Track Listing
1. Thinkin' About You
2. Xxx's and OOO's (An American Girl)
3. You Can Sleep While I Drive
4. Restless Kind, The
5. On a Bus to St. Cloud
6. Fairytale
7. Those Words We Said
8. O Mexico
9. I Wanna Go Too Far
10. Till I Get It Right
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Jon Randall, Lari White, Lee Roy Parnell, Mac McAnally, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Matt Rollings, Raul Malo | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | DDD |
Album Notes
Personnel: Trisha Yearwood (vocals); Billy Sanford (acoustic & electric guitars); Bobby All, Jon Randall, Billy Joe Walker, Jr. (acoustic guitar); Mike Henderson, Brent Mason (electric guitar); Lee Roy Parnell (electric slide guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Sam Bush (mandolin); Aubrey Haynie, Rob Hajacos (fiddle); The Nashville String Machine (strings); Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson (harmonica); Matt Rollings (piano, organ); Steve Nathan (organ, keyboards); Dave Pomeroy (bass); Eddie Bayers (drums); Tom Roady (bongos, conga, tambourine); Chuck Cannon, Harry Stinson, Kim Richey, Andrea Zonn, Raul Malo, Lari White, Mac McAnally, Mary-Chapin Carpenter (background vocals).
Producers: Garth Fundis, Garth Fundis, Harry Stinson.
Recorded at Sound Emporium, Nashville, Tennessee.
THINKIN' ABOUT YOU was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Country Album.
Trisha Yearwood's first truly great album, 1995's THINKIN' ABOUT YOU skimps on the bouncy crowd-pleasers, with only the cute hit "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)" and the sly, sassy "I Wanna Go Too Far" particularly tailored for mid-'90s country radio. The rest of the album focuses on moody ballads that showcase Yearwood's increasingly agile, expressive vocals. In particular, Gretchen Peters's haunting, piano-driven "On a Bus to St. Cloud" has a stripped-down intimacy that sets Yearwood's vocals in their best light. Also featured is a note-perfect cover of Melissa Etheridge's "You Can Sleep While I Drive" that shows just how good Etheridge's songs sound when a controlled and subtle singer tackles them. Ending the record with a thoughtful cover of Tammy Wynette's "Till I Get It Right" acknowledges Yearwood's pure country roots at a time when most Nashville singers couldn't backpedal from them fast enough.
Editorial Reviews
4 Stars - Excellent - ...the album is a near-perfect example of the country-pop genre....Delivering the most affecting performance of her career, Yearwood shows that far from limiting herself, she's only just begun to scratch the surface of her potential as a country singer...Entertainment Weekly (2/17/95, p.59) - ...Yearwood--who went after the lush Linda Rondstadt sound on her last album--returns to an earthier mix of country....The anguished ballads...find Yearwood sounding more like herself than her idol... - Rating: B+
Rolling Stone (04/06/1995)
...Yearwood--who went after the lush Linda Rondstadt sound on her last album--returns to an earthier mix of country....The anguished ballads...find Yearwood sounding more like herself than her idol... - Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly (02/17/1995)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...the album is a near-perfect example of the country-pop genre....Delivering the most affecting performance of her career, Yearwood shows that far from limiting herself, she's only just begun to scratch the surface of her potential as a country singer...
Rolling Stone (04/06/1995)
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