Cry (Faith Hill album)

Cry
Studio album by Faith Hill
Released	October 15, 2002
Genre	Country, Country pop
Length	60:30
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Marti Frederiksen Byron Gallimore Faith Hill Dann Huff
Faith Hill chronology
There You'll Be (2001) Cry (2002) Fireflies (2005)
Singles from Cry
"Cry" Released: September 30, 2002 "When the Lights Go Down" Released: February 4, 2003 "One" Released: April 2003 "Baby You Belong" Released: March 4, 2003 "You're Still Here" Released: June 10, 2003

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Blender	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	(B) [3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Cry is the fifth studio album by American country music singer Faith Hill. It was released October 15, 2002 via Warner Bros. Records selling 472,486 copies in its first week, a career best for Hill. The album was intended as a crossover project for her, and although three of its singles were released to country radio, none reached Top Ten. The title track and "One" were both Adult Contemoporary hits, however. It went on to sell 4 million copies worldwide. Hill has publicly stated that, of all the albums she has recorded, Cry is her favorite. Cry also hit #179 on the Billboard Top 200 albums of the decade 2000-2009.

Content

Cry is led off by its title track, written by Angie Aparo. This song reached #12 on the country singles charts, the lowest country peak she has achieved with a lead-off single. "When the Lights Go Down" and "You're Still Here" were released to country radio, peaking at #26 and #28 respectively. "One" was not released to country radio, although it was a #7 Adult Contemporary hit for her. "Baby You Belong" was released only in Japan, used as the theme song for Lilo and Stitch. The song's music video features clips from the film.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Free"	Annie Roboff, Beth Nielsen Chapman	4:38
2.	"Cry"	Angie Aparo	3:45
3.	"One"	Roboff, Bekka Bramlett, Billy Burnette	5:20
4.	"When the Lights Go Down"	Rivers Rutherford, Jeffrey Steele, Craig Wiseman	4:05
5.	"Beautiful"	Chris Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Shaye Smith	4:41
6.	"Unsaveable"	Bramlett, Bobby Terry	3:51
7.	"Baby You Belong"	Keith Follesé, Wade Kirby, Bill Luther	4:08
8.	"If You're Gonna Fly Away"	Alecia B. Moore, Linda Perry	3:48
9.	"Stronger"	Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges	4:13
10.	"If This Is the End"	Steve McEwan	4:55
11.	"This Is Me"	H. Lindsey, Verges	5:04
12.	"Back to You"	Derek Bramble, Lindy Robbins	4:35
13.	"I Think I Will"	Steve Robson, Anthony Smith	4:08
14.	"You're Still Here"	Matraca Berg, Aimee Mayo	3:19
15.	"Wicked" (Japanese bonus track)	Steve McEwan	4:04

Personnel

• Faith Hill - vocals
• Tim Akers - keyboard
• Rick Baptist - trumpet
• Greg Barnhill - background vocals
• Bob Becker - viola
• Charlie Bisharat - violin
• Bekka Bramlett - tambourine, background vocals
• Denyse Buffum - viola
• Paul Bushnell - bass
• Eve Butler - violin
• David Campbell - arranger, conductor
• Darius Campo - violin
• Matt Chamberlain - drums
• Susan Chatman - violin
• Lisa Cochran - background vocals
• Vinnie Colaiuta - drums, tambourine
• Larry Corbett - cello
• Jim Cox - piano, Hammond organ
• Eric Darken - percussion
• Mario deLeon - violin
• Joel Derouin - violin, concert master
• Erika Duke - cello
• Bruce Dukov - violin
• Earl Dumler - oboe
• Stephen Erdody - cello
• Stefanie Fife - cello
• Marti Frederiksen - acoustic guitar, percussion, electric guitar, background vocals
• John Fumo - trumpet
• Matt Funes - viola
• Byron Gallimore - electric guitar, clavinet, sampling, slide guitar, drum loop, sampled keyboards, synthesizer accordion
• Armen Garabedian - violin
• Berj Garabedian - violin
• Endre Granat - violin
• Lynn Grants - viola
• Maurice Grants - cello
• Lisa Gregg - background vocals
• John Hayhurst - viola
• Dan Higgins - tenor saxophone
• Jim Hoke - autoharp
• Jim Horn - tenor saxophone
• Dann Huff - guitar
• Damon Johnson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar
• Suzie Katayama - cello, conductor, string conductor
• Peter Kent - violin
• Michael Landau - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Sam Levine - tenor saxophone
• Dane Little - cello
• Diane Little - cello
• Erik Lutkins - drum loop
• Michael Markman - violin
• Miguel Martinez - cello
• Robert Matsuda - violin
• Chris McHugh - drums
• Jerry McPherson - guitar
• Doug Moffett - baritone saxophone
• Jamie Muhoberac - organ, keyboard, Wurlitzer
• Carole Mukogawa - viola
• Steve Nathan - keyboard
• Maria Newman - violin
• Sid Page - violin
• Toss Panos - drums
• Sara Parkins - violin
• Dean Parks - acoustic guitar, gut string guitar
• Joel Peskin - baritone saxophone
• Bob Peterson - violin
• Tim Pierce - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Kazi Pitelka - viola
• Karie Prescott - viola
• Bill Reichenbach Jr.- trombone
• Michele Richards - violin
• Steve Richards - cello
• Mark Robertson - violin
• Annie Roboff - drum loop
• Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
• Matt Rollings - piano
• Haim Shtrum - violin
• Leland Sklar - bass
• Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass
• Dan Smith - cello
• Edmund Stein - vocals
• Rudy Stein - cello
• David Stenske - violin
• Crystal Taliefero - background vocals
• Michael Hart Thompson - guitar
• Mari Tsumura - violin
• Josephina Vergara - violin
• Evan Wilson - viola
• John Wittenberg - violin
• Margaret Wooten - violin
• Cynthia Wyatt - harp
• Jonathan Yudkin - mandolin, cello, bazouki
• Jeff Cobble* - lead guitar

