This Woman (LeAnn Rimes album)

This Woman is the ninth studio album by American singer LeAnn Rimes, released on January 25, 2005. While promoting This Woman, she stated that it was her return to her "roots", country music. The album has a theme of falling in love and marriage. It was a success on the country charts. Rimes co-wrote three tracks on the album: "You Take Me Home", "I Got It Bad" and "When This Woman Loves a Man".

This Woman
Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2005
Recorded2004
GenreCountry pop
Length44:02
LabelAsylum-Curb
ProducerDann 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: August 30, 2004
  2. "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
    Released: March 21, 2005
  3. "Something's Gotta Give"
    Released: December 12, 2005
  4. "Some People"
    Released: July 10, 2006

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.

A bonus thirteenth track, "Afraid to Fall", was released exclusively to US Target stores. Rimes helped pen this track as well.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic     [2]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[3]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album four out of five stars stating that there were "no knockouts" on the album but that it was Rimes' "strongest album yet",[2] while Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B− minus rating calling Rimes' vocals "creepy" but said it was "better news" that Rimes was " done making dance-pop records" while praising the songs "With You", "I Got It Bad", and "Something's Gotta Give" as "serious roll-the-windows-down country-radio fun" and stating that the Target exclusive bonus track "Afraid to Fall" is "dreamy" and that Rimes "quits acting like she's an adult and just is one...and the difference is joyfully clear."[3]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Want to with You"Rivers Rutherford, Tom Shapiro3:18
2."You Take Me Home"Dennis Matkosky, LeAnn Rimes, Craig Wiseman3:55
3."Something's Gotta Give"Tony Mullins, Wiseman3:56
4."Won't Be Lonely Long"Melissa Peirce, Bobby Pinson3:24
5."Nothin' 'bout Love Makes Sense"Gary Burr, Joel Feeney, Kylie Sackley2:57
6."Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"John Kennedy, Tammi Kidd3:37
7."The Weight of Love"Marcel4:04
8."With You"Steve Robson, Jeffrey Steele3:42
9."I Got It Bad"Trey Bruce, Rimes, Dean Sheremet3:28
10."I Dare You"Jason Deere, Kristyn Osborn3:43
11."When This Woman Loves a Man"Blair Daly, Rimes, Troy Verges4:02
12."Some People"Darrell Brown, Joanna Cotten, Matkosky3:56
Total length:44:02
Target exclusive bonus track[1]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Afraid to Fall"Rimes, Peter Amato, Trey Bruce4:01
Total length:48:03

Personnel

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Credits for This Woman were adapted from liner notes.[1]

Notes
  1. ^ Dan Tyminski appears courtesy of Rounder Records.
  2. ^ Keith Urban appears courtesy of Capitol Records Nashville.

Charts

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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.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c This Woman (Target exclusive CD liner notes). LeAnn Rimes. Curb Records. 2005. D2-78916.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. This Woman at AllMusic
  3. ^ a b "This Woman Review". Entertainment Weekly. January 28, 2005. Archived from the original on 2007-04-28. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
  4. ^ Billboard - Google 圖書. 2005-02-12. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  5. ^ "Previous Album Sales Chart". HITS Daily Double. 2005-02-14. Archived from the original on 2012-09-03. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  6. ^ "Ask Billboard". Billboard. 23 May 2006. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  7. ^ a b [1]. Pandora Archive. Retrieved 31 April 2011.
  8. ^ "オリコンランキング情報サービス「you大樹」 -CD・ブルーレイ・DVD・書籍・コミック-". Retrieved September 28, 2010.[dead link]
  9. ^ a b [2]. allmusic.com. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
  10. ^ "Billboard.BIZ". Billboard.BIZ. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  11. ^ "Billboard.BIZ". Billboard.BIZ. Archived from the original on 2012-10-02. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  12. ^ "Billboard.BIZ". Billboard.BIZ. Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  13. ^ "American album certifications – LeAnn Rimes – This Woman". Recording Industry Association of America.