Lila (album)
Lila is the debut album of American country music singer Lila McCann. Released in 1997 on Asylum Records, the album produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts: "Down Came a Blackbird" (#28), "I Wanna Fall in Love" (#3, McCann's highest-charting single), a cover of Sheena Easton's "Almost Over You" (#42) and finally, "Yippy Ky Yay" (#63). The album itself has been certified platinum by the RIAA for U.S. shipments of one million copies, and it was the highest-selling debut album by a country artist in 1997.
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| Released | June 17, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 38:10 | |||
| Label | Asylum | |||
| Producer | Mark Spiro | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   link |
| Country Standard Time | link |
| Entertainment Weekly | B- link |
Track listing
- "I Wanna Fall in Love" (Buddy Brock, Mark Spiro) – 4:19
- "Just One Little Kiss" (Greg Barnhill, Kim Carnes) – 2:50
- "Almost Over You" (Jennifer Kimball, Cindy Richardson) – 3:31
- "Down Came a Blackbird" (Michael Smotherman, Spiro) – 3:57
- "Already Somebody's Lover" (Spiro) – 3:35
- "Changing Faces" (Lila McCann, Spiro) – 4:07
- "Yippy Ky Yay" (Spiro, Andrew Gold) – 4:07
- "I Feel for You" (Brock, Shara Johnson) – 3:14
- "Saddle My Dreams" (Tim Pierce, Spiro) – 3:28
- "A Rain of Angels" (Michael Dulaney, Jannie Littlepage) – 5:00
Personnel
Adapted from liner notes.[1]
- Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
- Dennis Burnside - piano
- Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Kim Carnes - background vocals (track 2)
- Stuart Duncan - fiddle, mandolin, dobro
- Dan Dugmore - steel guitar and electric dobro (track 2)
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
- John Hobbs - piano, keyboards, additional piano and keyboard overdubs (tracks 1, 4, 5, 8)
- Dann Huff - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Jana King-Evans - background vocals (track 1)
- Liana Manis - background vocals (track 9)
- Brent Mason - electric guitar
- Lila McCann - lead vocals, background vocals
- Terry McMillan - harmonica (track 5)
- Mark Spiro - background vocals
- Lonnie Wilson - drums
Chart performance
| Chart (1997) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 8 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 86 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 10 |
References
- Lila (CD booklet). Lila McCann. Asylum Records. 1997. 62042-2.CS1 maint: others (link)
- Allmusic (see infobox)
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