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Released | August 2, 2005 | |||
Recorded | March–November 2004 | |||
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Genre | Country | |||
Length | 54:36 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
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Fireflies is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Faith Hill. The album was released on August 2, 2005 via Warner Bros. Records Nashville. Her first album since her 2002 crossover album Cry, Fireflies marked a return to traditional country music for Hill. Hill co-produced the album with Byron Gallimore and Dann Huff. Husband Tim McGraw is featured on the single "Like We Never Loved at All".
Five singles in total were released from the album. The lead single, "Mississippi Girl", marked Hill's ninth and final country number one hit and her first since 2000's "The Way You Love Me"'; it spent two weeks atop the Hot Country Songs chart. Follow-up singles "Like We Never Loved at All", "The Lucky One", and "Sunshine and Summertime" (which was her last solo top ten hit at country radio) all peaked within the top ten, with the first two peaking within the top five. "Stealing Kisses" was also a top 40 hit.
In its first week, Fireflies debuted atop both the all-genre Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums, selling 329,000 copies. Fireflies marked Hill's third consecutive album to top both of the charts simultaneously after 1999's Breathe and 2002's Cry. The album has been certified two times platinum by the RIAA for selling two million copies. Despite the commercial success, it was met with mixed reviews with many complaining that the album was bland. "Like We Never Loved at All" won the Grammy for Best Country Collaboration at the 48th Grammy Awards in 2006 while "Mississippi Girl" and Fireflies were nominated for Best Female Country Vocal Performance and Best Country Album.
Singles from the album include, in order of release: "Mississippi Girl", "Like We Never Loved at All", "The Lucky One", "Sunshine and Summertime" and "Stealing Kisses". Of these, "Mississippi Girl" was a Number One on the US Billboard country charts. The other singles peaked at numbers 5, 5, 7 and 36 on that chart, respectively. Of the singles, "Mississippi Girl", "Like We Never Loved at All" and "Sunshine and Summertime" were co-written by John Rich of Big & Rich, while The Warren Brothers (Brad and Brett) co-wrote "The Lucky One", a song on which Brett also sings backing vocals. Other backing vocalists on this album include Hill's husband, Tim McGraw (on "Like We Never Loved at All"), Bekka Bramlett, Rhonda Vincent, and Kelly Willis.
Hill produced the entire album, with co-production from Byron Gallimore on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 12, Dann Huff on 7, 8, 13, and 14, and both Gallimore and Huff on 2 and 11.
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 57/100 [1] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
Billboard | favorable [1] |
Blender | [3] |
E! Online | B+ [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | C+ [4] |
Los Angeles Times | [5] |
The New York Times | mixed [6] |
Rolling Stone | [1] |
Slant Magazine | [7] |
Stylus Magazine | C [8] |
At Metacritic, the album has an average score of 57, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Sunshine and Summertime" |
| 3:27 |
2. | "Mississippi Girl" |
| 3:52 |
3. | "Dearly Beloved" |
| 2:22 |
4. | "I Ain't Gonna Take It Anymore" |
| 4:00 |
5. | "Stealing Kisses" | Lori McKenna | 4:23 |
6. | "Fireflies" | McKenna | 4:28 |
7. | "Like We Never Loved at All" (with Tim McGraw) |
| 4:22 |
8. | "I Want You" |
| 4:06 |
9. | "The Lucky One" | 3:37 | |
10. | "If You Ask" | McKenna | 4:15 |
11. | "We've Got Nothing But Love to Prove" (North American release only) | Darrell Scott | 4:35 |
12. | "You Stay with Me" |
| 4:23 |
13. | "Wish for You" | 3:28 | |
14. | "Paris" |
| 5:20 |
Total length: | 54:36 |
As listed in liner notes. [9]
Country | Date |
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United States | August 2, 2005 |
Italy | August 26, 2005 |
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [22] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
United States (RIAA) [23] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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