Real Live Woman
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Real Live Woman | ||||
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Released | March 28, 2000 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 47:58 | |||
Label | MCA Nashville | |||
Producer | Garth Fundis, Trisha Yearwood | |||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
About.com | (favorable)[1] |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Chicago Tribune | (favorable)[3] |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[4] |
People | (favorable)[5] |
PopMatters | (favorable)[6] |
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Real Live Woman is the eighth studio album by country singer Trisha Yearwood.
The album reached #4 on the Billboard country albums chart. It produced a #16 hit on the Billboard country music charts in "Real Live Woman" and a #45 hit in "Where Are You Now". The latter was only the second single of Yearwood's career to miss Top 40 in the U.S.
The album covers a song by Bruce Springsteen called "Sad Eyes", a song by Linda Ronstadt titled, "Try Me Again", and a song by Bonnie Raitt called "Wild For You Baby". Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Jackson Browne provide harmony vocals for some of the album's tracks. It was given 3 out of 5 stars by Allmusic.[2]
Track listing
- "Where Are You Now" (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kim Richey) — 3:10
- "One Love" (Al Anderson, Gary Nicholson, Kimmie Rhodes) — 4:25
- "Sad Eyes" (Bruce Springsteen) — 4:10
- "Some Days" (Mark Selby, Tia Sillers) — 3:51
- "I Did" (Spady Brannan, John Nance Sharp) — 3:53
- "Try Me Again" (Andrew Gold, Linda Ronstadt) — 4:28
- "Too Bad You're No Good" (Paul Craft, Cadillac Holmes) — 3:50
- "Real Live Woman" (Bobbie Cryner) — 3:55
- "I'm Still Alive" (Anderson, Matraca Berg) — 4:03
- "Wild for You Baby" (David Batteau, Tom Snow) — 4:32
- "Come Back When It Ain't Rainin'" (Berg, Harlan Howard) — 3:14
- "When a Love Song Sings the Blues" (Berg, Ronnie Samoset) — 4:27
Australian bonus tracks
- "You're Where I Belong" (Diane Warren) — 4:15 (also available on the Japan pressing)
- "Something So Right" (Paul Simon) — 4:11
Personnel
Musical
- Bob Bailey — background vocals
- Eddie Bayers — drums
- Richard Bennett — acoustic guitar
- Stephanie Bentley — background vocals
- Matraca Berg — background vocals
- Jackson Browne — background vocals
- Sam Bush — mandolin
- David Campbell - conductor, string arrangements
- Mary Chapin Carpenter — background vocals
- Steve Cox — organ
- Dan Dugmore — acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
- Stuart Duncan — fiddle
- Kim Fleming — background vocals
- Johnny Garcia — acoustic guitar
- Vicki Hampton — background vocals
- Emmylou Harris — background vocals
- Mike Henderson — slide guitar
- Keith Horne — bass guitar
- Greg Morrow — drums, tambourine
- Steve Nathan — keyboards
- Kim Richey — background vocals
- Tom Roady — percussion
- Kenny Vaughan — electric guitar
- Bobby Wood — piano
- Glenn Worf — bass guitar
- Trisha Yearwood — lead vocals, background vocals
Technical
- Chuck Ainlay — mixing
- Matt Andrews — engineer
- Jeff Balding — engineer
- Chris Ferrara — design
- Sheri McCoy — stylist
- Denny Purcell — mastering
- Dave Sinko — engineer
- Maria Smoot — hair stylist
- Andrew Southam — photography
- Sonya Watson — design
- Trisha Yearwood — producer
Chart performance
Album
Chart (2000) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 4 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 27 |
Canadian RPM Country Albums | 6 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart Positions | ||
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US Country | US | CAN Country | ||
2000 | "Real Live Woman" | 16 | 81 | 20 |
"Where Are You Now" | 45 | — | 42 |
References
- ^ About.com review
- ^ a b Allmusic review
- ^ Chicago Tribune review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ People review
- ^ PopMatters review
- ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
- ^ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 894. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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