9) Keith Urban – electric guitar solo (7) John Willis – acoustic guitar (10) Dan Dugmore – steel guitar (1–4, 7, 9, 11) Paul Franklin – steel guitar (5, 8, 10) Bruce Bouton – dobro (6) Jonathan Yudkin – mandolin (1, 5–8), fiddle (3–5, 8–10), banjo (9) Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (1–6, 8, 11, 12) Glenn Worf – bass (7) Mike Brignardello – bass (9, 10) Chris McHugh – drums (1–4, 11) Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (5, 6, 8, 12) Shannon Forrest – drums (7, 9) Lonnie Wilson – drums (10) Eric Darken – percussion Perry Coleman – backing vocals (1–4, 7, 10) Joanna Janét – backing vocals (1–4) Lisa Cochran – backing vocals (5, 8, 10) Russell Terrell – backing vocals (5, 8) Dan Tyminski – backing vocals (6) Bekka Bramlett – backing vocals (9) Bob Bailey – backing vocals (11, 12) Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (11, 12)
Production Dann Huff – producer Brady Barnett – recording Ben Fowler – recording Jed Hackett – recording Mark Hagen – recording Justin Niebank – mixing (1–5, 7–12) Jeff Balding – mixing (6, 13) David Bryant – recording assistant Todd Gunnerson – recording assistant Greg Lawrence – recording assistant Drew Bollman – mix assistant (1–5, 7–12) Scott Kidd – mix assistant (1–5, 7–12) Christopher Rowe – digital editing Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering & DVD (Portland, Maine) Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator Wendy Marvel – album design Frank W. Ockenfels III – photography Jillian Rubinger – wardrobe stylist Renato Campora – hair John Wright – make-up Mark Botting – career direction Scott Welch – career direction
Notes
Charts This Woman debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with over 101,000 copies sold in its 1st week, it fell to #25 with 40,000 copies sold in its 2nd week and #40 in its 3rd week with 37,000 copies sold. 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.
Weekly charts Chart (2005)PeakpositionAustralian Albums Chart. Pandora Archive. Retrieved 31 April 2011.90Australian Top Country Albums7Japanese Oricon Albums Chart218US Billboard 200. allmusic.com. Retrieved 30 April 2011.3US Top Country Albums (Billboard)2
Year-end chart Chart (2005)PositionUS Billboard 200134US Billboard Top Country Albums21Chart (2006)PositionUS Billboard Top Country Albums56
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