Breathe (Faith Hill album)

Breathe

Studio album by Faith Hill

Released

November 9, 1999

Genre

Country pop

Length

52:27

Label

Warner Bros. Nashville

Producer

Faith Hill chronology

Faith
(1998)

Breathe
(1999)

There You'll Be
(2001)

Singles from Breathe

"Breathe"
Released: October 4, 1999
"The Way You Love Me"
Released: February 29, 2000
"Let's Make Love"
Released: August 2000
"If My Heart Had Wings"
Released: January 8, 2001

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−^[2]
Q	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[4]
The Village Voice	C+^[5]

Breathe is the fourth studio album by country music recording artist Faith Hill, released November 9, 1999 on Warner Bros. Records. It won a Grammy Award for Best Country Album. Breathe is one of the most successful country/pop albums to date. It has been certified 8× Platinum by the RIAA, for shipping eight million copies in the US.^[6] The album includes the singles "Breathe", "The Way You Love Me", "Let's Make Love", and "If My Heart Had Wings". "Breathe" and "The Way You Love Me" Were both number 1 hits on the Hot Country Songs charts; the former also reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was the top pop song of 2000 according to Billboard Year-End. Several of the album's tracks also charted from unsolicited airplay.

Hill's Breathe debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, a first for the country artist. The Warner Bros. Nashville set sold 242,000 units, according to SoundScan.^[7] The album includes a cover version of Bette Midler's 1998 song, 'That's How Love Moves'.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"What's In It for Me"	Bekka Bramlett, Billy Burnette, Annie Roboff	5:36
2.	"I Got My Baby"	Bob DiPiero, Roboff	3:31
3.	"Love Is a Sweet Thing"	Brett James, Troy Verges	3:56
4.	"Breathe"	Stephanie Bentley, Holly Lamar	4:09
5.	"Let's Make Love" (with Tim McGraw)	Marv Green, Chris Lindsey, Bill Luther, Aimee Mayo	4:11
6.	"It Will Be Me"	Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick	3:46
7.	"The Way You Love Me"	Michael Dulaney, Keith Follesé	3:06
8.	"If I'm Not in Love"	Constant Change	4:02
9.	"Bringing Out the Elvis"	Louise Hoffsten, Leif Larrson	3:34
10.	"If My Heart Had Wings"	J. Fred Knobloch, Roboff	3:35
11.	"If I Should Fall Behind"	Bruce Springsteen	4:32
12.	"That's How Love Moves"	Jennifer Kimball, Ty Lacy, Fitzgerald Scott	4:14
13.	"There Will Come a Day"	Lindsey, Luther, Mayo	4:15
Total length:			52:27

International version bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"This Kiss" (Radio version)	Beth Nielsen Chapman, Lerner, Roboff	3:16
15.	"Breathe" (Hex Hector Radio Edit #1)	Bentley, Lamar	3:57
16.	"The Way You Love Me" (Love to Infinity Edit)	Dulaney, Follesé	2:59

Australian version bonus tracks
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
14.	"This Kiss" (Radio version)	Chapman, Lerner, Roboff	3:16
15.	"Let Me Let Go"	Steve Diamond, Dennis Morgan	4:25
16.	"Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" (with Tim McGraw)	Diane Warren	4:28
17.	"Breathe" (Hex Hector Radio Edit #1)	Bentley, Lamar	3:57

Personnel

From Breathe liner notes.^[8]

Musicians

"What's In It for Me"

Tim Akers - keyboards
Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
Lisa Cochran - background vocals
Eric Darken - percussion
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
Dann Huff - electric guitar
Gordon Kennedy - electric guitar
B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
Lonnie Wilson - drums

"I Got My Baby"

Bekka Bramlett - background vocals
Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
Michael Landau - electric guitar
B. James Lowry - electric guitar
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Steve Nathan - keyboards
Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
Dennis Wilson - background vocals
Lonnie Wilson - drums
Glenn Worf - bass guitar

"Love Is a Sweet Thing"

Tim Akers - keyboards
Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
Lisa Cochran - background vocals
Eric Darken - percussion
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Dann Huff - electric guitar
Gordon Kennedy - electric guitar
B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
Gene Miller - background vocals
Lonnie Wilson - drums

"Breathe"

Bekka Bramlett - background vocals
Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
Stuart Duncan - fiddle
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Michael Landau - electric guitar
B. James Lowry - electric guitar
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Steve Nathan - keyboards
Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
Lonnie Wilson - drums
Glenn Worf - bass guitar

"Let's Make Love"

Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
Michael Landau - electric guitar
B. James Lowry - electric guitar
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Tim McGraw - guest vocals
Steve Nathan - keyboards
Kim Parent - background vocals
Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
Gary Smith - piano, organ
Lonnie Wilson - drums
Glenn Worf - bass guitar

"It Will Be Me"

Bekka Bramlett - background vocals
Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
Stuart Duncan - fiddle
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Michael Landau - electric guitar
B. James Lowry - electric guitar
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Steve Nathan - keyboards
Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
Lonnie Wilson - drums
Glenn Worf - bass guitar

"The Way You Love Me"

Stephanie Bentley - background vocals
Bekka Bramlett - background vocals
Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
Michael Landau - electric guitar
B. James Lowry - electric guitar
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Steve Nathan - keyboards
Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
Lonnie Wilson - drums
Glenn Worf - bass guitar

"If I'm Not in Love"

Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
Stuart Duncan - fiddle
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Michael Landau - electric guitar
B. James Lowry - electric guitar
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Nashville String Machine - strings
Steve Nathan - keyboards
Lonnie Wilson - drums
Glenn Worf - bass guitar

"Bringing Out the Elvis"

Tim Akers - keyboards
Lisa Bevill - background vocals
Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
Lisa Cochran - background vocals
Eric Darken - percussion
Dann Huff - electric guitar
Terry McMillan - harmonica
Jerry McPherson - electric guitar
Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
Lonnie Wilson - drums

"If My Heart Had Wings"

Bekka Bramlett - background vocals
Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
Michael Landau - electric guitar
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Steve Nathan - keyboards
Kim Parent - background vocals
Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
John Willis - electric guitar
Lonnie Wilson - drums
Glenn Worf - bass guitar

"If I Should Fall Behind"

Bekka Bramlett - background vocals
Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
B. James Lowry - electric guitar
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Steve Nathan - keyboards
Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
Lonnie Wilson - drums
Glenn Worf - bass guitar

"That's How Love Moves"

Tim Akers - keyboards
Steve Brewster - drums
Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
Lisa Cochran - background vocals
Eric Darken - percussion
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Dann Huff - electric guitar
Gordon Kennedy - electric guitar
B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
Gene Miller - background vocals
Nashville String Machine - strings

"There Will Come a Day"

Bekka Bramlett - background vocals
Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Aubrey Haynie - fiddle
Michael Landau - electric guitar
B. James Lowry - electric guitar
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Steve Nathan - organ, synthesizer
Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
Gary Smith - piano
Lonnie Wilson - drums
Glenn Worf - bass guitar

Technical

Jeff Balding - recording (tracks 1, 3, 9, 12)
Derek Bason - recording (tracks 1, 3, 9, 12)
Byron Gallimore - production (all tracks except 1, 3, 9, 12)
Carl Gorodetzky - string contractor (tracks 8, 12)
Mark Hagen - recording (tracks 1, 3, 9, 12)
Faith Hill - production (all tracks)
Dann Huff - production (tracks 1, 3, 9, 12)
Ronn Huff - string arrangements, conducting (tracks 8, 12)
Julian King - recording (all tracks except 1, 3, 9, 12)
Chris Lord-Alge - mixing (tracks 5, 11 only)
Doug Sax - mastering
Mike Shipley - mixing (all tracks except 5 and 11)
Shawn Simpson - digital editing

Charts

Album

Chart (1999–2000)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)^[9]	7
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[10]	43
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)^[11]	26
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[12]	15
French Albums (SNEP)^[13]	63
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[14]	76
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[15]	36
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)^[16]	3
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[17]	3
Scottish Albums (OCC)^[18]	11
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[19]	12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[20]	38
UK Albums (OCC)^[21]	38
US Billboard 200^[22]	1
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[23]	1

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
2000	"Breathe"	Best Country Album
	"Breathe"	Best Female Country Vocal Performance
	"Let's Make Love"	Best Country Collaboration with Vocals

Preceded by The Battle of Los Angeles by Rage Against the Machine	Billboard 200 number-one album November 27 - December 4, 1999	Succeeded by Issues by KoЯn
Preceded by LeAnn Rimes by LeAnn Rimes Greatest Hits by Kenny Chesney	Top Country Albums number-one album November 27 - December 10, 1999 October 28 - November 24, 2000	Succeeded by Come On Over by Shania Twain When Somebody Loves You by Alan Jackson
Preceded by Come On Over by Shania Twain Fly by Dixie Chicks Fly by Dixie Chicks Two Against Nature by Steely Dan	RPM Country Albums number-one album November 29 - December 5, 1999 June 12–25, 2000 July 3 - August 6, 2000 September 4–10, 2000	Succeeded by Come On Over by Shania Twain Fly by Dixie Chicks Fly by Dixie Chicks Coyote Ugly by Various Artists

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Faith Hill
Studio albums	Take Me as I Am It Matters to Me Faith Breathe Cry Fireflies Joy to the World
Compilations	There You'll Be The Hits Deep Tracks
Tours	Soul2Soul Tour Soul2Soul II Tour Soul2Soul The World Tour 2017
Related	Discography Faith Hilling

Faith Hill singles
Take Me as I Am	"Wild One" "Piece of My Heart" "But I Will" "Take Me as I Am"
It Matters to Me	"Let's Go to Vegas" "It Matters to Me" "Someone Else's Dream" "You Can't Lose Me" "I Can't Do That Anymore"
Faith	"This Kiss" "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" (with Tim McGraw) "Let Me Let Go" "Love Ain't Like That" "The Secret of Life"
Breathe	"Breathe" "The Way You Love Me" "Let's Make Love" (with Tim McGraw) "If My Heart Had Wings"
Cry	"Cry" "When the Lights Go Down" "You're Still Here"
Fireflies	"Mississippi Girl" "Like We Never Loved at All" (with Tim McGraw) "The Lucky One" "Sunshine and Summertime" "Stealing Kisses"
The Hits	"Lost" "Red Umbrella"
Joy to the World	"A Baby Changes Everything"
TBD	"Speak to a Girl" (with Tim McGraw)
Collaborations	"It's Your Love" (with Tim McGraw) "I Need You" (with Tim McGraw) "Sing" (with Annie Lennox) "Meanwhile Back at Mama's" (with Tim McGraw)
Other singles	"There You'll Be" "Where Are You, Christmas?" "Give In to Me" "Come Home" "American Heart"

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