Production

• Producer: Faith Hill, Marti Frederiksen, Byron Gallimore, Dann Huff, David May
• Engineers: Jeff Balding, Jeremy Blair, Steve Churchyard, Ricky Cobble, Dennis Davis, Allen Ditto, Jason Gantt, Mark Hagen, Julian King, Erik Lutkins, Michael McCoy, Brian Paturalski
• Mixing: Serban Ghenea, Mick Guzauski, Tom Lord-Alge, Mark O'Donoughue, Tim Palmer, Andy Wallace
• Mixing assistant: Tim Roberts
• Remixing: Elliot Scheiner
• Mastering: Robert Hadley, Tom Lord-Alge, Bob Ludwig, Doug Sax
• A&R: Jeffrey Aldrich, Danny Kee
• Assistants: Jeff Balding, Tom Bender, Greg Burns, Eric Gallimore, Jed Hackett, Femio Hernández, Judy Kirschner, Brett Patrick, Dennis Rivadeneira, Tim Roberts, Jaime Sickora, Steve Sisco, Matt Snedecor, Dann Thompson, Alex Uychocde, Patrick Woodward, Mike Zinczenko
• Digital editing: Ricky Cobble, Dennis Davis, Marti Frederiksen, Jason Gantt, Erik Lutkins, Chris Rowe, Josh Wilbur
• Authoring: Spencer Chrislu, David Dieckmann
• Production coordination: Ann Callis, Mike "Frog" Griffith
• Drum programming: Vinnie Colaiuta, Frank Macek
• Keyboard programming: Eric Carter
• Programming: Dann Huff, David Lyndon Huff, Chris McHugh, Tedd Tjornhom
• Overdubs: Byron Gallimore
• Sequencing: Byron Gallimore
• String arrangements: Paul Buckmaster, David Campbell, Jim Cox
• Orchestra manager: Suzie Katayama
• Art administration: Sandra Westerman
• Graphic coordinator: Raena Winscott
• Librarian: David Horn
• Hair stylist: Serge Normant

Charts

Album

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	1
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
ARIA Albums	10
ARIA Country Albums	1
Canadian Albums Chart	3
Swiss Albums Chart	20
Portugal Albums Chart	24
Sweden Albums Chart	22
UK Albums	25

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
2002	"Cry"	Best Female Country Vocal Performance

Preceded by Elv1s: 30 #1 Hits by Elvis Presley	Billboard 200 number-one album October 27, 2002 - November 2, 2002	Succeeded by Shaman by Santana
Preceded by ELV1S: 30#1 Hits by Elvis Presley	Top Country Albums number-one album November 2–15, 2002	Succeeded by Melt by Rascal Flatts
Preceded by Melt by Rascal Flatts	Top Country Albums number-one album November 23–29, 2002	Succeeded by Home by Dixie Chicks

References

1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r620013/review
2. ^ http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50281/cry.html
3. ^ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,363692~4~0~cry,00.html
4. ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/faithhill/albums/album/258740/review/5942167/cry