This Is Me is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis, 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.
| This Is Me | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 26, 1994 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 33:40 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
| Producer | Kyle Lehning | |||
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| Singles from This Is Me | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune | [2] |
| Robert Christgau |  [5] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[3] |
| Q | [4] |
| Rolling Stone | [6] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Honky Tonky Side of Town" | Jerry Phillips, Troy Seals, Eddie Setser | 3:09 |
| 2. | "Before You Kill Us All" | Max T. Barnes, Keith Follesé | 3:24 |
| 3. | "That's Where I Draw the Line" | Trey Bruce, Roger Brown | 3:20 |
| 4. | "Whisper My Name" | Bruce | 3:11 |
| 5. | "Small Y'all" | Bobby Braddock | 2:55 |
| 6. | "Runaway Train" | Larry Gatlin, Jerry Steve Smith | 3:22 |
| 7. | "This Is Me" | Tom Shapiro, Thom McHugh | 3:26 |
| 8. | "The Box" | Randy Travis, Buck Moore | 3:21 |
| 9. | "Gonna Walk That Line" | Jamie O'Hara, Kieran Kane | 3:19 |
| 10. | "Oscar the Angel" | Don Schlitz | 4:25 |
Personnel
edit- Dennis Burnside - keyboards
- Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar
- Mark Casstevens - acoustic guitar
- Bruce Dees - background vocals
- Jerry Douglas - dobro
- Paul Franklin - steel guitar
- Steve Gibson - electric guitar
- Doyle Grisham - steel guitar
- Jim Hoke - soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone
- Sherilyn Huffman - background vocals
- David Hungate - bass guitar
- Chris Leuzinger - acoustic guitar
- Paul Leim - drums
- Larrie Londin - drums
- Brent Mason - electric guitar
- Suzi Ragsdale - background vocals
- Tom Roady - percussion
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
- Kayton Robbins - steel guitar
- John Wesley Ryles - background vocals
- Darrell Scott - background vocals
- Lisa Silver - background vocals
- Hank Singer - fiddle
- Jay Spell - electric piano
- Harry Stinson - drums
- Verlon Thompson - background vocals
- Randy Travis - lead vocals
- Dianne Vanette - background vocals
- Cindy Richardson-Walker - background vocals
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. - electric guitar
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
- Dennis Wilson - background vocals
- Curtis Young - background vocals
Chart performance
edit| 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 |
Certifications
edit| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[8] | Gold | 500,000^ |
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^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ "American album certifications – Randy Travis – This Is Me". Recording Industry Association of America.
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