Real Live Woman

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Real Live Woman
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 28, 2000
Studio Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length47:58
Label MCA Nashville
Producer Garth Fundis, Trisha Yearwood
Trisha Yearwood chronology
Where Your Road Leads
(1998)
Real Live Woman
(2000)
Inside Out
(2001)
Singles from Real Live Woman
  1. "Real Live Woman"
    Released: January 10, 2000
  2. "Where Are You Now"
    Released: June 12, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com (favorable) [1]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Chicago Tribune (favorable) [3]
Entertainment Weekly A− [4]
People (favorable) [5]
PopMatters (favorable) [6]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Real Live Woman is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Trisha Yearwood, released on March 28, 2000.

Contents

The album reached #4 on the Billboard country albums chart. It produced a #16 hit on the Billboard country music charts in "Real Live Woman" and a #45 hit in "Where Are You Now". The latter was only the second single of Yearwood's career to miss Top 40 in the U.S.

The album covers a song by Bruce Springsteen called "Sad Eyes", a song by Linda Ronstadt titled, "Try Me Again", and a song by Bonnie Raitt called "Wild For You Baby". Emmylou Harris, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Jackson Browne provide harmony vocals for some of the album's tracks. It was given 3 out of 5 stars by Allmusic. [2]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Where Are You Now" Mary Chapin Carpenter, Kim Richey 3:10
2."One Love" Al Anderson, Gary Nicholson, Kimmie Rhodes 4:25
3."Sad Eyes" Bruce Springsteen 4:10
4."Some Days" Mark Selby, Tia Sillers 3:51
5."I Did"Richard "Spady" Brannan, John Nance Sharp3:53
6."Try Me Again" Andrew Gold, Linda Ronstadt 4:28
7."Too Bad You're No Good" Paul Craft, Cadillac Holmes3:50
8."Real Live Woman" Bobbie Cryner 3:55
9."I'm Still Alive"Anderson, Matraca Berg 4:03
10."Wild for You Baby" David Batteau, Tom Snow 4:32
11."Come Back When It Ain't Rainin'"Berg, Harlan Howard 3:14
12."When a Love Song Sings the Blues"Berg, Ronnie Samoset4:27

Australian bonus tracks

  1. "You're Where I Belong" (Diane Warren) - 4:15 (also available on the Japan pressing)
  2. "Something So Right" (Paul Simon) - 4:11

Personnel

Production

Studios

Chart performance

Album

Chart performance for Real Live Woman
Chart (2000)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [9] 98
Canadian RPM Country Albums6
US Billboard 200 [10] 27
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [11] 4
UK Country Albums (OCC) [12] 3
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] 67

Singles

YearSingleChart positions
US Country US CAN Country
2000"Real Live Woman"168120
"Where Are You Now"4542

Certifications

Certifications for Real Live Woman
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [14] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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