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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = This Is Me
| Type = studio
| name = This Is Me
| Artist = [[Randy Travis]]
| type = studio
| artist = [[Randy Travis]]
| Cover = randytravisthisisme.jpg
| cover = randytravisthisisme.jpg
| Background =
| Released = April 26, 1994
| alt =
| Recorded =
| released = April 26, 1994
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| Length = 33:40
| venue =
| studio =
| Label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. Nashville]]
| Producer = [[Kyle Lehning]]
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = 33:40
| Reviews = *[[Allmusic]] - {{Rating|4|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r202311|pure_url=yes}} link]
| label = [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros. Nashville]]
*''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' '''A-''' [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,302037,00.html link]
| Last album = ''[[Wind in the Wire]]''<br />(1993)
| producer = [[Kyle Lehning]]
| prev_title = [[Wind in the Wire]]
| This album = '''''This Is Me'''''<br />(1994)
| prev_year = 1993
| Next album = ''[[Full Circle (Randy Travis album)|Full Circle]]''<br />(1996)
| next_title = [[Full Circle (Randy Travis album)|Full Circle]]
| next_year = 1996
| misc = {{Singles
| name = This Is Me
| type = Studio
| single1 = [[Before You Kill Us All]]
| single1date = February 28, 1994
| single2 = [[Whisper My Name]]
| single2date = May 30, 1994
| single3 = [[This Is Me (Randy Travis song)|This Is Me]]
| single3date = October 10, 1994
| single4 = [[The Box (Randy Travis song)|The Box]]
| single4date = February 6, 1995
}}
}}
}}

{{Album ratings
'''''This Is Me''''' is an album by [[country music]] star [[Randy Travis]], and was released on April 26, 1994 by [[Warner Music Group|Warner Bros.]]. Producer Kyle Lehning, Travis, and A&R Martha Sharp considered more than 1,000 songs before settling on the final ten.<ref>Bessman, Jim (1994-03-26), "New Warner set returns Travis to country spotlite". ''Billboard''. '''106''' (13):14</ref> The tracks "Before You Kill Us All", "Whisper My Name", "This Is Me", and "The Box" were all released as singles, peaking at #2, #1, #5, and #8, respectively, on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' country music charts. "Small Y'all" was later recorded by [[George Jones]] on his 1998 album ''[[It Don't Get Any Better Than This]]''.
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r202311|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Chicago Tribune]]''
|rev2score = {{Rating|2|4}}<ref>[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-06-30/features/9406300054_1_randy-travis-star-runaway-train Chicago Tribune review]</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
|rev4score = A−<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080905014448/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,302037,00.html Entertainment Weekly review]</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
|rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1101287&style=music Album reviews at CD Universe]</ref>
|rev3 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev3score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}<ref>[http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=randy+travis Robert Christgau Consumer Guide]</ref>
|rev6 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080604143927/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/randytravis/albums/album/116090/review/5941731/this_is_me Rolling Stone review]</ref>
}}
'''''This Is Me''''' is the ninth studio album by American [[country music]] artist [[Randy Travis]], released on April 26, 1994, by [[Warner Music Group|Warner Bros.]] Producer Kyle Lehning, Travis, and A&R Martha Sharp considered more than 1,000 songs before settling on the final ten.<ref>Bessman, Jim (1994-03-26), "New Warner set returns Travis to country spotlite". ''Billboard''. '''106''' (13):14</ref> The tracks "Before You Kill Us All", "Whisper My Name", "This Is Me", and "The Box" were all released as singles, peaking at #2, #1, #5, and #8, respectively, on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' country music charts. "Small Y'all" was later recorded by [[George Jones]] on his 1998 album ''[[It Don't Get Any Better Than This]]''.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==

# "Honky Tonky Side of Town" (Jerry Phillips, [[Troy Seals]], Eddie Setser) - 3:09
{{Track listing
# "[[Before You Kill Us All]]" ([[Max T. Barnes]], [[Keith Follesé]]) - 3:24
| collapsed =
# "That's Where I Draw the Line" ([[Trey Bruce]], Roger Brown) - 3:20
| hesdline =
# "[[Whisper My Name]]" (Bruce) - 3:11
| total length =
# "Small Y'all" ([[Bobby Braddock]]) - 2:55

# "Runaway Train" ([[Larry Gatlin]], Jerry Steve Smith) - 3:22
| title1 = Honky Tonky Side of Town
# "[[This Is Me (Randy Travis song)|This Is Me]]" ([[Tom Shapiro]], Thom McHugh) - 3:26
| writer1 = Jerry Phillips, [[Troy Seals]], Eddie Setser
# "[[The Box (Randy Travis song)|The Box]]" (Randy Travis, Buck Moore) - 3:23
| length1 = 3:09
# "Gonna Walk That Line" ([[Jamie O'Hara (singer)|Jamie O'Hara]], [[Kieran Kane]]) - 3:19

