Cry (Faith Hill album)

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic(59/100)[1]
Review scores
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Allmusic[2]
Billboard(average)[3]
Blender[4]
E! OnlineB+[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Mojo[1]
Q[1]
Robert ChristgauC[7]
Rolling Stone[8]

Cry is the fifth studio album by American country music singer Faith Hill. It was released October 15, 2002 via Warner Bros. Records selling 472,486 copies in its first week, a career best for Hill. The album was intended as a crossover project for her, and although three of its singles were released to country radio, none reached Top Ten. The title track and "One" were both Adult Contemoporary hits, however. It went on to sell 4 million copies worldwide. Hill has publicly stated that, of all the albums she has recorded, Cry is her favorite. Cry also hit #179 on the Billboard Top 200 albums of the decade 2000–2009.

Content

Cry is led off by its title track, written by Angie Aparo. This song reached #12 on the country singles charts, the lowest country peak she has achieved with a lead-off single. "When the Lights Go Down" and "You're Still Here" were released to country radio, peaking at #26 and #28 respectively. "One" was not released to country radio, although it was a #7 Adult Contemporary hit for her. "Baby You Belong" was released only in Japan, used as the theme song for Lilo and Stitch. The song's music video features clips from the film.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Free"Annie Roboff, Beth Nielsen Chapman4:38
2."Cry"Angie Aparo3:45
3."One"Roboff, Bekka Bramlett, Billy Burnette5:20
4."When the Lights Go Down"Rivers Rutherford, Jeffrey Steele, Craig Wiseman4:05
5."Beautiful"Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Shaye Smith4:41
6."Unsaveable"Bramlett, Bobby Terry3:51
7."Baby You Belong"Keith Follesé, Wade Kirby, Bill Luther4:08
8."If You're Gonna Fly Away"Alecia Moore, Linda Perry3:48
9."Stronger"Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges4:13
10."If This Is the End"Steve McEwan4:55
11."This Is Me"H. Lindsey, Verges5:04
12."Back to You"Derek Bramble, Lindy Robbins4:35
13."I Think I Will"Steve Robson, Anthony Smith4:08
14."You're Still Here"Matraca Berg, Aimee Mayo3:19
15."Wicked" (Japanese bonus track)Steve McEwan4:04
Total length:60:30

Personnel

Performance credits

  • Faith Hill – vocals
  • Greg Barnhill – background vocals
  • Bekka Bramlett – background vocals
  • Lisa Cochran – background vocals
  • Marti Frederiksen – background vocals
  • Lisa Gregg – background vocals
  • Chris Rodriguez – background vocals
  • Edmund Stein – vocals
  • Crystal Taliefero – background vocals

Music Credits

Production credits

Visual and imagery

  • Art administration: Sandra Westerman
  • Graphic coordinator: Raena Winscott
  • Librarian: David Horn
  • Hair stylist: Serge Normant

Charts

Album

Chart (2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 1
ARIA Albums 10
ARIA Country Albums 1
Canadian Albums Chart 3
Swiss Albums Chart 20
Portugal Albums Chart 24
Sweden Albums Chart 22
UK Albums 25

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
2002 "Cry" Best Female Country Vocal Performance
Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
October 27, 2002 – November 2, 2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Top Country Albums number-one album
November 2–15, 2002 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Top Country Albums number-one album
November 23–29, 2002 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Critic reviews for Cry". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
  2. ^ Robert L. Doerschuk. "Cry – Faith Hill". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
  3. ^ "Faith Hill: Cry". Billboard. October 26, 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-10-19. Retrieved 2012-12-23. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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  5. ^ Chris Willman (2002-10-18). "Cry Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-12-23. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ Robert Hilburn (2002-10-13). "Nice try, Faith, but go back to the studio". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-12-23. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. ^ Christgau, Robert (April 22, 2003). "Not Hop, Stomp". The Village Voice. New York. Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2013. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ Barry Walters (2002-10-08). "Faith Hill: Cry : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2012-12-23. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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