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This Woman (2005)

Where the lyrics of This Woman take you, and where it was really made.

LeAnn Rimes called This Woman her return to country music, yet its bonus track was released only at US Target stores.

Key places

Recording at Emerald Entertainment, Nashville (2005)

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Album story

Overview

• This Woman: ninth studio album by American singer LeAnn Rimes
• Released January 25, 2005
• Theme: falling in love and marriage
• While promoting the album, Rimes said it was her return to her roots, country music
• Rimes co-wrote three tracks: "You Take Me Home", "I Got It Bad" and "When This Woman Loves a Man"
• Bonus thirteenth track "Afraid to Fall" was released exclusively to US Target stores; Rimes helped write it

Background

• The album was a success on the country charts
• Singles in release order: "Nothin' 'bout Love Makes Sense", "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way", "Something's Gotta Give" and "Some People"
• These singles reached #5, #3, #2 and #36 on the country singles charts, respectively

Recording

• Recording is listed at Emerald Entertainment, Sound Kitchen and Jane's Place in Nashville, Tennessee

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born August 28, 1982 in Jackson, Mississippi; raised in Garland, Texas.
• Began in musical theatre and local talent shows; appeared on Star Search and Johnnie High's Country Music Revue.
• Released independent albums Everybody's Sweetheart (1991) and All That (1994).

Career

• Signed with Curb Records in 1996; the single "Blue" reached the top 10 on Billboard Hot Country Songs.
• Blue (1996) won Grammys for Best New Artist and Best Female Country Vocal Performance, the youngest winner of both.
• "How Do I Live" (1997) became one of the best-selling singles of the 1990s.
• Has placed more than 40 singles on international charts and sold more than 48 million records worldwide.
• Acted in films and television, and coached on The Voice Australia and The Voice UK in 2024.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars, saying it had no knockouts but was Rimes' strongest album yet
• Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B− minus rating
• Entertainment Weekly called Rimes' vocals creepy, but said it was better news that she was done making dance-pop records
• Entertainment Weekly praised "With You", "I Got It Bad" and "Something's Gotta Give" as serious roll-the-windows-down country-radio fun
• Entertainment Weekly described the Target bonus track "Afraid to Fall" as dreamy
• Entertainment Weekly said Rimes quits acting like an adult and just is one, and the difference is joyfully clear

Records

• Debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 with over 101,000 copies sold in its first week
• Fell to number 25 in its second week with 40,000 copies sold
• Reached number 40 in its third week with 37,000 copies sold
• Spent 3 weeks in the top 50 and a total of 47 weeks on the Billboard 200
• Received gold status in the United States
• Sold over 618,000 copies in the United States as of June 2006, according to Nielsen SoundScan

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The bonus track "Afraid to Fall" was released only at US Target stores, and Rimes helped write it
• Four singles reached #5, #3, #2 and #36 on the country singles chart, in release order
• Entertainment Weekly described the Target-exclusive bonus track as dreamy
• Rimes promoted the album as her return to country music after her dance-pop records

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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