Back to You (album)

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Back to You
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Studio album by
ReleasedApril 22, 1997
Genre Country
Length40:59
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Anita Cochran
Jim Ed Norman
Anita Cochran chronology
Back to You
(1997)
Anita
(1999)

Back to You is the debut studio album by American country music artist Anita Cochran. It was released in 1997 by Warner Bros. Records and peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The album includes the singles "I Could Love a Man Like That," "Daddy Can You See Me," "Will You Be Here?", and "What If I Said," a duet with Steve Wariner which reached number 1 on Hot Country Songs.

Contents

Critical reception

Giving it 4 out of 5 stars, Allmusic reviewer Thom Owens wrote that "for most of Back to You, Cochran's music is unpredictable and exciting, as her songwriting is inspired and her musicianship is fresh. It's a first-rate debut." [1]

Track listing

All songs written by Anita Cochran except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Could Love a Man Like That" 3:09
2."Will You Be Here?" 4:08
3."Daddy Can You See Me" 4:36
4."She Wants to Ride" 4:20
5."What If I Said" (duet with Steve Wariner) 4:52
6."You're the Break" Karen Staley, Keith Burns2:48
7."One of Those Days" 4:02
8."Girls Like Fast Cars" 3:40
9."Wrong Side of Town" 4:17
10."Back to You"Cochran, Mary Ann Kennedy 5:07

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1997)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums24
U.S. Billboard 200173
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers9

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References

  1. "Back to You". Allmusic. Retrieved 8 October 2015.