Lady & Gentlemen

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Lady & Gentlemen
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2011
Recorded2010-2011
Genre Country
Length47:19
Label Curb
Producer Vince Gill, Darrell Brown, LeAnn Rimes
LeAnn Rimes chronology
Family
(2007)
Lady & Gentlemen
(2011)
Spitfire
(2013)
Singles from Lady and Gentlemen
  1. "Swingin'"
    Released: June 8, 2010
  2. "Crazy Women"
    Released: December 10, 2010
  3. "Give"
    Released: June 14, 2011

Lady & Gentlemen is the tenth studio album by American singer LeAnn Rimes. The album is Rimes' second cover album (the first being her self-titled album). The only new songs on the album are the two bonus tracks, "Crazy Women" and "Give". It was released on September 27, 2011 by Curb Records. Rimes co-produced the album with country singer, Vince Gill, and Darrell Brown, with whom she collaborated on her 2007 album Family . A vinyl record of the album was released on the same day.

Contents

Background

Lady & Gentlemen consists of Rimes covering songs by male country artists, including Vince Gill, who helped produce the album, Merle Haggard, Kris Kristofferson, and Waylon Jennings. Rimes also "revisited" her 1996 debut single, "Blue" on the album, which she picked up the tempo on. [1] The album was released on September 27, 2011 by Curb Records. [2] A vinyl record of the album was released on the same day. [3] Rimes co-produced the album with country singer, Vince Gill, and Darrell Brown, [4] of whom she collaborated with on her 2007 album Family . [5]

Singles

Three singles were released from the album. The first single released for the album was a cover of John Anderson's 1983 single, "Swingin'" on June 8, 2010. [6] The second single, "Crazy Women", was released on December 10, 2010. [7] A third single, "Give", was released on June 14, 2011. [8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (75/100) [9]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Entertainment Weekly B [11]
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The New York Times (favorable) [12]
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Lady & Gentlemen received mostly positive reviews from most music critics. So far it has been given a score of 75 out of 100 from Metacritic. [9] Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars and called it "a collection of masculine country classics reinterpreted by a female singer." [10] Mikael Wood of Entertainment Weekly stated that the album "rarely sheds new light on the top-shelf material." [11] Jonathan Keefe of Slant Magazine compared the album to Tanya Tucker's 2009 album, My Turn and stated that album finds Rimes "taking real risks and making better music than many of her contemporaries." [13] Randy Lewis of the Los Angeles Times claimed that Rimes "has been contending lately with flak from image-conscious types over paparazzi photos of her slimmed-down physique, but her leaner, meaner approach to a batch of classic country songs for her latest collection is mostly good news." [1] Ben Ratliff of The New York Times stated that Rimes "can finally ease up on her default vocal style, brassy and belting, which is of course its own gender role." [12]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Swingin'" John Anderson, Lionel Delmore3:02
2."Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"Wayne Duncan, Freddy Fender, Huey P. Meaux 4:06
3."The Only Mama That'll Walk the Line" Jimmy Bryant 2:39
4."I Can't Be Myself" Merle Haggard 3:12
5."Sixteen Tons" Merle Travis 2:42
6."Help Me Make It Through the Night" Kris Kristofferson 3:01
7."Rose Colored Glasses" John Conlee, George Baber3:06
8."A Good Hearted Woman" Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson 3:40
9."When I Call Your Name" Vince Gill, Tim DuBois 3:41
10."He Stopped Loving Her Today" Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman 3:51
11."Blue" (with The Time Jumpers) Bill Mack 2:34
12."The Bottle Let Me Down"Haggard3:49
Bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Crazy Women" Brandy Clark, Jessie Jo Dillon, Shane McAnally 3:25
14."Give"Connie Harrington, Sonya Isaacs, Jimmy Yeary 4:31
Total length:47:19

Personnel

Credits for Lady & Gentlemen adapted from liner notes. [4]

Notes

Charts

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