God Bless America (LeAnn Rimes album)

God Bless America
Compilation album by LeAnn Rimes
Released	October 16, 2001
Recorded	1994, 1996, 1997, 2001 Rosewood Studio (Tyler, Texas) McLain Studios (Dallas, Texas) Starstruck Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) KD Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) Curb Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) Norman Petty Studios (Clovis, New Mexico)
Genre	Country, Contemporary Christian
Label	Curb
Producer	Wilbur C. Rimes Roger Wojahn Johnny Mulhair Mike Curb
LeAnn Rimes chronology
I Need You (2001) God Bless America (2001) Greatest Hits (2003)
Singles from God Bless America
"God Bless America" Released: 2001

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

God Bless America is the second compilation album from American recording artist LeAnn Rimes. The album was released on October 16, 2001. The album comprises patriotic and inspirational songs that were originally recorded on her You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs album (tracks one, two, eight and ten), as well as songs from her commercial album, All That (tracks five, seven and nine), under the independent label, Nor Va Jak, although "Why Can't We" and "Middle Man" are both re-recordings. "Put a Little Holiday in Your Heart" was originally released as a bonus single, with the song "Unchained Melody", alongside Blue at Target during the 1996 Christmas season.^[2] The only two new songs that were released on the album were "The Lord's Prayer" and "The Sands of Time". The album was released as a patriotic tribute to the events of September 11, 2001, with the liner stating "These classic recordings were made while America was first discovering LeAnn Rimes."^[1][3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"God Bless America"	Irving Berlin	3:05
2.	"National Anthem" (Traditional)	Francis Scott Key	2:02
3.	"The Lord's Prayer" (Traditional)	Albert Hay Malotte	2:52
4.	"The Sands of Time"	Connie Faulk	2:50
5.	"Why Can't We"	Allen Shamblin, Austin Cunningham, Chuck Cannon	3:48
6.	"Put A Little Holiday In Your Heart"	Greg Wojahn, Roger Wojahn, Scott Wojahn	3:25
7.	"Middle Man"	David Patillo	4:28
8.	"I Believe"	Ervin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman	2:21
9.	"A Broken Wing"	David Nowlen	3:23
10.	"Amazing Grace" (Traditional)	John Newton	4:05

Personnel

Credits for God Bless America were adapted from liner notes.^[3] Additional credits adapted from You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs liner notes.^[4]

Bob Campbell-Smith — additional recording, mixing Bob Gentry — bass guitar Curtis Randall — background vocals, bass guitar Dan Wojciechowski — drums Daniel Kresco — assistant mixing Dennis Willson — background vocals Gary Leach — assistant mixing, background vocals Glenn Meadows — master Greg Hunt — recording, mixing Greg Morrow — drums Jeff Watkins — assistant recording Jerry Matheny — electric guitar Jimmy Kelly — keyboards John Willis — electric guitar

Johnny Mulhair — producer Kelly Glenn — keyboards LeAnn Rimes — lead vocals Lesley Albert — production coordinator Mary Ann Kennedy — background vocals Michael Black — background vocals Michael Rhodes — bass guitar Michael Spriggs — acoustic guitar Mike Curb — producer Mike McClain — recording, mixing Milo Deering — acoustic guitar, fiddle, steel guitar Pam Rose — background vocals Paul Franklin — steel guitar Roger Wojahn — producer Steve Nathan — keyboards Wilbur C. Rimes — producer

Charts

Peak Positions

Chart (2001)	Peak position
US Billboard 200[5]	159
US Billboard Top Country Albums[5]	20

References

1. Widran, Jonathan (2001-10-16). "God Bless America - LeAnn Rimes". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
2. Billboard - Google 圖書. Books.google.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-06-02.
3. God Bless America (CD). LeAnn Rimes. Curb Records. 2001. D2-78726.
4. You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs (CD). LeAnn Rimes. Curb Records. 1997. D2-77885.
5. "God Bless America - LeAnn Rimes". Billboard.com. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 2012-05-06.