Take Me as I Am (Faith Hill album)

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Take Me as I Am is the debut studio album by country singer Faith Hill, released in 1993 by Warner Bros. Records. It has been certified 3× platinum in the United States for sales of three million copies, and has sold 4.3 million copies worldwide.

Four singles were released from the album. The first two — "Wild One" and "Piece of My Heart" — reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1994. "Wild One," the tale of a rebellious teen-aged girl in conflict with her parents' more conservative ways, was the lead-off single, spending four weeks at No. 1 that January.

"Piece of My Heart", a cover of the 1967 song by Erma Franklin, was issued as the follow-up. The third single, "But I Will", failed to break the Top 30, but Hill's fourth release in late 1994 (the title track) reached No. 2.

Track listing

All tracks produced by Scott Hendricks; except "Just Around the Eyes" produced by Michael Clute and Gary Burr.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Take Me as I Am"	Bob DiPiero, Karen Staley	3:17
2.	"Wild One"	Jaime Kyle, Pat Bunch, Will Rambeaux	2:45
3.	"Just About Now"	Gary Burr, Jon Vezner	2:57
4.	"Piece of My Heart"	Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy	4:01
5.	"I've Got This Friend" (with Larry Stewart)	Faith Hill, Bruce Burch, Vern Dant	3:46
6.	"Life's Too Short to Love Like That"	Sandy Ramos	2:37
7.	"But I Will"	Troy Seals, Eddie Setser, Larry Stewart	3:47
8.	"Just Around the Eyes"	Gary Burr	3:07
9.	"Go the Distance"	Trey Bruce, Thom McHugh, Faith Hill	3:02
10.	"I Would Be Stronger Than That"	Gary Burr	4:48
Total length:			34:07

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

All tracks except "Just Around the Eyes"

• Gary Burr – background vocals
• John Catchings – cello
• Bill Cuomo – synthesizer
• Stuart Duncan – mandolin, fiddle
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, Dobro
• Dann Huff – electric guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• Mary Ann Kennedy – background vocals
• Mark Luna – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Terry McMillan – congas, cymbals, tambourine
• Don Potter – acoustic guitar
• Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
• Pam Rose – background vocals
• Victoria Shaw – background vocals
• Karen Staley – background vocals
• Larry Stewart – background vocals
• Cindy Richardson Walker – background vocals
• Ron Wallace – background vocals
• Lari White – background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson – drums

On "Just Around the Eyes"

• Gary Burr – background vocals
• Jerry Douglas – Dobro
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Terry McMillan – percussion
• Edgar Meyer – acoustic bass guitar
• Harry Stinson – drums
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Glenn Worf – electric bass guitar

Production

• Producers: Gary Burr (all tracks except "Just Around the Eyes"); Mike Clute and Scott Hendricks ("Just Around the Eyes" only)
• Assistant producer: John Kunz
• Engineers: Mike Clute, John Kelton
• Assistant engineers: Jon "JD" Dickson, Amy Hughes, John Kunz, Shawn McLean, Wayne Morgan, Herb Tassin
• Mixing: Scott Hendricks
• Mastering: Denny Purcell
• Overdubs: Scott Hendricks, John Kunz
• Art direction: Laura LiPuma
• Design: Garrett Rittenberry
• Photography: Aaron Rapoport
• Make-up: Eric Bernard, Beth Katz

Chart performance

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	7
U.S. Billboard 200	59
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	7
Canadian RPM Country Albums	2
Canadian RPM Top Albums	51