| Product Summary | | Label: Warner Music | | UPC: 00093624879428 | | Release Date: 8/2/2005 | | Buy.com Sku: 63987108 | | Item#: M2EST3 | Format:  CD |
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| | With her much anticipated sixth album, Fireflies, Hill has put more of her heart and soul into her music than ever before. "I feel a closeness to all of the albums that I've recorded, but this one, to me, just feels as honest and as real as it gets. It speaks about a lot of things that are personal to all of us," Hill says of Fireflies, which she co-produced with her longtime producers Byron Gallimore and Dann Huff, "That's what I wanted for this record. I wanted it to feel honest. I wanted this album to be full of real stories Ð to be about people and the things that we all experience."
"Hill lets her vocal gifts soar on an outstanding group of songs. " Billboard
"The singer doesn't disappoint here...a strong return to her country roots." E! Online
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Dann Huff (acoustic guitar, electric guitar, gut-string guitar); Mike Henderson (electric guitar); Bruce Bouton (steel guitar, dobro); Dan Dugmore (dobro, banjo, percussion); John Wittenberg, Anatoly Rosinsky, Robert Matsuda, Michael Markman, Berj Garabedian, Mario Diaz de Leon (violin); Denyse Buffum (viola); Dan Tobin Smith, Suzie Katayama, Stephen Erdody, Dan Smith, Carl Gorodetzky, Steve Erdody (cello); Steve Cohn (accordion); Eric Darken (bass guitar, percussion); Glenn Worf, Paul Bushnell (bass guitar); Shannon Forrest (drums, percussion); Shannon Forest (drums); Brett E. Warren, Gene Miller, Lisa Cochran, Liana Manis (background vocals); Jay Joyce, Tom Bukovac (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Darrell Scott (acoustic guitar, mandolin); Bryan Sutton (acoustic guitar); Kenny Greenberg (electric guitar, electric mandolin); Byron Gallimore (electric guitar, organ, keyboards); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Aubrey Haynie (mandolin, fiddle); Stuart Duncan (mandolin); Roberto Cani, Bruce Dukov, Sara Parkins, Robert Peterson, Armen Garabedian, Darius Campo, Josephina Vergara, Michele Richards, Susan Chatman, Charlie Bisharat, Endre Granat (violin); Roland Kato, Evan Wilson, Bob Becker (viola); Paula Hochhalter, John Catchings, Larry Corbett, Steve Richards (cello); Jimmy Nichols (accordion, piano, organ, keyboards); Tim Lauer (accordion); Gordon Mote (piano); Charles Judge (organ, keyboards, string synthesizer); Chris McHugh, Matt Chamberlain, Vinnie Colaiuta (drums); Javier Sol¡s (percussion); Crystal Taliefero, Greg Barnhill, Kelly Willis, Rhonda Vincent, Tim McGraw, Wes Hightower, Bekka Bramlett, Perry Coleman (background vocals). | | Audio Mixers: Byron Gallimore; David Thoener; Greg Droman; Justin Niebank. | | Recording information: Blackbird Studios, Nashville, TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); Emerald ENtertainment, Nashville, TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); Essential Sound, Nashville, TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); Henson Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); Jane's Place, Nashville, TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); OceanWay, Nashville, TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); Premium Recording Services, Austin, TX (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); Starstruck, Nashville, TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); The Castle, Nashville TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004); The Sound Kitchen, Nashville, TN (03/04/2004-12/09/2004). | | Photographer: Andrew McPherson . | | Coming after the relative commercial disappointment of 2002's pop-oriented CRY--and, not at all coincidentally, Gretchen Wilson's rise as the new Everygirl of country--Faith Hill's FIREFLIES is a blatant attempt to ditch the singer's glamourpuss image and reassert her country roots, such things having become fashionable again. This isn't a problem, however: Shania Twain-like chart pop wasn't Hill's forte, and FIREFLIES brings her back where she belongs. | | The first single, "Mississippi Girl," is Hill's best song in years. A Dixie Chicks-like piece of sweet country-pop with a few bluegrass trimmings, the tune was written by country hitmaker John Rich. Rich also penned some of the other standouts here, like the laid-back "Sunshine and Summertime" and "Like We Never Loved At All," a dramatic, '70s-style duet between Hill and her husband Tim McGraw. Three other songs are from the catalogue of alt-country singer/songwriter Lori McKenna, taking Hill into a folkish vein similar to Mary-Chapin Carpenter. The overall lack of bombast suits Hill's girl-next-door delivery perfectly, making FIREFLIES a much-needed artistic comeback after a dubious detour. |
Producer: Dann Huff; Faith Hill; Byron Gallimore; Byron Gallimore; Dann Huff; Faith Hill |
Engineer: Jason Gantt; Sara Lesher; Erik Lutkins; Derek Bason; Jesse Chrisman; James Calloway; John Paterno; Julian King; Justin Niebank; Mark Hagen; Steve Churchyard; Steve Marcantonio; David Bryant; Brady Barnett |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 08/02/2005 | | Original Release Date : 2005 | | Catalog ID : 48794 | | Label : Warner Bros. Records (Record Label) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00093624879428 |
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| | Bio | | | Faith Hill Faith Hill, a proud Mississippi Girl from a tiny town called Star, has become a beloved global superstar by pouring herself into songs ever since receiving her first musical education in various churches in her home state. Over the past decade Faith Hill's musical dream has come true and more. She's had massive sales success, nearly 30 million albums sold and countless honors and accolades including four Grammy wins, three awards from the Country Music Association, twelve from the Academy of Country Music, as well as four People's Choice Award wins as Favorite Female Music Performer in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004. Yet as grateful as Hill is for all her international standing, Hill admits, "I think at some point in my career, my celebrity began to overwhelm who I was as a musician. I've always come from a real place as an artist. Everything I've done, I've tried to do from the soul.
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