Cry Faith Hill

• 1 Free 04:37
• 2 Cry 03:45
• 3 One 05:20
• 4 When The Lights Go Down 04:04
• 5 Beautiful 04:41
• 6 Unsaveable 03:50
• 7 Baby You Belong 04:09
• 8 If You're Gonna Fly Away 03:47
• 9 Stronger 04:14
• 10 If This Is The End 04:53
• 11 This Is Me 05:04
• 12 Back To You 04:35
• 13 I Think I Will 04:08
• 14 You're Still Here 03:21
• Total Runtime 01:00:28

Info for Cry

Listening to the opening track 'Free' on Faith Hill's CRY, one might be momentarily thrown; is this the Nashville country-pop siren we've come to know, or has the new Christina Aguilera album been mistakenly packaged in this jewel case? Come to think of it, the album cover might prompt the same question. While the electronic, pumping dance-pop rhythms of 'Free' are far from what we think of as the Nashville sound, even in the 21st century, expectations are put back on track with the next track. The title song is closer to the Garth Brooks-meets-Pat Benatar power ballad sound commonly associated with Hill. The rest of the album walks a tightrope between the two styles, darting back and forth on either side. While the likes of 'Stronger' and 'You're Still Here' are ballads close to Hill's country-pop beginnings, many other tracks here utilize ultra-contemporary dance-pop production techniques in a seeming attempt to push Hill to maturing Britney-lovers. Since Hill has never exactly been what anyone would call 'rootsy,' this shift in stylistic emphasis is not too tumultuous, and is unlikely to disturb her (huge) hardcore fan base.

'Lavishly produced and packaged, Cry marks the continued ascent of Faith Hill from the lowlands of down-home authenticity to the heights of pop superstardom. Though plenty of Nashville A-team players back her up, the sound they churn out has almost nothing to do with country music. Riding a tide of massed synthesizer textures, sweeping orchestral strings, thundering drums, rock guitar licks, and melodramatic dynamics, Hill strives for the biggest possible gestures in her performance. The results are the kind of glitzy fireworks normally associated with Star Search or American Idol, in which the lyrics take a backseat to raw exhibitionism, and only the most cursory nod is made toward country lyrical convention.' (Robert L. Doerschuk, All Music Guide)

Faith Hill, vocals
Damon Johnson, acoustic, electric & slide guitars
Marti Frederiksen, acoustic & electric guitars, vocals
Tim Pierce, acoustic & electric guitars
Dean Parks, acoustic guitar
Michael Landau, electric guitar, background vocals
Paul Bushnell, bass
Leland Sklar, bass
Vinnie Colaiuta, drums
Suzie Katayama, violin
Jim Cox, piano & Hammond B-3 organ
Jamie Muhoberac, keyboards
Bekka Bramlet, tambourine, background vocals
Eric Carter, programming
Frank Macek, programming
Erik Lutkins, loops
Doug Moffet, Lisa Gregg, Lisa Cochran, Crystal Taliefero, Chris Rodriguez, background vocals

Producers: Byron Gallimore, Dann Huff, Marti Frederiksen

CRY was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Country Album. 'Cry' won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. Seven-times-platinum!

