Real Live Woman

Real Live Woman is the eighth studio album by country singer Trisha Yearwood.

Real Live Woman
Studio album by
Trisha Yearwood
ReleasedMarch 28, 2000
GenreCountry
Length47:58
LabelMCA Nashville
ProducerGarth Fundis, Trisha Yearwood
Trisha Yearwood chronology
Where Your Road Leads
(1998)		 Real Live Woman
(2000)		 Inside Out
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com(favorable)[1]
Allmusic[2]
Chicago Tribune(favorable)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
People(favorable)[5]
PopMatters(favorable)[6]
Q[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[8]

The album reached #4 on the Billboard country albums chart. It produced a #16 hit on the Billboard country music charts in "Real Live Woman" and a #45 hit in "Where Are You Now". The latter was only the second single of Yearwood's career to miss Top 40 in the U.S.

The album covers a song by Bruce Springsteen called "Sad Eyes", a song by Linda Ronstadt titled, "Try Me Again", and a song by Bonnie Raitt called "Wild For You Baby". Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Jackson Browne provide harmony vocals for some of the album's tracks. It was given 3 out of 5 stars by Allmusic.[2]

Track listing
  1. "Where Are You Now" (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kim Richey) — 3:10
  2. "One Love" (Al Anderson, Gary Nicholson, Kimmie Rhodes) — 4:25
  3. "Sad Eyes" (Bruce Springsteen) — 4:10
  4. "Some Days" (Mark Selby, Tia Sillers) — 3:51
  5. "I Did" (Spady Brannan, John Nance Sharp) — 3:53
  6. "Try Me Again" (Andrew Gold, Linda Ronstadt) — 4:28
  7. "Too Bad You're No Good" (Paul Craft, Cadillac Holmes) — 3:50
  8. "Real Live Woman" (Bobbie Cryner) — 3:55
  9. "I'm Still Alive" (Anderson, Matraca Berg) — 4:03
  10. "Wild for You Baby" (David Batteau, Tom Snow) — 4:32
  11. "Come Back When It Ain't Rainin'" (Berg, Harlan Howard) — 3:14
  12. "When a Love Song Sings the Blues" (Berg, Ronnie Samoset) — 4:27

Australian bonus tracks
  1. "You're Where I Belong" (Diane Warren) — 4:15 (also available on the Japan pressing)
  2. "Something So Right" (Paul Simon) — 4:11

Personnel

Musical

Technical
  • Chuck Ainlay — mixing
  • Matt Andrews — engineer
  • Jeff Balding — engineer
  • Chris Ferrara — design
  • Sheri McCoy — stylist
  • Denny Purcell — mastering
  • Dave Sinko — engineer
  • Maria Smoot — hair stylist
  • Andrew Southam — photography
  • Sonya Watson — design
  • Trisha Yearwood — producer

Chart performance

Album
Chart (2000) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 4
U.S. Billboard 200 27
Canadian RPM Country Albums 6

Singles
Year Single Chart Positions
US Country US CAN Country
2000 "Real Live Woman" 16 81 20
"Where Are You Now" 45 — 42

References
  1. About.com review
  2. Allmusic review
  3. Chicago Tribune review
  4. Entertainment Weekly review
  5. People review
  6. PopMatters review
  7. Album reviews at CD Universe
  8. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 894. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone trisha yearwood album guide.
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