Lee Ann Womack: Difference between revisions

Womack's fifthsixth studio album and finallast MCAfor albumMCA, ''[[Call Me Crazy]]'', was released on October 21, 2008. The album, released on vinyl and CD, was produced by [[Tony Brown (record producer)|Tony Brown]]; it has been described as a dark album with plenty of songs about drinking and losing love. Womack co-wrote four of the album's 12 songs. The album charted only two singles in the United States: "[[Last Call (Lee Ann Womack song)|Last Call]]" and "[[Solitary Thinkin']]", which reached top 40 on Hot Country Songs. Also included on the album was a cover of [[Jim Lauderdale]]'s "The King of Broken Hearts", as well as a collaboration with [[George Strait]] on "Everything But Quits", one of the songs which Womack co-wrote. One track, "The Bees," features backing vocals from [[Keith Urban]].<ref name="cmtnews1">{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1589653/lee-ann-womacks-new-album-features-strait-urban.jhtml|title=Lee Ann Womack's New Album Features Strait, Urban|publisher=Country Music Television: News (June 19, 2008)|access-date=November 30, 2008|archive-date=February 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210030301/http://www.cmt.com/news/news-in-brief/1589653/lee-ann-womacks-new-album-features-strait-urban.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the [[51st Annual Grammy Awards]] in 2009, "Last Call" was nominated for Best Country Female Vocal Performance; one year later, ''Call Me Crazy'' was also nominated for Best Country Album, with "Everything But Quits" and "Solitary Thinkin'" being Womack's final nominations for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals and Best Country Female Vocal Performance, respectively.<ref name="grammy"/>

In October 2009, Womack released a cover of [[Trent Willmon]]'s "[[There Is a God]]", as the lead-off single to her then-upcoming seventh studio album which never surfaced. The song debuted at No.&nbsp;60 on Hot Country Songs for the week of November 14, 2009, eventually peaking at No.&nbsp;32 in early 2010. Womack has revealed a few of the songs she had recorded for the album, including "Talking Behind Your Back", as well as "You Do Until You Don't".<ref>{{cite web |first=Beville |last=Darden |url=http://www.theboot.com/2010/02/25/lee-ann-womack-new-album/ |title=Lee Ann Womack Dishes 'Girlie' Details of Upcoming Album |publisher=The Boot |date=February 25, 2010 |access-date=April 30, 2012 |archive-date=June 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604113342/https://theboot.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2010, Womack recorded "Liars Lie" for the [[Country Strong (soundtrack)|soundtrack]] of the film ''[[Country Strong]]''. Womack also collaborated with Alan Jackson on a cover of [[Johnny Cash]]'s "[[Ring of Fire (song)|Ring of Fire]]", which was released that December as a single from his compilation album, ''[[34 Number Ones]]''. His version of the song was a minor hit, charting to number 45 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Though Womack is featured on the song, she was not given credit on the charts.

In August 2012, Womack leftannounced MCAher Nashvilledeparture infrom AugustMCA 2012Nashville.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theboot.com/2012/08/06/lee-ann-womack-record-label/|title=Lee Ann Womack Parts Way With Record Label|date=August 6, 2012 |publisher=The Boot|access-date=August 14, 2012|archive-date=May 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515192538/http://www.theboot.com/2012/08/06/lee-ann-womack-record-label/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lee-ann-womack-exits-long-time-record-label/|title=Lee Ann Womack Exits Long Time Record Label|last=Morgan|first=Amber|website=CBS News|date=August 15, 2012|access-date=July 4, 2024|archive-date=May 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526102225/https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/lee-ann-womack-exits-long-time-record-label/|url-status=live}}</ref>