This Is Me (Randy Travis album)
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Entertainment Weekly | A-[3] |
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This Is Me is an album by country music star Randy Travis, and was 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
- "Honky Tonky Side of Town" (Jerry Phillips, Troy Seals, Eddie Setser) - 3:09
- "Before You Kill Us All" (Max T. Barnes, Keith Follesé) - 3:24
- "That's Where I Draw the Line" (Trey Bruce, Roger Brown) - 3:20
- "Whisper My Name" (Bruce) - 3:11
- "Small Y'all" (Bobby Braddock) - 2:55
- "Runaway Train" (Larry Gatlin, Jerry Steve Smith) - 3:22
- "This Is Me" (Tom Shapiro, Thom McHugh) - 3:26
- "The Box" (Randy Travis, Buck Moore) - 3:23
- "Gonna Walk That Line" (Jamie O'Hara, Kieran Kane) - 3:19
- "Oscar the Angel" (Don Schlitz) - 4:25
Personnel
- Dennis Burnside - keyboards (tracks 2,5,6,7,8,9), electric piano (track 10)
- Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar (tracks 1,2,3,5,6,10) electric guitar (track 4), slide guitar (track 4)
- Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar (all tracks)
- Bruce Dees - background vocals (tracks 2,3,6,7)
- Jerry Douglas - dobro (track 6)
- Paul Franklin - pedal steel guitar (tracks 2,3,6)
- Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar (track 4), electric guitar (all tracks except 1 and 4)
- Doyle Grisham - pedal steel guitar (tracks 1,5,6,7,8,9,10)
- Jim Hoke - soprano saxophone (track 1), tenor saxophone (track 1)
- Sherilyn Huffman - background vocals (track 10)
- David Hungate - bass guitar (all tracks)
- Chris Leuzinger - acoustic guitar (tracks 8,9)
- Paul Liem - drums (all tracks except 7 and 10)
- Larrie Londin - drums (track 10)
- Brent Mason - electric guitar (tracks 1,6)
- Mark O'Connor - fiddle (track 10)
- Suzy Ragsdale - background vocals (track 4)
- Tom Roady - percussion (track 10)
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano (all tracks)
- Kayton Roberts - pedal steel guitar (tracks 1,5)
- John Wesley Ryles - background vocals (track 10)
- Darrell Scott - background vocals (track 4)
- Lisa Silver - background vocals (tracks 2,3,6,7,10)
- Hank Singer - fiddle (all tracks except 7 and 10)
- Jay Spell - electric piano (track 9)
- Harry Stinson - drums (track 7)
- Verlon Thompson - background vocals (track 4)
- Randy Travis - lead vocals (all tracks)
- Dianne Vanette - background vocals (track 10)
- Cindy Richardson-Walker - background vocals (tracks 6,7)
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. - electric guitar (tracks 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar (track 7)
- Dennis Wilson - background vocals (tracks 6,7,10)
- Curtis Young - background vocals (all tracks except 4)
Chart performance
Chart (1994) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 10 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 59 |
Canadian RPM Country Albums | 5 |
References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Chicago Tribune review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
- ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Bessman, Jim (1994-03-26), "New Warner set returns Travis to country spotlite". Billboard. 106 (13):14