Lee Ann Womack: Difference between revisions

Many people in the music industry called the album, "a return to tradition," featuring songs about drinking and cheating with a distinctive older country twang, mixing strings and [[steel guitar]]. The album won the Country Music Association's "Album of the Year" award in 2005.<ref name="book">{{cite book|title=Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Country Music in America|editor=Alanna Nash and Paul Kingsbury|publisher=DK Publishing, Inc|location=New York, NY|year=2006|page=349|chapter=Ch. 12: Pocketful of Gold}}</ref> Erlewine praised the album's production and songs, comparing it to those released by [[Loretta Lynn]], [[Barbara Mandrell]], and [[Dolly Parton]] in the 1970s. He would later say it was "not only the best album that Lee Ann Womack has yet made, but one that does suggest that there is indeed more where this came from."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/r726382|title=''There's More Where That Came From'' album review|last=Thomas Erlewine|first=Stephen|work=AllMusic|publisher=All Media Network|access-date=November 29, 2008|archive-date=June 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604113244/https://mb.moatads.com/yi/v2?ol=0&qn=%604%7BZEYwoqI%24%5BK%2BdLLU)%2CMm~tW%2490vv9L%24%2FoDb%2Fz(lKm3GFlNUU%2Cu%5Bh_GcS%25%5BHvLU%5B4(K%2B%7BgeG(%24y_%2CapE%3FSF(f%25%3BS%243O3P(ry5*ZRocMp1tq%5BN%7Bq%60RP%3CG.ceFW%7CoG%22mxT%3Bwv%40V374BKm55%3D%26npLvbR6thw0P%26oUK%3B(iy3imPgh%5B**p%23VQz9.aS%3B4oD%7D%60%3Fjc!L2LmqMs%3Cex1bxNTK7%2BuCTpY%3CZ.T%5B%2B%22gbzbSSr1r4V%40bLwA&tf=1_nMzjG---CSa7H-1SJH-bW7qhB-LRwqH-nMzjG-&vi=111111&rc=0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C0%2C1%2C0%2C0%2Cprobably%2Cprobably&rb=1-jWcFghJkDq%2BRaMzfmaCET31Epk3Oj90BFaPgx%2FCwrOl2tvnQIIWF3cA%2B&rs=1-5u6rgEg%2F0rYACQ%3D%3D&sc=1&os=1-yQ%3D%3D&qp=00000&is=BBBBB2BBEYBvGl2BBCBBtUTE1RmsqbKW8BsrBu0rCFE48CRBeeBS2hWTMBBQeQBBn2soYggyUig0CBlWZ0uBBCCCCCCOgRBBiOfnE6Bkg7OxCb8MxOtJYHCBdm5kBhBBC9Y8oBXckXBR76iUUsJBCBBBBBBBBBWBBBj3BBBZeGV2BBBCMciUBBBjgEBBBBBB94UMgTdJMtEcpMBBBQBBBniOccBBBBBB47kNBBBBBBBBBBBBBhcjG6BBJM2L4Bk8BwCBQmIoRBBCzBz1BBCTClBBrbGBC4ehueB57NG9aJeRzBqEKiuwBBBB&iv=8&qt=0&gz=0&hh=0&hn=0&tw=&qc=0&qd=0&qf=1400&qe=900&qh=1400&qg=900&qm=0&qa=1400&qb=900&qi=1400&qj=900&to=000&vy=ot%24b%5Bh%40%22oDgO%3DLlE6%3AYnIBMwqCf%5D)4%5Dz%2C%5B%26u9L%2F%2F%24b4%5DIAIbzbld%7Dt00%7Ca_BB%3FVxyEO%22zf4%5D%24cr16Zh5YigBghs%7ClTr1W*d%5B4kf%2FLyUoRdByZ%3C99Ks(I%7DY(T0c%7BDQ3MY.NjDby7p%26C&qr=0&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.allmusic.com%2Falbum%2Ftheres-more-where-that-came-from-mw0000140937&pcode=playwireprebidheader597261727146&rx=940085460370&callback=MoatNadoAllJsonpRequest_19055647|url-status=live}}</ref> The lead single, "[[I May Hate Myself in the Morning]]" was a Top 10 hit in 2005, and also won "Single of the Year" by the CMA awards later that year.<ref name="cmt"/><ref name="CMA" /> Two additional singles were released from the album in 2005 that became minor hits,: "[[He Oughta Know That by Now]]" and "Twenty Years and Two Husbands Ago", the latter co-written by Womack. Also included on the album are covers of [[Reba McEntire]]'s "Waiting for the Sun to Shine" and [[George Jones]]' "Just Someone I Used to Know" . The album was released on vinyl LP as well as CD.

