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{{infobox album
| name          = Family
| cover         = LeAnn Rimes - Family.jpg
| type          = studio
| artist        = LeAnn Rimes
| released      = October 9, 2007
| recorded      = 2006-2007
| length        = 57:07
| label         = [[Curb Records|Curb]]
| producer      = Dann Huff, Tony Brown, Reba McEntire
| previous      = Whatever We Wanna
| current       = Family
| next          = Best Sellers, Best Price }}
'''''Family''''' is the ninth [[studio album]] by American country recording artist [[LeAnn Rimes]], released October 9, 2007, by [[Curb Records]] in the United States. It was produced primarily by musician and record producer Dann Huff, with additional production by Tony Brown and guest vocalist Reba McEntire.

''Family'' is the first album in Rimes' career where she has co-written every song for an album.

The album debuted at number four on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 74,200 copies in its first week. Upon its release, ''Family'' received positive reviews from most music critics, who complimented Rimes' performance and songwriting. It earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Country Vocal Performance, for the album's lead single "[[Nothin' Better to Do]]".

"Nothin' Better to Do" and the title track were used in the movie ''[[Good Intentions]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goodintentionsmovie.com/music/|title=Music << Good Intentions Movie|publisher=Good Intentions Movie|accessdate=August 26, 2014}}</ref>


== Singles ==
The first single, "[[Nothin' Better to Do]]", was released to radio on May 29, 2007 which she was nominated for a Best Female Country Vocal Performance Grammy for the 50th Grammy Awards, followed by "[[Good Friend and a Glass of Wine]]" and "[[What I Cannot Change (single)|What I Cannot Change]]", which was nominated for a Best Female Country Vocal Performance Grammy for the 51st Grammy Awards and went to number one on the Billboard Dance chart.<ref>Kevin J. Coyne,[http://www.countryuniverse.net/2008/12/03/discussion-2009-grammy-nominees/ "2009 Grammy Nominees"] Countryuniverse.net, December 3, 2008</ref>

== Reception ==
=== Commercial performance ===
The album debuted at number four on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, with first-week sales of 74,200 copies in the United States.<ref>Harris, Chris (October 17, 2007). [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1572111/20071017/kid_rock.jhtml Kid Rock's Jesus Overpowers Bruce Springsteen's Magic On Billboard Chart]. MTV News. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.</ref> It spent a total of twenty weeks on the ''Billboard'' 200.

In the United Kingdom, ''Family'' debuted at number thirty-one on the UK Albums Chart, becoming Rimes's first album to miss the top twenty of the chart (though not all of her albums were released in the UK).

=== Critical response ===
''Family'' received positive reviews from most music critics.<ref name="Metacritic">"[http://www.metacritic.com/music/family/leann-rimes/critic-reviews Critic Reviews for Family]". Metacritic. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.</ref> At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of a hundred to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of seventy, based on twelve reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".<ref name="Metacritic"/> Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave it four out of five stars and called it "surprisingly far-ranging underneath its soft country-pop veneer [...] a canny blend of the commercial and the confessional".<ref name="Erlewine">Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (October 2007). "[http://www.allmusic.com/album/family-r1113543/review Review: Family - LeAnn Rimes]". Allmusic. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.</ref> ''Blender'''s Jane Dark complimented its "lighthearted genre-hopping", writing that it "suggests nothing so much as a Broadway smash about a restless country star, borrowing from many styles, beholden to none."<ref name="Dark">Dark, Jane (October 9, 2007). "[http://www.blender.com/guide/new/54838/family.html Family - Blender]". ''Blender''. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.</ref> Sarah Rodman of ''The Boston Globe'' praised Rimes' songwriting and dubbed ''Family'' "the best, most cogent album of her career".<ref name="Rodman">Rodman, Sarah (October 9, 2007). "[http://www.boston.com/ae/music/cd_reviews/articles/2007/10/09/blue_no_more_rimes_grows_up/ 'Blue' no more, Rimes grows up]". ''The Boston Globe''. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.</ref> Kelefa Sanneh of ''The New York Times'' complimented her "gentle belting-out" and commented that "the music echoes the fearlessness in the lyrics".<ref name="Sanneh">Sanneh, Kelefa (October 8, 2007). "[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/arts/music/08choi.html?_r=1&ref=music&oref=slogin Critics’ Choice – New CDs]". ''The New York Times''. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.</ref> Slant Magazine's Jonathan Keefe called Rimes "a distinctive interpretive singer" and viewed that her songwriting gives the album "the kind of focus and thematic coherence that most Nashville acts can't be bothered with".<ref name="Keefe">Keefe, Jonathan (October 17, 2007). "[http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/leann-rimes-family/1200 LeAnn Rimes: Family | Music Review]". Slant Magazine. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.</ref> Keefe cited ''Family'' as "among the strongest mainstream country albums of the past several years".<ref name="Keefe"/> Ken Tucker of ''Billboard'' gave the album a favorable review and said, "It took personal experience for LeAnn Rimes to get to the point where she could write, record and release ''Family'', the sum of a so-far extraordinary but still young life. But just because it's a personal album doesn't mean it doesn't speak to the masses."<ref name="Tucker">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3i9d8c70e4b0c4294ad3978f2728f8e368|title=LeAnn Rimes: Family|last=Tucker|first=Ken|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=2012-10-18|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071011102045/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3i9d8c70e4b0c4294ad3978f2728f8e368|archivedate=2007-10-11|deadurl=yes}}</ref>

