Real Live Woman

Real Live Woman is the eighth studio album by country singer Trisha Yearwood.

Real Live Woman
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 28, 2000
GenreCountry
Length47:58
LabelMCA Nashville
ProducerGarth Fundis, Trisha Yearwood
Trisha Yearwood chronology
Where Your Road Leads
(1998)
Real Live Woman
(2000)
Inside Out
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com(favorable)[1]
Allmusic[2]
Chicago Tribune(favorable)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
People(favorable)[5]
PopMatters(favorable)[6]
Q[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]

The album reached #4 on the Billboard country albums chart. It produced a #16 hit on the Billboard country music charts in "Real Live Woman" and a #45 hit in "Where Are You Now". The latter was only the second single of Yearwood's career to miss Top 40 in the U.S.

The album covers a song by Bruce Springsteen called "Sad Eyes", a song by Linda Ronstadt titled, "Try Me Again", and a song by Bonnie Raitt called "Wild For You Baby". Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Jackson Browne provide harmony vocals for some of the album's tracks. It was given 3 out of 5 stars by Allmusic.[2]

Track listing

  1. "Where Are You Now" (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kim Richey) — 3:10
  2. "One Love" (Al Anderson, Gary Nicholson, Kimmie Rhodes) — 4:25
  3. "Sad Eyes" (Bruce Springsteen) — 4:10
  4. "Some Days" (Mark Selby, Tia Sillers) — 3:51
  5. "I Did" (Spady Brannan, John Nance Sharp) — 3:53
  6. "Try Me Again" (Andrew Gold, Linda Ronstadt) — 4:28
  7. "Too Bad You're No Good" (Paul Craft, Cadillac Holmes) — 3:50
  8. "Real Live Woman" (Bobbie Cryner) — 3:55
  9. "I'm Still Alive" (Anderson, Matraca Berg) — 4:03
  10. "Wild for You Baby" (David Batteau, Tom Snow) — 4:32
  11. "Come Back When It Ain't Rainin'" (Berg, Harlan Howard) — 3:14
  12. "When a Love Song Sings the Blues" (Berg, Ronnie Samoset) — 4:27

Australian bonus tracks

  1. "You're Where I Belong" (Diane Warren) — 4:15 (also available on the Japan pressing)
  2. "Something So Right" (Paul Simon) — 4:11

Personnel

Musical

Technical

  • Chuck Ainlay — mixing
  • Matt Andrews — engineer
  • Jeff Balding — engineer
  • Chris Ferrara — design
  • Sheri McCoy — stylist
  • Denny Purcell — mastering
  • Dave Sinko — engineer
  • Maria Smoot — hair stylist
  • Andrew Southam — photography
  • Sonya Watson — design
  • Trisha Yearwood — producer

Chart performance

Album

Chart (2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 4
U.S. Billboard 200 27
Canadian RPM Country Albums 6

Singles

Year Single Chart Positions
US Country US CAN Country
2000 "Real Live Woman" 16 81 20
"Where Are You Now" 45 42

References

  1. About.com review
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Chicago Tribune review
  4. Entertainment Weekly review
  5. People review
  6. PopMatters review
  7. Album reviews at CD Universe
  8. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 894. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone trisha yearwood album guide.
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