Womack can be heard on the track "If I Could Only Fly" from [[Joe Nichols]]' album ''[[Real Things (Joe Nichols album)|Real Things]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1569883/joe-nichols-celebrates-real-things-in-new-album.jhtml|title=Joe Nichols Celebrates ''Real Things'' in new album|last=Morris|first=Edward|publisher=Country Music Television: News|access-date=November 30, 2008|archive-date=December 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205022059/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1569883/joe-nichols-celebrates-real-things-in-new-album.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> Womack has also appeared on specials on the [[Country Music Television|CMT]] network(CMT), including their "100 Greatest Duets", which featured Womack singing a collaboration with [[Kenny Rogers]] on a cover of Rogers and [[Dottie West]]'s 1978 single "[[Every Time Two Fools Collide (song)|Every Time Two Fools Collide]]". Womack replaced West during that show because of West's fatal car accident in September 1991. Womack's other honors includes being listed at No.&nbsp;17 on CMT's 2002 special of their countdown of the ''40 Greatest Women of Country Music''.

In 2006, Womack announced plans to release her sixth studio album on [[Mercury Nashville Records]]. The lead single, "[[Finding My Way Back Home]]" was released in the late summer of that year and debuted at No.&nbsp;46 on the Billboard Country Chart.<ref name="s">{{cite web|url=http://www.s9.com/Biography/Womack-Lee-Ann|title=Lee Ann Womack biography|publisher=s9.com|access-date=November 29, 2008|archive-date=February 11, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211193930/http://www.s9.com/Biography/Womack-Lee-Ann|url-status=live}}</ref> The single later peaked at No.&nbsp;37 and was rescheduled into 2007, because Womack found more songs that she wanted to record, however it was never released and Womack left Mercury in favor of MCA.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_question_of_the_week/article/0,3034,GAC_26416_5489210_,00.html|title=Country Q&A: Week of April 18, 2007|last=Haislop|first=Neil|publisher=GACtv.com|access-date=November 30, 2008|archive-date=September 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080929030350/http://www.gactv.com/gac/nw_question_of_the_week/article/0,3034,GAC_26416_5489210_,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> InAlso in mid-2007, Womack collaborated with [[Joe Nichols]] on "If I Could Only Fly" from his album ''[[Real Things (Joe Nichols album)|Real Things]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1569883/joe-nichols-celebrates-real-things-in-new-album.jhtml|title=Joe Nichols Celebrates ''Real Things'' in new album|last=Morris|first=Edward|publisher=Country Music Television: News|access-date=November 30, 2008|archive-date=December 5, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205022059/http://www.cmt.com/news/country-music/1569883/joe-nichols-celebrates-real-things-in-new-album.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref> and recorded [[Steve Dorff]]'s "Love Will Still Be There" for the soundtrack of the film ''[[September Dawn]]''.

Womack's sixth studio album and last for MCA, ''[[Call Me Crazy]]'', was released on October 21, 2008. The album, released on vinyl and CD, 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 waswere a covercovers of [[Jim Lauderdale]]'s "The King of Broken Hearts" and [[Ashley Gearing]]'s "I Found It in You", 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"/>