However, ''Q'' gave the album two out of five stars and stated "There's little spark, despite her admirable willingness to take chances."<ref name="Metacritic"/> ''Entertainment Weekly'''s Alanna Nash gave it a B rating and commented that "Rimes displays new maturity in songwriting [...] though too often she lapses into posturing power pop".<ref name="Nash">Nash, Alanna (October 19, 2007). "[http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20152013,00.html Family Review]". ''Entertainment Weekly''. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.</ref> Adam Sweeting of ''Uncut'' criticized its music, writing that the songs "sound like an update of the kind of AOR racket Pat Benatar and Heart were making in the '80s".<ref name="Sweeting">Sweeting, Adam (November 2007). "[http://www.zinio.com/reader.jsp?issue=227822658&o=int&prev=si Review: ''Family'']". ''Uncut'': 116.</ref> Dave Simpson of ''The Guardian'' noted "A slightly too-smooth production and typically overblown Bon Jovi collaboration", but called it "an album full of swaggering rhythm'n'booze and emotional confessionals that explore a dysfunctional childhood".<ref name="Simpson">Simpson, Dave (October 5, 2007). "[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2007/oct/05/popandrock.shopping3 CD: LeAnn Rimes, Family]". ''The Guardian''. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.</ref> Despite finding the song "uneven", ''Rolling Stone'' writer Rob Sheffield gave the album three-and-a-half out of five stars and cited "Nothin' Better to Do", "Family", and "Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore" as highlights.<ref name="Sheffield">{{cite web|url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/leannrimes/albums/album/16614468/review/16683014/family|title=LeAnn Rimes: Family : Music Reviews|last=Sheffield|first=Rob|publisher=''Rolling Stone''|date=October 18, 2007|accessdate=2012-10-18|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20080725221742/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/leannrimes/albums/album/16614468/review/16683014/family|archivedate=2008-07-25|deadurl=yes}}</ref> Thomas Kintner of ''The Hartford Courant'' called ''Family'' "a carefully manicured, but still lively assortment that highlights her substantial vocal strengths", and praised Rimes' singing, stating "She is prone to embracing tunes so disposable that they should be beneath her notice, but the melodic richness she showers on even the most lackluster lyrics makes for interesting listening".<ref name="Kintner">Kintner, Thomas (October 18, 2007). "[http://articles.courant.com/2007-10-18/entertainment/0710180291_1_jimmy-eat-world-chase-leann-rimes New On Disc (LeAnn Rimes: ''Family'')]". ''Hartford Courant''. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.</ref>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| collapsed       = no
| writing_credits = yes
| title1          = Family
| writer1         = Rimes, Dean Sheremet, Blair Daly
| length1         = 3:55
| title2          = [[Nothin' Better to Do]]
| writer2         = Rimes, Sheremet, Darrell Brown
| length2         = 4:26
| title3          = Fight
| writer3         = Rimes, Brown, Daly
| length3         = 3:27
| title4          = [[Good Friend and a Glass of Wine]]
| writer4         = Rimes, Brown, Daly
| length4         = 3:34
| title5          = Something I Can Feel
| writer5         = Rimes, Brown, Daly
| length5         = 3:43
| title6          = I Want You with Me
| writer6         = Rimes, Sheremet, Daly
| length6         = 3:33
| title7          = Doesn't Everybody
| writer7         = Rimes, Sheremet, Brown
| length7         = 3:53
| title8          = Nothing Wrong
| writer8         = Rimes, Broussard, Daly
| length8         = 4:22
| note8           = Duet with Marc Broussard
| title9          = Pretty Things
| writer9         = Rimes, Sheremet, Brown
| length9         = 3:45
| title10         = Upper Hand
| writer10        = Rimes, Brown, Troy Verges
| length10        = 3:51
| title11         = One Day Too Long
| writer11        = Rimes, Sheremet, Brown
| length11        = 3:38
| title12         = [[What I Cannot Change (single)|What I Cannot Change]]
| writer12        = Rimes, Brown
| length12        = 5:14
}}
{{Track listing
| collapsed       = no
| writing_credits = yes
| headline        = Bonus Tracks
| title13         = [[Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore]]
| writer13        = Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, Brett James
| length13        = 4:48
| note13          = Duet with Bon Jovi). (From Bon Jovi's ''Lost Highway''
| title14         = When You Love Someone Like That
| writer14        = Ed Hill, Karyn Rochelle
| length14        = 4:40
| note14          = Duet with Reba McEntire) (From McEntire's ''[[Reba: Duets]]''
|}}

===DVD===
{{track listing
| collapsed       = no
| writing_credits = yes
| headline        = Bonus promo DVD<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=475030|title=Leann Rimes Family USA Promo 2-disc CD/DVD set|publisher=Eil.com|accessdate=August 25, 2014}}</ref>
| title1          = Nothin' Better to Do
| note1           = Music video
| writer1         = Rimes, Sheremet, Brown
| length1         = 4:30
}}

