Songbook: A Collection of Hits

by Trisha Yearwood

Overview

One of the leaders of Nashville's female revolution of the '90s, Trisha Yearwood sings a seamless blend of folk, pop, and country with a voice that's extraordinarily powerful yet finely nuanced. Like her hero, Linda Ronstadt, Yearwood crosses musical boundaries with ease and has an ear for fresh material from young, relative unknowns; her covers of Beth Nielsen Chapman's "Down on My Knees" and Matraca Berg's "The Wrong Side of Memphis" and "XXX's and OOO's" helped put those writer-performers on the map. Her talent is such that she can also knock a big, full-bodied ballad out of the park, as she does with Diane Warren's "How Do I Live" (the "Con Air" theme), which won Yearwood a Grammy Award and honors as Country Music Award Female Vocalist of the Year. SONGBOOK collects her best-known work, including two smash duets, "Walkaway Joe" (with Don Henley) and the Grammy-winning "In Another's Eyes" (with Garth Brooks), and the infectious "She's in Love with the Boy." All of Yearwood's albums contain an abundance of fine material, but SONGBOOK is the place to go for the quick gratification of hit after hit, more than half of them chart-toppers.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/26/1997
Label:	Mca Nashville
UPC:	0008817001128
catalogNumber:	70011
Rank:	68863

Tracks

1. How Do I Live
2. The Song Remembers When
3. The Wrong Side of Memphis
4. In Another's Eyes
5. The Woman Before Me
6. Perfect Love
7. Thinkin' About You
8. Down on My Knees
9. She's in Love with the Boy
10. Walkaway Joe
11. XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)
12. Like We Never Had a Broken Heart

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Trisha Yearwood   Primary Artist,Vocal Harmony
Garth Brooks   Track Performer,Vocal Harmony
Don Henley   Vocal Harmony
Carrie McDowell   Vocal Harmony
Matt Rollings   Keyboards
Judson Spence   Vocal Harmony
Steve Gibson   Electric Guitar
Ronn Huff   Conductor
Lari White   Vocal Harmony
Larry Byrom   Acoustic Guitar
Chuck Cannon   Vocal Harmony
Garth Fundis   Vocal Harmony
Paul Franklin   Steel Guitar,Lap Steel Guitar
Jim Horn   Saxophone
Paul Leim   Drums
Raul Malo   Vocal Harmony
Steve Nathan   Keyboards
Jim Ed Norman   Steel Guitar
Michael Rhodes   Bass
Kim Richey   Vocal Harmony
Milton Sledge   Drums
Harry Stinson   Vocal Harmony
Mike Chapman   Bass

Technical Credits

Garth Brooks   Composer
Trisha Yearwood   Producer,Art Direction
Bobby Wood   Composer
Ronn Huff   Arranger
Jeff Balding   Engineer
Tony Brown   Producer
Garth Fundis   Producer
Nashville String Machine   String Arrangements
Allen Reynolds   Producer
Harry Stinson   Producer
Mark Miller   Engineer
James Hunter   Liner Notes

Editorial Reviews

Songbook: A Collection of Hits is a terrific overview of Trisha Yearwood's hit singles of the early and mid-'90s, containing such songs as "She's in Love With the Boy," "Like We Never Had a Broken Heart," "The Woman Before Me," "Walkaway Joe," "The Song Remembers When," "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)," "Thinkin' About You," and "I Wanna Go Too Far." It's a near-definitive collection that shows why Yearwood was one of the most popular contemporary country vocalists of the '90s.

All Music Guide - Thom Owens