Jessie James (album)

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Jessie James
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Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 10, 2009
Recorded2008–2009
Genre Country, pop
Length42:45
Label Mercury Records, Island Def Jam
Producer Julian Bunetta, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Mitch Allan, David Hodges, John Rich, Mick Schultz, John Fields, Ted Bruner, Trey Vittetoe
Jessie James chronology
Jessie James
(2009)
Comin' Home
(2014)
Singles from Jessie James
  1. "Wanted"
    Released: April 14, 2009
  2. "I Look So Good (Without You)"
    Released: August 25, 2009
  3. "My Cowboy"
    Released: November 10, 2009

Jessie James is the debut album by the American country-pop singer-songwriter Jessie James. The album was released digitally on August 10, 2009, [1] and physically on August 11 by Mercury Records. [2] The album charted on the Billboard 200 at #23 on its debut week, selling about 18,575 copies.

Contents

The song "Wanted" was the album's lead single on April 14, 2009 and peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single "I Look So Good (Without You)" was released on August 25, 2009, and peaked at No. 138 on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart[ citation needed ], as well as No. 4 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The third single "My Cowboy" was released on November 10, 2009.

The song "Blue Jeans" was featured on the soundtrack of the film Confessions of a Shopaholic . [3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Billboard (positive) [5]
Entertainment Weekly (B+) [6]
Slant Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
SputnikmusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

The album received positive reviews according to Metacritic, scoring 73 out of 100. Michael Menachem of Billboard with regard to the many genres present on the album said that James had "a voice that seems to work with many genres". [5] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic thought the album was "inspired, original pop" but said it came short of being actual country music." [4] Mikael Wood Entertainment Weekly said that "James falter[ed] on a handful of snoozy power ballads but play[ed] one heck of a small town kitten on up-tempo number." [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wanted" Jessica James, Mitch Allan, Kara DioGuardi, David Hodges 3:05
2."Bullet"James, Katy Perry, Ted Bruner, T. Vittetoe3:16
3."I Look So Good (Without You)"James, Rodney Jerkins, Savan Kotecha 3:52
4."Burnin’ Bridges"Julian Bunetta3:27
5."Blue Jeans"James, Bunetta3:55
6."My Cowboy"James, Randy Houser, Jamey Johnson 3:12
7."Big Mouth"James, Bunetta, Andrew Frampton3:21
8."Burn It Up"James, Bunetta, Kotecha3:53
9."Psycho Girlfriend"James, Bunetta3:24
10."Inevitable"James, Toby Gad 3:40
11."Girl Next Door"Perry, Bruner, Vittetoe3:22
12."Guilty"James, Josh Kear, Mark Irwin4:16

Personnel

Credits for Jessie James adapted from AllMusic [9]

Chart performance

Chart (2009)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 [10] 23

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