FAITH HILL HAS ESTABLISHED HERSELF AS ONE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY’S TOP VOCALISTS, WITH A VOICE THAT IS AS POWERFUL AS IT IS RECOGNIZABLE. HER NINETEEN-YEAR CAREER HAS BEEN HIGHLIGHTED BY THE SALE OF OVER 30 MILLION RECORDS WORLDWIDE, DURING WHICH TIME SHE HAS CELEBRATED THIRTEEN #1 SINGLES AND TWENTY #1 VIDEOS. SHE IS THE ONLY FEMALE ARTIST TO HAVE HER LAST 3 STUDIO ALBUMS -- 1999’S BREATHE, 2002’S CRY AND 2005’S FIREFLIES -- ALL DEBUT CONSECUTIVELY AT #1 ON BILLBOARD’S TOP POP ALBUM CHART AND COUNTRY CHART. HER NEW SINGLE, “COME HOME,” WAS RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 9 AND HER NEW ALBUM IS DUE IN STORES IN SPRING 2012. FAITH IS A FIVE-TIME GRAMMY AWARD WINNER, WHO HAS ALSO WON 3 COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARDS, 12 ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, 4 AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, AND 4 PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS. HER MARKETABILITY KNOWS NO EQUAL. HER ABILITY TO DRAW TELEVISION AUDIENCES NATIONWIDE IS EVIDENCED BY THE SUCCESS OF HER OWN NETWORK TELEVISION SPECIALS; 2000’S CBS NETWORK BROADCAST OF “FAITH!”, NBC NETWORK’S BROADCAST OF 2002’S “FAITH HILL: WHEN THE LIGHTS GO DOWN,” 2005’S “FAITH HILL: FIREFLIES,” AS WELL AS HOSTING CBS’ “HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS” IN 2008 AND 2009. IN 2008, FAITH RELEASED HER FIRST CHRISTMAS ALBUM, JOY TO THE WORLD, AND PERFORMED THOSE SONGS WITH AN ORCHESTRA FOR PBS’ SOUNDSTAGE THAT SAME YEAR. FOR THE 4TH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, FAITH IS ONCE AGAIN THE VOICE OF NBC’S SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL’S WEEKLY SHOW OPEN. IN 2009, WHEN FAITH PERFORMED AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL AT THE SUPER BOWL, SHE BECAME THE ONLY COUNTRY ARTIST TO EVER PERFORM BOTH AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AT THE SUPER BOWL. SHE PERFORMED THE ANTHEM AT SUPER BOWL XXXIV IN 2000. SHE HAS PERFORMED AT EVERY MAJOR AWARDS SHOW INCLUDING MULTIPLE APPEARANCES AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS, THE GRAMMY AWARDS AND VH1’S DIVAS 1999 AND 2000. IN 2001, FAITH APPEARED ON “AMERICA: A TRIBUTE TO HEROES,” A BENEFIT FOR THE RESCUE WORKERS AND VICTIMS OF THE SEPTEMBER 11TH ATTACKS AND IN 2005 AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA, SHE APPEARED ON NBC’S “A CONCERT FOR HURRICANE RELIEF.” FAITH CO-HEADLINED 2006’S SOUL2SOUL II TOUR, WHICH BECAME THE HIGHEST GROSSING COUNTRY TOUR OF ALL TIME AND THE MOST ATTENDED OF THE YEAR, IN ANY MUSICAL GENRE. IN FACT, WITH THE TOUR’S WRAP TAKING PLACE IN 2007, SOUL2SOUL II TOUR WAS AND IS THE HIGHEST GROSSING MULTI-YEAR NORTH AMERICAN TOUR IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY. IT WAS SELECTED BY POLLSTAR MAGAZINE AS THE “MAJOR TOUR OF 2006” OVER INDUSTRY POWERHOUSES INCLUDING MADONNA AND THE ROLLING STONES. THIS TOUR CAME ON THE HEELS OF 2000’S SOUL2SOUL TOUR WHICH WAS ONE OF THAT YEAR’S TOP GROSSING AND MOST SUCCESSFUL US TOURS. IN 2009, COTY, INC. DEBUTED FAITH’S FIRST FRAGRANCE CALLED FAITH HILL PARFUMS. HER SECOND FRAGRANCE, FAITH HILL TRUE, ARRIVED IN STORES IN THE FALL OF 2010. RAISED IN STAR, MISSISSIPPI, FAITH MOVED TO NASHVILLE AT THE AGE OF 19. IN 1993, HER DEBUT SINGLE, “WILD ONE”, SPENT FOUR WEEKS AT #1 AND FROM THERE SHE NEVER LOOKED BACK. FAITH HILL HAS BASED HER CAREER ON DEDICATION, PASSION AND COMMITMENT. COMBINED WITH HER UNPARALLELED VOCAL TALENTS AND STYLE SHE HAS BECOME A SOUGHT AFTER ENTERTAINER AND HAS FIRMLY PLANTED HERSELF AT THE TOP OF THE MUSIC SCENE, WHERE IT’S EASY TO SEE (AND HEAR) THAT SHE MIGHT JUST STAY FOR A WHILE. FAITH IS MARRIED TO FELLOW COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR TIM MCGRAW AND TOGETHER THEY HAVE 3 CHILDREN…GRACIE, MAGGIE & AUDREY.

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