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| Released | July 18, 2025 | |||
| Studio | Allentown Studios | |||
| Genre | Country [1] | |||
| Length | 49:51 | |||
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The Mirror is the sixteenth studio album by American country music artist Trisha Yearwood. It was released on July 18, 2025, via Gwendolyn Records, MCA Nashville and Virgin Music Group. Yearwood co-wrote all 15 tracks on the album and co-produced it with Chad Carlson.
Trisha Yearwood was among the most commercially-successful country music artists of the 1990s decade, having five number one and several top ten US country chart singles. In the 2000s she also became known for her work as a celebrity chef, author and businesswoman. All the while, she maintained a country music career with US top 40 country singles as recent as 2019's "Every Girl in This Town". [2] [3] Not previously categorized as a singer-songwriter, Yearwood began experimenting with co-writing several years prior to the release of The Mirror. [3] In an interview with Country Living magazine, Yearwood said that while attending college, another songwriter told her he did not believe she was a gifted song composer. She then realized that it "doesn’t have to be the truth, just because somebody said that" and began experimenting with writing material for pleasure. [4] Fellow country songwriters, notably Leslie Satcher, encouraged Yearwood's writing and helped her realize that she could craft an entire album of self-penned material. [3]
The Mirror was recorded at Allentown Studios, located in Nashville, Tennessee. It was co-produced by Yearwood herself and Chad Carlson. [5] The project is the first in Yearwood's career that she co-produced. [6] Primarily under the production of Garth Fundis with most of her albums, Yearwood "wanted to flex my [her] own wings" since she learned a lot from him. She chose co-producer, Chad Carlson because he had engineered many of her previous Fundis-produced projects, which made it feel "like it was venturing out with a safety net". [7]
The project's concept was described by Yearwood as being "letters to my younger self" along with showing the amount of reflection and growing she has done since her early years (hence the album's title). [6] The album consisted of 15 tracks in total, all of which were co-written by Yearwood. [5] The opening track, "Bringing the Angels", describes themes of spirituality and perseverance. [1] Another track, "Girls Night In", describes a social gathering between female friends and the stories they share over the course of an evening. According to Yearwood the tracks "Fearless These Days", "Goodnight Cruel World" and the title track especially highlight the theme of looking back at her younger years. The closing track, "When October Settles In", was written about the death of her mother. [3] The album features collaborations with Lady A's Charles Kelley ("The Record Plays On"), Hailey Whitters ("Drunk Works"), and Jim Lauderdale ("The Shovel"). [8]
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The Mirror was released on July 18, 2025, in a joint partnership between Yearwood's own label (Gwendolyn Records), along with MCA Records and the Virgin Music Group. It was offered as a LP, compact disc [5] or digitally [9] . Its the sixteenth studio album of her music career. [10] In an interview with Grammy.com, she explained that when she had the opportunity to take the music to a major record label she discovered that Virgin was interested in it, leading to the label releasing it in joint venture with MCA. [8] In preparation for the album's release, two songs were released on May 2, 2025 ahead of the album: "Bringing the Angels" and "The Wall or the Way Over". [11] On June 29, 2025, the album's title track was issued as its official lead single. [12] Thom Jurek of AllMusic gave the album four out of five stars in his review, writing, "Its production, though predictably polished, isn't overly laden with effects or gimmicks. Its musical maturity seamlessly juxtaposes radio-friendly contemporary country with the singer/songwriter's soulful neo-traditionalist roots. It's a masterpiece." [1] The Mirror made its debut on several US Billboard album charts for the week of August 2, 2025. It peaked at number 38 on the Top Country Albums chart, [13] number 12 on the Top Album Sales chart [14] and number 31 on the Independent Albums chart. [15]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Bringing the Angels" |
| 2:46 |
| 2. | "The Wall or the Way Over" |
| 3:42 |
| 3. | "Little Lady" |
| 3:25 |
| 4. | "The Mirror" |
| 3:15 |
| 5. | "Fearless These Days" |
| 3:29 |
| 6. | "So Many Summers" |
| 3:29 |
| 7. | "The Record Plays On" (featuring Charles Kelley) |
| 3:28 |
| 8. | "Girls Night In" |
| 3:33 |
| 9. | "Drunk Works" (featuring Hailey Whitters) |
| 3:01 |
| 10. | "Fragile Like a Bomb" |
| 3:39 |
| 11. | "The Ocean and the River" |
| 3:40 |
| 12. | "The Shovel" (featuring Jim Lauderdale) |
| 2:56 |
| 13. | "When I'm with You" |
| 2:47 |
| 14. | "Goodnight Cruel World" |
| 2:42 |
| 15. | "When October Settles In" |
| 4:01 |
Credits adapted from Tidal. [16]
| Chart (2025) | Peak position |
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| Scottish Albums (OCC) [17] | 49 |
| UK Albums Sales (OCC) [18] | 75 |
| UK Country Albums (OCC) [19] | 4 |
| UK Independent Albums (OCC) [20] | 26 |
| US Billboard 200 [21] | 190 |
| US Independent Albums (Billboard) [22] | 31 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [23] | 38 |
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Various | July 18, 2025 |
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