Lila is the debut album by American country music singer Lila McCann. Released in 1997 on Asylum Records, the album produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart: "Down Came a Blackbird" (#28), "I Wanna Fall in Love" (#3, McCann's highest-charting single), a cover of Sheena Easton's "Almost Over You" (#42) and finally, "Yippy Ky Yay" (#63). The album itself has been certified platinum by the RIAA for U.S. shipments of one million copies, and it was the highest-selling debut album by a country artist in 1997.
Track listing
Personnel Adapted from liner notes.
Mike Brignardello – bass guitar Dennis Burnside – piano Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Kim Carnes – background vocals (track 2) Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin, dobro Dan Dugmore – steel guitar and electric dobro (track 2) Paul Franklin – steel guitar Sonny Garrish – steel guitar John Hobbs – piano, keyboards, additional piano and keyboard overdubs (tracks 1, 4, 5, 8) Dann Huff – acoustic guitar, electric guitar Jana King-Evans – background vocals (track 1) Liana Manis – background vocals (track 9) Brent Mason – electric guitar Lila McCann – lead vocals, background vocals Terry McMillan – harmonica (track 5) Mark Spiro – background vocals Lonnie Wilson – drums
Charts
Weekly charts Chart (1997) Peakposition Canadian Country Albums (RPM) 10
Year-end charts Chart (1997) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 52 Chart (1998) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 33
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