== Personnel ==
Credits for ''Family'' adapted from Allmusic.<ref>[http://www.allmusic.com/album/family-r1113543/credits Credits: Family - LeAnn Rimes]. Allmusic. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.</ref>

=== Musicians ===
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* Tim Akers – keyboards, organ, Wurlitzer
* Jon Bon Jovi – vocals
* Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
* John Catchings – cello
* Eric Darken – percussion
* Mark Douthit – saxophone
* Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
* Paul Franklin – steel guitar
* Carl Gorodetzky – violin
* Barry Green – trombone
* Kenny Greenberg – guitar
* Mike Haynes – trumpet
* Rami Jaffee – Hammond organ
* Charles Judge – keyboards, programming, string arrangements, string conductor, synthesizer
* Russ Kunkel – drums
* Tim Lauer – accordion, Casio, Farfisa organ, keyboards, Mellotron, organ, Hammond organ, piano, solina, synthesizer
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* JayDee Mannes – pedal steel
* Stuart Mathis – guitar, electric guitar
* Reba McEntire – vocals, producer
* Chris McHugh – drums
* Doug Moffet – baritone saxophone
* Steve Nathanv – Hammond organ, piano
* Michael Omartian – horn arrangements
* Carole Rabinowitz-Neuen – cello
* LeAnn Rimes – vocals, background vocals
* Matt Rollings – Hammond organ, piano
* Pamela Sixfin – violin
* Leland Sklar – bass
* Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass
* Michael Thompson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* Kris Wilkinson – viola
* Jonathan Yudkin – banjo, fiddle, mandola
* Marc Broussard - vocals
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=== Production ===
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* Derek Bason – engineer
* Drew Bollman – assistant
* Tony Brown – producer
* Mike Butler – engineer
* Terry Christian – engineer
* John Coulter – design
* Richard Dodd – engineer
* Ben Fowler – engineer
* Darrell Franklin – A&R
* Mike "Frog" Griffith – project coordinator
* Mark Hagen – engineer, overdub engineer
* Nathaniel Hawkins – hair stylist
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* Nate Hertweck – assistant
* Dann Huff – guitar, acoustic guitar, producer
* Joanna Janét – background vocals
* Scott Kidd – assistant
* Steve Marcantonio – mixing
* David McClister – photography
* J.C. Monterrosa – assistant
* John Netti – assistant
* Justin Niebank – mixing
* Lowell Reynolds – assistant
* Troy Surratt – make-up
* Todd Tidwell – assistant
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==Charts==
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=== Chart positions ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!align="left"|Chart (2007)
!align="left"|Peak<br />position
|-
|align="left"|Australian Top Country Albums<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_country.asp?chart=1F20 |title=Top 20 Country Chart - Australian Record Industry Association |publisher=Ariacharts.com.au |date= |accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|20
|-
|align="left"|Canadian Albums Chart
| style="text-align:center;"|33
|-
|align="left"|European Top 100 Albums<ref>{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=leann rimes|chart=Digital Albums}}|title=LeAnn Rimes Album & Song Chart History|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|date=|accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|100
|-
|align="left"|Swiss Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=LeAnn+Rimes&titel=Family&cat=a |title=LeAnn Rimes - Family |publisher=hitparade.ch |date=2009-09-22 |accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|68
|-
|align="left"|UK Albums Chart<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/release.php?release=39975 |title=Leann Rimes - Family |publisher=Chart Stats |date=2007-10-20 |accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|31
|-
|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref name="U.S. ''Billboard'' peak position">{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=leann rimes|chart=all}}|title=Family - LeAnn Rimes|work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media|accessdate=29 April 2011}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums<ref name="U.S. ''Billboard'' peak position" />
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|-
|align="left"|US ''Billboard'' Top Digital Albums<ref name="U.S. ''Billboard'' peak position" />
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|}
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=== Year-end charts ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!End-of-year chart (2007)
!Position
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2007/country-albums |title=Billboard.BIZ |work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date= |accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|61
|-
!End-of-year chart (2008)
!Position
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2008/country-albums |title=Billboard.BIZ |work=Billboard|publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date= |accessdate=2011-10-07}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|31
|}
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== Release history ==
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Date
|-
| United States
| October 9, 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.com/Family-LeAnn-Rimes/dp/B000SQJ2B4/|title=Family : LeAnn Rimes : Amazon.com|publisher=Amazon.com (US) Amazon.com, Inc|accessdate=2013-07-27}}</ref>
|-
| Australia
| October 15, 2007<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanity.com.au/products/2100772/Family|title=Buy Family LeAnn Rimes, Country, CD|publisher=Sanity|accessdate=2013-07-27}}</ref>
|}

==Alternate covers==
<gallery>
LeAnn Rimes - Family (with DVD).jpg|Bonus DVD version
LeAnn Rimes - Family (Australian cover).jpg|Australian cover
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Template:LeAnn Rimes}}
[[Category:Studio album]]