This Woman

This Woman
Studio album by LeAnn Rimes

General information

Release Date

January 25, 2005

Recorded

2004-2005

Genre

Indie folk, alternative rock, electro-folk, chamber pop

Length

53:27 (standard)
57:21 (Target Exclusive)

Label

Curb

Producer(s)

Dann Huff

Chronology
Previous	Current	Next
What a Wonderful World	This Woman	Whatever We Wanna

This Woman is the seventh studio album by LeAnn Rimes released on January 25, 2005. While promoting This Woman, she stated that it was her return to her "roots", country music. In essence, the album has a strong theme of love, falling in love and marriage. This could be due to Rimes' own marriage to her ex-husband, Dean Sheremet. The album was a success on the country charts. Like Twisted Angel, Rimes helped pen tracks on the album ("You Take Me Home", "I Got It Bad" and "When This Woman Loves a Man").

Singles from the album include, in order of release, "Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense", "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way", "Something's Gotta Give" and "Some People". Respectively, these reached number five, number three, number two, and number thirty-six on the country singles charts.

The album also features the track "I Dare You" which was also recorded by SHeDAISY on their 2003 album Sweet Right Here.

A bonus thirteenth track, "Afraid to Fall", was released exclusively to US Target stores. Rimes helped pen this track as well.^[1]

Track listing[]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Want to with You"	Rivers Rutherford, Tom Shapiro	3:18
2.	"You Take Me Home"	Dennis Matkosky, Rimes, Craig Wiseman	3:55
3.	"Something's Gotta Give"	Tony Mullins, Wiseman	3:56
4.	"Won't Be Lonely Long"	Melissa Peirce, Bobby Pinson	3:24
5.	"Nothin' 'Bout Love Makes Sense"	Gary Burr, Joel Feeney, Kylie Sackle	2:57
6.	"Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"	John Kennedy, Tammi Kidd	3:37
7.	"The Weight of Love"	Marcel	4:04
8.	"With You"	Steve Robson, Jeffrey Steele	3:42
9.	"I Got It Bad"	Trey Bruce, Rimes, Dean Sheremet	3:28
10.	"I Dare You"	Jason Deere, Kristyn Osborn	3:43
11.	"When This Woman Loves a Man"	Blair Daly, Rimes, Troy Verges	4:02
12.	"Some People"	Darrell Brown, Joanna Cotten, Matkosky	3:56
Total length:			53:27

Target exclusive bonus track^[1]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Afraid to Fall"	Rimes, Peter Amato, Trey Bruce	4:01
Total length:			57:21

Personnel[]

Credits for This Woman were adapted from liner notes.^[1]

Adam Ayan — mastering on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
Bekka Bramlett — background vocals
Ben Fowler — recording
B. James Lowry — acoustic guitar
Bruce Bouton — Dobro
Brady Barnett — recording
Charlie Judge — keyboards
Chris McHugh — drums
Christopher Rowe — digital editing on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
Dan Dugmore — steel guitar
Dann Huff — electric guitar, acoustic guitar, producer
Dan Tyminski — background vocals*
David Bryant — assistant recording
Drew Bollman — assistant mixing
Eric Darken — percussion
Glenn Worf — bass
Greg Lawrence — assistant recording
Jay Joyce — guitar
Jed Hackett — recording
Jeff Balding — mixing on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
Jimmie Lee Sloas — bass

Joanna Janét — background vocals
John Willis — acoustic guitar
Jonathan Yudkin — fiddle, mandolin
J. T. Corenflos — guitar
Justin Niebank — mixing
Keith Urban — electric guitar solo**
Lisa Cochran — background vocals
Mark Hagen — recording
Mike Brignardello — bass
Mike "Frog" Griffith — production coordinator on "Afraid to Fall" and "Probably Wouldn't Be This Way"
Paul Franklin — steel guitar
Perry Coleman — background vocals
Robert Bailey — background vocals
Russell Terrell — background vocals
Shannon Forrest — drums
Scott Kidd — assistant mixing
Steve Nathan — keyboards
Tim Akers — keyboards, accordion
Tod Gunnerson — assistant recording
Tom Bukovac — guitar
Vicki Hampton — background vocals
Vinnie Colaiuta — drums

*Note: Dan Tyminski appears courtesy of Rounder Records.
**Note: Keith Urban appears courtesy of Capitol Records Nashville.

Charts[]

This Woman debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with over 101,000 copies sold in its first week,^[2] it fell to number twenty-five with 40,000 copies sold in its second week and number forty in its third week with 37,000 copies sold.^[3] The album spent three weeks in top fifty and a total of forty-seven weeks in Billboard 200. It has received gold status and sold over 618,000 copies in United States as of June 2006 by Nielsen SoundScan.

Peak positions[]

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australian Albums Chart^[4]	90
Australian Top Country Albums^[4]	7
Japanese Oricon Albums Chart	218
US Billboard 200^[5]	3
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	2