This Is Me (Randy Travis album)

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This Is Me
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Studio album by
Randy Travis
ReleasedApril 26, 1994
Recorded1993
StudioMorningstar Sound Studio, Hendersonville, TN Imagine Sound and Nightingale Studio, Nashville, TN
Genre Country
Length33:40
Label Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer Kyle Lehning
Randy Travis chronology
Wind in the Wire
(1993)		This Is Me
(1994)		 Full Circle
(1996)
Singles from This Is Me
  1. "Before You Kill Us All"
    Released: February 28, 1994
  2. "Whisper My Name"
    Released: May 30, 1994
  3. "This Is Me"
    Released: October 10, 1994
  4. "The Box"
    Released: February 6, 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chicago Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly A− [4]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

This Is Me is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis, released on April 26, 1994, by Warner Bros. Producer Kyle Lehning, Travis, and A&R Martha Sharp considered more than 1,000 songs before settling on the final ten. [7] The tracks "Before You Kill Us All", "Whisper My Name", "This Is Me", and "The Box" were all released as singles, peaking at #2, #1, #5, and #8, respectively, on the Billboard country music charts. "Small Y'all" was later recorded by George Jones on his 1998 album It Don't Get Any Better Than This .

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Honky Tonk Side of Town"Jerry Phillips, Troy Seals, Eddie Setser3:09
2."Before You Kill Us All" Max T. Barnes, Keith Follesé 3:24
3."That's Where I Draw the Line" Trey Bruce, Roger Brown3:20
4."Whisper My Name"Bruce3:11
5."Small Y'all" Bobby Braddock 2:55
6."Runaway Train" Larry Gatlin, Jerry Steve Smith3:22
7."This Is Me" Tom Shapiro, Thom McHugh3:26
8."The Box" Randy Travis, Buck Moore3:21
9."Gonna Walk That Line" Jamie O'Hara, Kieran Kane 3:19
10."Oscar the Angel" Don Schlitz 4:25

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1994)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums10
U.S. Billboard 20059
Canadian RPM Country Albums5

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8] Gold500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Chicago Tribune review
  3. ↑ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  4. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  5. ↑ Album reviews at CD Universe
  6. ↑ Rolling Stone review
  7. ↑ Bessman, Jim (1994-03-26), "New Warner set returns Travis to country spotlite". Billboard. 106 (13):14
  8. ↑ "American album certifications – Randy Travis – This Is Me". Recording Industry Association of America.


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