This Woman (LeAnn Rimes album)

For the K.T. Oslin song of the same name, see This Woman (K. T. Oslin song).

This Woman
Studio album by LeAnn Rimes
Released January 25, 2005
Recorded 2004
Genre Country
Length 53:27
Label Asylum-Curb
Producer Dann Huff
LeAnn Rimes chronology

What a Wonderful World
(2004)		 This Woman
(2005)		 Whatever We Wanna
(2006)
Singles from This Woman
  1. "Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense"
    Released: September 2004
  2. "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
    Released: May 2005
  3. "Something's Gotta Give"
    Released: February 2006
  4. "Some People"
    Released: August 2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly B-[2]

This Woman is the seventh studio album by LeAnn Rimes released on January 25, 2005. While promoting This Woman, she stated that it was her return to her "roots", country music. In essence, the album has a strong theme of love, falling in love and marriage. This could be due to LeAnn's own marriage to her back up dancer Dean Sheremet. The album was a success on the country charts. Like Twisted Angel, Rimes helped pen tracks on the album ("You Take Me Home", "I Got It Bad" and "When This Woman Loves a Man").

Singles from the album include, in order of release, "Nothin' 'bout Love Makes Sense", "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way", "Something's Gotta Give" and "Some People". Respectively, these reached #5, #3, #2, and #36 on the country singles charts.

The album also features the track "I Dare You" which was also recorded by SHeDAISY on their 2004 album, Sweet Right Here.

A bonus thirteenth track, "Afraid to Fall", was released exclusively to US Target stores. It was also included as a bonus track on the Japanese version of the album. Rimes helped pen this track as well.[3]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "I Want to with You"  Rivers Rutherford, Tom Shapiro 3:18
2. "You Take Me Home"  Dennis Matkosky, Rimes, Craig Wiseman 3:55
3. "Something's Gotta Give"  Tony Mullins, Wiseman 3:56
4. "Won't Be Lonely Long"  Melissa Peirce, Bobby Pinson 3:24
5. "Nothin' 'bout Love Makes Sense"  Gary Burr, Joel Feeney, Kylie Sackley 2:57
6. "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"  John Kennedy, Tammi Kidd 3:37
7. "The Weight of Love"  Marcel 4:04
8. "With You"  Steve Robson, Jeffrey Steele 3:42
9. "I Got It Bad"  Trey Bruce, Rimes, Dean Sheremet 3:28
10. "I Dare You"  Jason Deere, Kristyn Osborn 3:43
11. "When This Woman Loves a Man"  Blair Daly, Rimes, Troy Verges 4:02
12. "Some People"  Darrell Brown, Joanna Cotten, Matkosky 3:56

Personnel

Credits for This Woman were adapted from liner notes.[3]

  • Adam Ayan — mastering on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
  • Bekka Bramlett — background vocals
  • Ben Fowler — recording
  • B. James Lowry — acoustic guitar
  • Bruce Bouton — Dobro
  • Brady Barnett — recording
  • Charlie Judge — keyboards
  • Chris McHugh — drums
  • Christopher Rowe — digital editing on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
  • Dan Dugmore — steel guitar
  • Dann Huff — electric guitar, acoustic guitar, producer
  • Dan Tyminski — background vocals*
  • David Bryant — assistant recording
  • Drew Bollman — assistant mixing
  • Eric Darken — percussion
  • Glenn Worf — bass
  • Greg Lawrence — assistant recording
  • Jay Joyce — guitar
  • Jed Hackett — recording
  • Jeff Balding — mixing on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
  • Jimmie Lee Sloas — bass
  • Joanna Janét — background vocals
  • John Willis — acoustic guitar
  • Jonathan Yudkin — fiddle, mandolin
  • J. T. Corenflos — guitar
  • Justin Niebank — mixing
  • Keith Urban — electric guitar solo**
  • Lisa Cochran — background vocals
  • Mark Hagen — recording
  • Mike Brignardello — bass
  • Mike "Frog" Griffith — production coordinator on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
  • Paul Franklin — steel guitar
  • Perry Coleman — background vocals
  • Robert Bailey — background vocals
  • Russell Terrell — background vocals
  • Shannon Forrest — drums
  • Scott Kidd — assistant mixing
  • Steve Nathan — keyboards
  • Tim Akers — keyboards, accordion
  • Tod Gunnerson — assistant recording
  • Tom Bukovac — guitar
  • Vicki Hampton — background vocals
  • Vinnie Colaiuta — drums

*Note: Dan Tyminski appears courtesy of Rounder Records.
**Note: Keith Urban appears courtesy of Capitol Records Nashville.

Charts

This Woman debuted at #3 on the Billboard 200 with over 101,000 copies sold in its 1st week,[4] it fell to #25 with 40,000 copies sold in its 2nd week and #40 in its 3rd week with 37,000 copies sold.[5] The album spent 3 weeks in top 50 and a total of 47 weeks in Billboard 200. It has received gold status and sold over 618,000 copies in United States as of June 2006 by Nielsen SoundScan.

Peak positions

Chart (2005) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[6] 90
Australian Top Country Albums[6] 7
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart[7] 218
US Billboard 200[8] 3
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] 2

Year end-chart

Chart (2005) Position
US Billboard 200[9] 134
US Billboard Top Country Albums[10] 21
Chart (2006) Position
US Billboard Top Country Albums[11] 56

Sales

Country Certification
(sales thresholds)
United States Gold[12]

References

  1. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. This Woman (LeAnn Rimes album) at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "This Woman Review | Music Reviews and News". Entertainment Weekly. January 28, 2005. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 This Woman (CD). LeAnn Rimes. Curb Records. 2005. D2-78916.
  4. ↑ Billboard - Google 圖書. Books.google.co.kr. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  5. ↑ "Previous Album Sales Chart". HITS Daily Double. 2005-02-14. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 . Pandora Archive. Retrieved 31 April 2011.
  7. ↑
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 . allmusic.com. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  9. ↑ "Billboard.BIZ". Billboard.BIZ. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  10. ↑ "Billboard.BIZ". Billboard.BIZ. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  11. ↑ "Billboard.BIZ". Billboard.BIZ. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  12. ↑ "Recording Industry Association of America". RIAA. Retrieved 2012-06-02.