Cry (Faith Hill album)

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Cry

Studio album by Faith Hill
Released	October 15, 2002
Genre	Pop, R&B, Pop Rock
Length	60:30
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Producer(s)	Faith Hill, Marti Frederiksen, Byron Gallimore, Dann Huff, David May
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Faith Hill chronology
Breathe (1999)	Cry (2002)	Fireflies (2005)

Cry is the fifth album by country artist Faith Hill, released in 2002 (see 2002 in music).

To date, the album has sold more than two million copies in the US and three million copies worldwide so it has been certified double platinum.

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Production
4 Charts
5 Awards

[edit] Track listing

"Free" (Annie Roboff; Beth Nielsen) – 4:38
"Cry" (Angie Aparo) – 3:45
"One" (Annie Roboff; Bekka Bramlett; Billy Burnette) – 5:20
"When the Lights Go Down" (Rivers Rutherford, Jeffrey Steele, Craig Wiseman) – 4:05
"Beautiful" (Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Shaye Smith) – 4:41
"Unsaveable" (Bekka Bramlett; Bobby Terry) – 3:51
"Baby You Belong" (Keith Follesé, Wade Kirby, Bill Luther) – 4:08
"If You're Gonna Fly Away" (Alecia B. Moore, Linda Perry) – 3:48
"Stronger" (Lindsey, Troy Verges) – 4:13
"If This Is the End" (Steve McEwan) – 4:55
"This Is Me" (Hillary Linsey, Verges) – 5:04
"Back to You" (Derek Bramble, Lindy Robbins) – 4:35
"I Think I Will" (Steve Robson, Anthony Smith) – 4:08
"You're Still Here" (Matraca Berg, Mayo) – 3:19

[edit] Personnel

Faith Hill - vocals
Tim Akers - keyboard
Rick Baptist - trumpet
Greg Barnhill - background vocals
Bob Becker - viola
Charlie Bisharat - violin
Bekka Bramlett - tambourine, background vocals
Denyse Buffum - viola
Paul Bushnell - bass
Eve Butler - violin
David Campbell - conductor
Darius Campo - violin
Matt Chamberlain - drums
Susan Chatman - violin
Lisa Cochran - background vocals
Vinnie Colaiuta - drums, tambourine
Larry Corbett - cello
Jim Cox - piano, Hammond organ
Eric Darken - percussion
Mario de Leon - violin
Joel Derouin - violin, concert master
Erika Duke - cello
Bruce Dukov - violin
Earl Dumler - oboe
Stephen Erdody - cello
Stefanie Fife - cello
Marti Frederiksen - acoustic guitar, percussion, electric guitar, background vocals
John Fumo - trumpet
Matt Funes - viola
Byron Gallimore - electric guitar, clavinet, sampling, slide guitar, drum loop, sampled keyboards, synthesizer accordion
Armen Garabedian - violin
Berj Garabedian - violin
Endre Granat - violin
Lynn Grants - viola
Maurice Grants - cello
Lisa Gregg - background vocals
John Hayhurst - viola
Dan Higgins - tenor saxophone
Jim Hoke - autoharp
Jim Horn - tenor saxophone
Dann Huff - guitar
Damon Johnson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar
Suzie Katayama - cello, conductor, string conductor
Peter Kent - violin
Michael Landau - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Sam Levine - tenor saxophone
Dane Little - cello
Diane Little - cello
Erik Lutkins - drum loop
Michael Markman - violin
Miguel Martinez - cello
Robert Matsuda - violin
Chris McHugh - drums
Jerry McPherson - guitar
Doug Moffett - baritone saxophone
Jamie Muhoberac - organ, keyboard, Wurlitzer
Carole Mukogawa - viola
Steve Nathan - keyboard
Maria Newman - violin
Sid Page - violin
Toss Panos - drums
Sara Parkins - violin
Dean Parks - acoustic guitar, gut string guitar
Joel Peskin - baritone saxophone
Bob Peterson - violin
Tim Pierce - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Kazi Pitelka - viola
Karie Prescott - viola
Bill Reichenbach Jr. - trombone
Michele Richards - violin
Steve Richards - cello
Mark Robertson - violin
Annie Roboff - drum loop
Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
Matt Rollings - piano
Haim Shtrum - violin
Leland Sklar - bass
Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass
Dan Smith - cello
Edmund Stein - vocals
Rudy Stein - cello
David Stenske - violin
Crystal Taliefero - background vocals
Michael Hart Thompson - guitar
Mari Tsumura - violin
Josephina Vergara - violin
Evan Wilson - viola
John Wittenberg - violin
Margaret Wooten - violin
Cynthia Wyatt - harp
Jonathan Yudkin - mandolin, cello, bazouki

[edit] Production

Producer: Faith Hill, Marti Frederiksen, Byron Gallimore, Dann Huff, David May
Engineers: Jeff Balding, Jeremy Blair, Steve Churchyard, Ricky Cobble, Dennis Davis, Allen Ditto, Jason Gantt, Mark Hagen, Julian King, Erik Lutkins, Michael McCoy, Brian Paturalski
Mixing: Serban Ghenea, Mick Guzauski, Tom Lord-Alge, Mark O'Donoughue, Tim Palmer, Andy Wallace
Mixing assistant: Tim Roberts
Remixing: Elliot Scheiner
Mastering: Robert Hadley, Tom Lord-Alge, Bob Ludwig, Doug Sax
A&R: Jeffrey Aldrich, Danny Kee
Assistants: Jeff Balding, Tom Bender, Greg Burns, Eric Gallimore, Jed Hackett, Femio Hernández, Judy Kirschner, Brett Patrick, Dennis Rivadeneira, Tim Roberts, Jaime Sickora, Steve Sisco, Matt Snedecor, Dann Thompson, Alex Uychocde, Patrick Woodward, Mike Zinczenko
Digital editing: Ricky Cobble, Dennis Davis, Marti Frederiksen, Jason Gantt, Erik Lutkins, Chris Rowe, Josh Wilbur
Authoring: Spencer Chrislu, David Dieckmann
Production coordination: Ann Callis, Mike "Frog" Griffith
Drum programming: Vinnie Colaiuta, Frank Macek
Keyboard programming: Eric Carter
Programming: Dann Huff, David Lyndon Huff, Chris McHugh, Tedd Tjornhom
Overdubs: Byron Gallimore
Sequencing: Byron Gallimore
String arrangements: Paul Buckmaster, David Campbell, Jim Cox
Orchestra manager: Suzie Katayama
Art administration: Sandra Westerman
Graphic coordinator: Raena Winscott
Librarian: David Horn
Hair stylist: Serge Normant

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2002	The Billboard 200	1
2002	Top Country Albums	1

[edit] Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
2002	"Cry"	Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Preceded by Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits by Elvis Presley	Billboard 200 Number 1 Album November 2, 2002 - November 8, 2002	Succeeded by Shaman by Santana

Discography
Faith Hill
Albums: Take Me As I Am (1993) • It Matters to Me (1995) • Faith (1998) • Breathe (1999) • There You'll Be (international only) (2001) • Cry (2002) • Fireflies (2005) • Greatest Hits (to be released) (2007)
Number-one Country singles: "Wild One" (1993) • "Piece of My Heart" (1994) • "It Matters To Me" (1995) • "It's Your Love" (w/ Tim McGraw) (1997) • "This Kiss" (1998) • "Let Me Let Go" (1998) • "Breathe" (1999) • "The Way You Love Me" (2000) • "Mississippi Girl" (2005)
Number-one Adult Contemporary singles: "Breathe" (1999) • "There You'll Be" (2001) • "Cry" (2002)
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