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
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| 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 |
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| 13. | "Afraid To Fall" | Rimes | 4:01 |
Personnel
Credits for This Woman were adapted from liner notes.[3]
- Tim Akers — keyboards, accordion
- Adam Ayan — mastering on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
- Robert Bailey — background vocals
- Jeff Balding — mixing on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
- Brady Barnett — recording
- Drew Bollman — assistant mixing
- Bruce Bouton — Dobro
- Bekka Bramlett — background vocals
- Mike Brignardello — bass guitar
- David Bryant — assistant recording
- Tom Bukovac — electric guitar
- Lisa Cochran — background vocals
- Vinnie Colaiuta — drums
- Perry Coleman — background vocals
- J. T. Corenflos — electric guitar
- Eric Darken — percussion
- Dan Dugmore — steel guitar
- Shannon Forrest — drums
- Ben Fowler — recording
- Paul Franklin — steel guitar
- Mike "Frog" Griffith — production coordinator on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
- Tod Gunnerson — assistant recording
- Jed Hackett — recording
- Mark Hagen — recording
- Vicki Hampton — background vocals
- Dann Huff — electric guitar, acoustic guitar, producer
- Joanna Janét — background vocals
- Jay Joyce — electric guitar
- Charlie Judge — keyboards
- Scott Kidd — assistant mixing
- Greg Lawrence — assistant recording
- B. James Lowry — acoustic guitar
- Chris McHugh — drums
- Steve Nathan — keyboards
- Justin Niebank — mixing
- LeAnn Rimes — lead vocals
- Christopher Rowe — digital editing on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
- Jimmie Lee Sloas — bass guitar
- Russell Terrell — background vocals
- Dan Tyminski — background vocals*
- Keith Urban — electric guitar solo**
- John Willis — acoustic guitar
- Lonnie Wilson — drums
- Glenn Worf — bass guitar
- Jonathan Yudkin — fiddle, mandolin, banjo
*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.
Weekly charts
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Year end-chart
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Position |
| US Billboard 200[9] |
134 |
| US Billboard Top Country Albums[10] |
21 |
| Chart (2006) |
Position |
| US Billboard Top Country Albums[11] |
56 |
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