Sittin' on Top of the World (LeAnn Rimes album)

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Released May 5, 1998 Length 60:12 Sittin' on Top of the World(1998) LeAnn Rimes(1999) Release date 5 May 1998 Genres Country music, Pop music		Recorded 1997 Producer Wilbur C. Rimes Artist LeAnn Rimes Label Curb Records

Awards Billboard Music Award for Top Christian Album Similar LeAnn Rimes albums, Country music albums

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Sittin' on Top of the World is the third studio album by American country singer LeAnn Rimes, released in the United States on May 5, 1998, by Curb Records. The album has been certified Platinum. It contains cover versions of "Insensitive" by Jann Arden, "Sittin' on Top of the World" by Amanda Marshall, "Purple Rain" by Prince, and "Rock Me (In the Cradle of Love)" by Deborah Allen. The album also includes two singles which were released to country radio: "Commitment" and "Nothin' New Under the Moon".

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album 2.5 out of 5 stars, writing that "Only three songs have any country feel to them, and they just barely fit that description…Most of the record consists of mid-tempo pop songs".

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.

Musicians

Carl Albrecht – percussion (1, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13)

Kevin Bailey – acoustic guitar (3, 10)

Rita Baloche – background vocals (3, 6, 7, 10, 12)

Terry Casburn – background vocals (6, 12)

Perry Coleman – background vocals (1, 5, 13, 14)

Milo Deering – acoustic guitar (1, 6, 8, 11-15), steel guitar (5-8, 12, 14), mandolin (5), electric guitar (6, 12), fiddle (6, 8, 10), Dobro (10)

Glynn Fleming – electric guitar (2, 15)

Randy Fouts – piano (6, 12)

Bob Gentry – bass guitar (6, 12)

Kelly Glenn – percussion (3, 8, 15), piano (7), background vocals (15)

Fred Glieber – percussion (3, 7)

Junior Knight – acoustic guitar (3), steel guitar (9)

Gary Leach – background vocals (except 8 and 11), keyboards (1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14), piano (3, 9, 13, 14), acoustic guitar (13)

Debi Lee – background vocals (3, 4, 7, 10)

Chastity Marie – background vocals (1, 5, 14)

Stephanie Marie – background vocals (1, 5, 14)

Jerry Metheny – electric guitar (2, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15), acoustic guitar (3, 10)

Curtis Randall – bass guitar (except 6 and 12), background vocals (9, 15)

LeAnn Rimes – lead vocals, background vocals (4, 5, 11, 13), percussion (9)

Marty Walsh – acoustic guitar (1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 14), electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14)

Matthew Ward – background vocals (3, 4, 7, 10)

Bryan White – background vocals (8)

Dan Wojciechowski – drums

Technical

Austin Deptula – assistant engineering, editing

Bob Gentry – arrangement

Greg Hunt – engineering, arrangement, mixing, mastering

Gary Leach – arrangement, assistant engineering, mixing, editing

J. B. Patterson – assistant engineering

Wilbur C. Rimes – production, mixing, arrangement

Doug Sax – mastering

Charts

Sittin' on Top of the World debuted at #4 on Billboard 200 in its 1st week with 156,500 copies sold, it peaked at #3 in its 2nd week. The album spent 3 weeks in top 10 and 37 weeks in Billboard 200.

Songs

1Commitment4:37
2Looking Through Your Eyes4:05
3Undeniable3:45

References

Sittin' on Top of the World (LeAnn Rimes album) Wikipedia

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