Cry (Faith Hill album)

Cry
Studio album by Faith Hill
Released	October 15, 2002
Genre	Country pop
Length	60:30
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Faith Hill Marti Frederiksen Byron Gallimore 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: November 19, 2002 "One" Released: April 2003 "Baby You Belong" Released: March 4, 2003 "You're Still Here" Released: June 10, 2003

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(59/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Billboard	(average)[3]
Blender	[4]
E! Online	B+[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
Mojo	[1]
Q	[1]
Robert Christgau	C[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]

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 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
Total length:			60:30

Personnel

Performance credits

• Faith Hill – vocals
• Greg Barnhill – background vocals
• Bekka Bramlett – background vocals
• Lisa Cochran – background vocals
• Marti Frederiksen – background vocals
• Lisa Gregg – background vocals
• Chris Rodriguez – background vocals
• Edmund Stein – vocals
• Crystal Taliefero – background vocals

Music Credits

Tim Akers – keyboard Rick Baptist – trumpet Bob Becker – viola Charlie Bisharat – violin Bekka Bramlett – tambourine Denyse Buffum – viola Paul Bushnell – bass Eve Butler – violin David Campbell – arranger, conductor Darius Campo – violin Matt Chamberlain – drums Susan Chatman – violin Jeff Cobble* – lead guitar 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 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 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 Matt Rollings – piano Haim Shtrum – violin Leland Sklar – bass Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass Dan Smith – cello Rudy Stein – cello David Stenske – violin 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

Production credits

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

Visual and imagery

• 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

References

1. "Critic reviews for Cry". Metacritic. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
2. Robert L. Doerschuk. "Cry – Faith Hill". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-02-11.
3. "Faith Hill: Cry". Billboard. October 26, 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-10-19. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
5. Chris Willman (2002-10-18). "Cry Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
6. Robert Hilburn (2002-10-13). "Nice try, Faith, but go back to the studio". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2012-12-23.
7. Christgau, Robert (April 22, 2003). "Not Hop, Stomp". The Village Voice (New York). Archived from the original on February 9, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
8. Barry Walters (2002-10-08). "Faith Hill: Cry : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2008-07-26. Retrieved 2012-12-23.

External links

• Cry at Metacritic