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T
hat Faith Hill would increase the pop elements of her music doesn't
come as a surprise. After all, she's a youthful, vivacious woman plenty
capable of gaining the mass appeal mined by fellow female country
artists Shania Twain, LeAnn Rimes, and Deana Carter. What is surprising
about Hill's fourth album is how she brings new depth to her songs as
well as a fresher, more pop-based sound. Instead of trying to out-sing
Rimes or out-dance Twain, she works with producers Dann Huff and Byron
Gallimore to create a distinctive country-pop style that is as mature as
it is entertaining. As her massive crossover hit "This Kiss" proves,
Hill and her collaborators know how to make the most of her limited
voice and exuberant personality. The album has plenty of songs that use
her talents, including the initial smash hit.
Track
listing
1. This Kiss
2. You Give
Me Love
3. Let Me Let Go
4. Love Ain't Like
That
5. Better Days
6. My Wild Frontier
7. Secret of Life, The
8. Just to Hear You Say
That You Love Me
9. Me
10. I Love You
11. Hard Way, The
12. Somebody Stand by Me
Product Details
- Audio CD (April 21, 1998)
- Original Release Date: April 21, 1998
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Faith Hill Biography
One of the biggest female country stars of the '90s and 2000s, Faith
Hill also took advantage of the inroads Shania Twain made into pop
territory, becoming an enormous crossover success by the end of the
millennium. Of course, Hill's movie star good looks certainly helped her
cause, and her much-celebrated marriage to fellow country star Tim
McGraw gave her career an extra kick of glamour and mystique. Hill may
not have appealed to country purists, but she had the star power of a
diva even before her pop success.
Faith Hill was born Audrey Faith
Perry on September 21, 1967, in Jackson, MS, and grew up in the nearby
small town of Star. She was singing for her family as young as age three
and first performed publicly at a 4-H luncheon when she was seven. Hill
spent much of her childhood singing wherever the opportunity arose,
influenced primarily by Reba McEntire, and at age 17 formed a band that
played local rodeos. At 19, she quit college and moved to Nashville to
make it as a singer, first finding work selling T-shirts. During this
time, she was married briefly to music executive Dan Hill. Eventually
she was hired as a secretary at a music publishing firm, where she was
discovered by accident while singing to herself one day. Encouraged by
company head Gary Morris, Hill became a demo singer for the firm and
also performed professionally as a harmony vocalist behind
singer/songwriter/producer Gary Burr, who produced Hill's own demo tape.
A Warner Brothers executive caught Burr and Hill's act at a Nashville
club, and wound up signing Hill to a solo deal.
Hill released her
debut album, Take Me as I Am, in late 1993, with producer Scott
Hendricks at the helm. Success wasn't long in coming; the lead single
"Wild One" raced up the country charts en route to a four-week run at
number one early the next year, making her the first female country
singer in 30 years to top the charts for that long with her debut
single. The follow-up, a countrified cover of Janis Joplin's "Piece of
My Heart," also hit number one, as did the album's title track, and Take
Me as I Am wound up selling over three million copies. Hill was set to
build on her success right away, but had to undergo surgery on her vocal
cords, which delayed the recording of her next album. Nevertheless, the
wait wasn't unreasonable, and It Matters to Me appeared in the summer
of 1995. The title track became her fourth number one country single,
and it was accompanied by a string of Top Ten hits that helped push
initial sales of the album past the three million mark. Hill was by now a
firmly established country hitmaker, and she continued her active
touring schedule by teaming up with Tim McGraw in 1996 for the
Spontaneous Combustion Tour. It was an apt name, as Hill married McGraw
that October. The couple's first child, daughter Gracie, was born in May
of 1997, and not long after, their duet "It's Your Love" -- recorded
for McGraw's Everywhere album -- was burning up the country charts,
staying at number one for six weeks.
Hill returned in the spring
of 1998 with Faith, which provided the first signs that she was
interested in crossing over to pop audiences, even if the
still-countrified music often straddled the fence instead of making her
ambitions explicit. The single "This Kiss" proved the savvy of her
approach; not only did it top the country charts for three weeks, but it
also became her first pop hit, climbing to number seven. By the time
"This Kiss" had run its course on the charts, Hill had given birth to
her second daughter with McGraw, Maggie. If Hill had been a star in the
country world, she was now rapidly becoming a superstar, known not just
for her music but also her pure celebrity; she also signed an
endorsement deal with Cover Girl makeup. Her next two singles, "Just to
Hear You Say That You Love Me" (another duet with McGraw) and "Let Me
Let Go," hit number one country, though they didn't duplicate the pop
success of "This Kiss."
Faith, released in 1998, became Hill's
biggest-selling album yet, eventually moving over six million copies and
reaching the Top Ten on the LP charts; plus, it became crystal clear
that Hill held major crossover appeal. Accordingly, she re-entered the
studio immediately after her supporting tour and cut Breathe, a
full-fledged bid for pop and adult contemporary success. Breathe entered
the charts at number one upon its release in late 1999, and its title
track became Hill's biggest hit yet; it spent six weeks on top of the
country charts and was an even bigger hit on the adult contemporary
charts. While it only climbed to number two pop, the single had such
staying power that it wound up the biggest hit of the year 2000. The
follow-ups were pretty successful in their own right: "The Way You Love
Me" and "There You'll Be" both hit the pop Top Ten, with the former
topping the country charts and the latter hitting number one AC. Hill
also scored a Top Ten country hit with "Let's Make Love," a third duet
with McGraw, and the two teamed up for another tour in 2000. Breathe was
a bona fide blockbuster, selling over seven million copies in the U.S.
and earning her a slew of award nominations. Hill spent much of 2001
taking a break and spending time with Audrey, her third daughter with
McGraw.
In 2002, Hill returned to the spotlight with her fifth
studio recording, Cry, a three-million seller whose title track netted
her the Best Female Vocal Performance Grammy for 2003. Hill took nearly
three years to return to recording, but when she released Fireflies in
August 2005 it was hailed as one of her finest works. The lead single
"Mississippi Girl" (written by John Rich of the hit country duo Big
& Rich) hit number one on the country singles chart, and the album
reached number one on the album charts. Her Soul2Soul II tour of 2006,
which she co-headlined with McGraw, became the highest-grossing country
tour of all time.
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