# "Oscar the Angel" ([[Don Schlitz]]) - 4:25
| title2 = [[Before You Kill Us All]]
| writer2 = [[Max T. Barnes]], [[Keith Follesé]]
| length2 = 3:24

| title3 = That's Where I Draw the Line
| writer3 = [[Trey Bruce]], Roger Brown
| length3 = 3:20

| title4 = [[Whisper My Name]]
| writer4 = Bruce
| length4 = 3:11

| title5 = Small Y'all
| writer5 = [[Bobby Braddock]]
| length5 = 2:55

| title6 = Runaway Train
| writer6 = [[Larry Gatlin]], Jerry Steve Smith
| length6 = 3:22

| title7 = [[This Is Me (Randy Travis song)|This Is Me]]
| writer7 = [[Tom Shapiro]], Thom McHugh
| length7 = 3:26

| title8 = [[The Box (Randy Travis song)|The Box]]
| writer8 = [[Randy Travis]], Buck Moore
| length8 = 3:21

| title9 = Gonna Walk That Line
| writer9 = [[Jamie O'Hara (singer)|Jamie O'Hara]], [[Kieran Kane]]
| length9 = 3:19

| title10 = Oscar the Angel
| writer10 = [[Don Schlitz]]
| length10 = 4:25
}}

==Personnel==
{{div col}}
* Dennis Burnside - [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
* [[Larry Byrom]] - [[acoustic guitar]], [[electric guitar]], [[slide guitar]]
* Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
* Bruce Dees - background vocals
* [[Jerry Douglas]] - [[dobro]]
* [[Paul Franklin (musician)|Paul Franklin]] - [[steel guitar]]
* Steve Gibson - electric guitar
* Doyle Grisham - steel guitar
* Jim Hoke - [[soprano saxophone]], [[tenor saxophone]]
* Sherilyn Huffman - background vocals
* [[David Hungate]] - [[bass guitar]]
* Chris Leuzinger - acoustic guitar
* [[Paul Leim]] - [[drums]]
* [[Larrie Londin]] - drums
* [[Brent Mason]] - electric guitar
* [[Suzi Ragsdale]] - background vocals
* Tom Roady - [[percussion]]
* [[Hargus "Pig" Robbins]] - [[piano]]
* Kayton Robbins - steel guitar
* [[John Wesley Ryles]] - background vocals
* [[Darrell Scott]] - background vocals
* Lisa Silver - background vocals
* Hank Singer - [[fiddle]]
* Jay Spell - [[electric piano]]
* [[Harry Stinson (musician)|Harry Stinson]] - drums
* Verlon Thompson - background vocals
* [[Randy Travis]] - lead vocals
* Dianne Vanette - background vocals
* Cindy Richardson-Walker - background vocals
* [[Billy Joe Walker Jr.]] - electric guitar
* [[Biff Watson]] - acoustic guitar
* Dennis Wilson - background vocals
* Curtis Young - background vocals
{{div col end}}


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
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Revision as of 06:23, 14 July 2024

"This Is Me (Randy Travis)" redirects here. For the album's title track, see This Is Me (Randy Travis song).
This Is Me
Studio album by
Randy Travis
ReleasedApril 26, 1994
GenreCountry
Length33:40
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
ProducerKyle Lehning
Randy Travis chronology
Wind in the Wire
(1993) 		This Is Me
(1994) 		Full Circle
(1996)
Singles from This Is Me
  1. "Before You Kill Us All"
    Released: February 28, 1994
  2. "Whisper My Name"
    Released: May 30, 1994
  3. "This Is Me"
    Released: October 10, 1994
  4. "The Box"
    Released: February 6, 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Robert Christgau(1-star Honorable Mention)[5]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]
Q[4]
Rolling Stone[6]

This Is Me is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis, released on April 26, 1994, by Warner Bros. Producer Kyle Lehning, Travis, and A&R Martha Sharp considered more than 1,000 songs before settling on the final ten.[7] The tracks "Before You Kill Us All", "Whisper My Name", "This Is Me", and "The Box" were all released as singles, peaking at #2, #1, #5, and #8, respectively, on the Billboard country music charts. "Small Y'all" was later recorded by George Jones on his 1998 album It Don't Get Any Better Than This.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Honky Tonky Side of Town"Jerry Phillips, Troy Seals, Eddie Setser3:09
2."Before You Kill Us All"Max T. Barnes, Keith Follesé3:24
3."That's Where I Draw the Line"Trey Bruce, Roger Brown3:20
4."Whisper My Name"Bruce3:11
5."Small Y'all"Bobby Braddock2:55
6."Runaway Train"Larry Gatlin, Jerry Steve Smith3:22
7."This Is Me"Tom Shapiro, Thom McHugh3:26
8."The Box"Randy Travis, Buck Moore3:21
9."Gonna Walk That Line"Jamie O'Hara, Kieran Kane3:19
10."Oscar the Angel"Don Schlitz4:25

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1994) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 10
U.S. Billboard 200 59
Canadian RPM Country Albums 5

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Chicago Tribune review
  3. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  4. ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
  5. ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  6. ^ Rolling Stone review
  7. ^ Bessman, Jim (1994-03-26), "New Warner set returns Travis to country spotlite". Billboard. 106 (13):14


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