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Track Listing
1. Healing Kind, The
2. I Hope You Dance - (with Sons Of The Desert)
3. After I Fall
4. Stronger Than I Am
5. I Know Why the River Runs
6. Why They Call It Falling
7. Ashes by Now
8. Thinkin' With My Heart Again
9. I Feel Like I'm Forgetting Something
10. Lonely Too
11. Does My Ring Burn Your Finger
12. Lord I Hope This Day Is Good
Album Notes
Personnel includes: Lee Ann Womack (vocals); Joe Manual, Richard Bennett (acoustic & electric guitars); Dan Tyminski, Pat Flynn, Mark Casstevens (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (slide & steel guitars, dobro); Larry Franklin (mandolin, fiddle); Aubrie Haynie (fiddle); Michael Omartian (accordion); Steve Nathan (Hammond B-3 organ, keyboards); Michael Rhodes, Glenn Worf, Brett Beavers (bass); Eric Darken, Sam Bacco (percussion); Ricky Scaggs, Bekka Bramlett, Buddy Miller, Julie Miller, Ronnie Bowman, Jon Randall, Jason Sellers, Bergen White, Sons Of The Desert (background vocals).
"I Hope You Dance" won the 2000 CMA Award for Single Of The Year and Song Of The Year.
"I Hope You Dance" won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Country Song. I HOPE YOU DANCE was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award for Best Country Album. "I Hope You Dance" was nominated for the 2001 Grammy Award in the categories of Song Of The Year and Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
While her colleagues either dip their toes in pop music or embrace it wholeheartedly, Lee Ann Womack keeps it country. Womack's third release, I HOPE YOU DANCE, finds her looking back to country's past, while keeping both feet firmly in the present.
Womack's nod to those who came before includes terrific cover versions of two modern classics: Rodney Crowell's "Ashes By Now" and Don Williams' "Lord I Hope This Day Is Good," as well as guest harmonies by New Traditionalist Ricky Skaggs (on "The Healing Kind"). More subtly, her respect is obvious in the Bakersfield twang of "I Feel Like I'm Forgetting Something," the Appalachian harmonies of "Does My Ring Burn Your Finger," and the album's rootsy instrumentation. But Womack places herself squarely in modern-day country with the lovely, poetic title track, a country take on Bob Dylan's "Forever Young," with guest vocals by Sons Of The Desert. Another standout is "Stronger Than I Am," a beautifully crafted song about a divorcee who realizes her daughter has survived the ordeal much better than she has. The tasteful production highlights Womack's delicate voice which, unlike those of her colleagues, dispenses with histrionics in favor of real emotion. In a sea of country/pop fluff, I HOPE YOU DANCE is a true gem.
Industry Reviews
...Finds the hypnotic middle between traditional and edgy contemporary country, mining just the right amount of bluegrass production value...to put the ache back into Nashville fare....this is a triumph of musical integrity in a mainstream world. - Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly (05/26/2000)
4 stars out of 5 - ...Beautifully sung....stoic of lyric and memorable of tune....giving those living in trailer parks a peek at dignity.
Q (09/01/2000)
Ranked #1 in EW's Top 3 Country Albums of 2000.
Entertainment Weekly (12/29/2000)
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