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Hindsight being 20/20, when Trisha Yearwood's eponymous debut was issued in 1991, it was obvious a star had been born. From the choice of players, to Garth Fundis' snappy crisp production, to the songs written by the cream of the crop of Nashville's new generation -- including a pair by Garth Brooks, Pat McLaughlin, Carl Jackson, and one by Kostas and Hal Ketchum. What set Yearwood apart is her enormous voice; coming from Georgia, there is no lilt in it -- she can go from a whisper to a full-throated wail in a second, and her pitch is spot on every time. Fundis and MCA chose the kinds of songs Yearwood sings better than almost any of her peers -- working-class love songs, from the opener, the simple mid-tempo rocker "She's in Love With the Boy," to the ballads such as "Like We Had a Broken Heart," written by Brooks with Pat Alger. Brooks sings backup here, and the pace of the song is slow. Its poetry is in the emotion her voice conveys rather than the lyrics, which aren't bad; they just aren't special. But it's "Fools Like Me" (by Kostas and Ketchum), where Yearwood lets every bit of what's inside of her out. A slow rocker with a Hammond B-3 swirling gently in the background played by Al Kooper, this is the broken love song at its best. When Yearwood sings, "You go your way baby, and I'll go mine/I'll go crazy like the wind," the entire track just comes apart before she reaches the end of the verse. The vision of a goodbye said in some motel parking lot or suburban driveway is almost unbearable. Yearwood was the first female country singer of her generation that didn't try to be a sex symbol, and she didn't try to project anything other than the fact that she was a good singer. And she was and is a fine singer, and this is a very classy debut that stands the test of time.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Garth Fundis, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trisha Yearwood, MainArtist - Jon Ims, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jude Johnstone, ComposerLyricist - Hank Williams Jr., Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Fundis, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trisha Yearwood, MainArtist
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Wally Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Welch, ComposerLyricist - John Hadley, ComposerLyricist - Garth Fundis, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trisha Yearwood, MainArtist
℗ 1991 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Participant - Pat Alger, Participant, ComposerLyricist - Hank Williams Jr., Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Fundis, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Trisha Yearwood, MainArtist - Garth Brooks, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1991 Universal Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Pomeroy, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Alger, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Hal Ketchum, ComposerLyricist - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Lap Steel Guitar, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vince Gill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Al Kooper, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - MAC MCANALLY, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Hajacos, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Barlow Jarvis, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Trisha Yearwood, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby All, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Kostas, ComposerLyricist - Gary Laney, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVE SINKO, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Brooks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Mark D. Sanders, ComposerLyricist - Dave Pomeroy, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Alger, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Lap Steel Guitar, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vince Gill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Al Kooper, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - MAC MCANALLY, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Hajacos, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Barlow Jarvis, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Trisha Yearwood, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby All, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Laney, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVE SINKO, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Brooks, Background Vocalist, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Paul Nelson, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Pomeroy, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Alger, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Lap Steel Guitar, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vince Gill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Al Kooper, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - MAC MCANALLY, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Hajacos, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Barlow Jarvis, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Trisha Yearwood, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby All, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - GENE NELSON, ComposerLyricist - Gary Laney, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVE SINKO, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Brooks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Chuck Cannon, ComposerLyricist - Dave Pomeroy, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Alger, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Lap Steel Guitar, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vince Gill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Al Kooper, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - MAC MCANALLY, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Hajacos, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Barlow Jarvis, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Trisha Yearwood, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby All, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Laney, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVE SINKO, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Brooks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Pomeroy, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Pat Alger, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Lap Steel Guitar, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vince Gill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Al Kooper, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - MAC MCANALLY, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Hajacos, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Barlow Jarvis, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Trisha Yearwood, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby All, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Laney, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVE SINKO, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Brooks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Patrick James McLaughlin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Larry Cordle, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Duncan, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Pomeroy, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Carl Jackson, ComposerLyricist - Pat Alger, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - MATT ROLLINGS, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Franklin, Lap Steel Guitar, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brent Mason, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Vince Gill, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Bayers, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Douglas, Dobro, AssociatedPerformer - Garth Fundis, Producer, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Al Kooper, Organ, AssociatedPerformer - Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson, Harmonica, AssociatedPerformer - MAC MCANALLY, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Hajacos, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - John Barlow Jarvis, Organ, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Trisha Yearwood, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby All, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gary Laney, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DAVE SINKO, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Garth Brooks, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
Hindsight being 20/20, when Trisha Yearwood's eponymous debut was issued in 1991, it was obvious a star had been born. From the choice of players, to Garth Fundis' snappy crisp production, to the songs written by the cream of the crop of Nashville's new generation -- including a pair by Garth Brooks, Pat McLaughlin, Carl Jackson, and one by Kostas and Hal Ketchum. What set Yearwood apart is her enormous voice; coming from Georgia, there is no lilt in it -- she can go from a whisper to a full-throated wail in a second, and her pitch is spot on every time. Fundis and MCA chose the kinds of songs Yearwood sings better than almost any of her peers -- working-class love songs, from the opener, the simple mid-tempo rocker "She's in Love With the Boy," to the ballads such as "Like We Had a Broken Heart," written by Brooks with Pat Alger. Brooks sings backup here, and the pace of the song is slow. Its poetry is in the emotion her voice conveys rather than the lyrics, which aren't bad; they just aren't special. But it's "Fools Like Me" (by Kostas and Ketchum), where Yearwood lets every bit of what's inside of her out. A slow rocker with a Hammond B-3 swirling gently in the background played by Al Kooper, this is the broken love song at its best. When Yearwood sings, "You go your way baby, and I'll go mine/I'll go crazy like the wind," the entire track just comes apart before she reaches the end of the verse. The vision of a goodbye said in some motel parking lot or suburban driveway is almost unbearable. Yearwood was the first female country singer of her generation that didn't try to be a sex symbol, and she didn't try to project anything other than the fact that she was a good singer. And she was and is a fine singer, and this is a very classy debut that stands the test of time.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:35:14
- Main artists: Trisha Yearwood
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen*
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 1991 MCA Records Inc. ℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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