Thinkin' About You (CD - 1995)

Personnel: Trisha Yearwood (vocals); Billy Sanford (acoustic & electric guitars); Bobby All, Jon Randall, Billy Joe Walker, Jr. (acoustic guitar); Mike Henderson, Brent Mason (electric guitar); Lee Roy Parnell (electric slide guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Sam Bush (mandolin); Aubrey Haynie, Rob Hajacos (fiddle); The Nashville String Machine (strings); Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson (harmonica); Matt Rollings (piano, organ); Steve Nathan (organ, keyboards); Dave Pomeroy (bass); Eddie Bayers (drums); Tom Roady (bongos, conga, tambourine); Chuck Cannon, Harry Stinson, Kim Richey, Andrea Zonn, Raul Malo, Lari White, Mac McAnally, Mary-Chapin Carpenter (background vocals).

Producers: Garth Fundis, Garth Fundis, Harry Stinson.

Recorded at Sound Emporium, Nashville, Tennessee.

THINKIN' ABOUT YOU was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Country Album.

Personnel: Trisha Yearwood (vocals); Billy Sanford (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Billy Joe Walker, Jr., Jon Randall, Mike Henderson, Bobby All (acoustic guitar); Brent Mason (electric guitar); Lee Roy Parnell (slide guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Sam Bush (mandolin); Rob Hajacos, Aubrey Haynie (fiddle); Nashville String Machine (strings); Jelly Roll Johnson (harmonica); Matt Rollings (piano, organ); Steve Nathan (organ, keyboards); Eddie Bayers (drums); Tom Roady (congas, bongos, tambourine).

Audio Mixer: Chuck Ainlay.

Recording information: Sound Emporium Studios, Nashville, TN.

Unknown Contributor Roles: Dave Sinko; Denny Purcell; Carl Gorodetzky.

Although there are a couple of high points on Thinkin' About You, the record is weighed down with mediocre material and slick, commercially oriented production. Occasionally, Trisha Yearwood's vocals save the day, but there are times where she oversings the songs, giving them emotion they don't deserve. In all, it's one of the few Yearwood albums that can be called a disappointment. ~ Thom Owens

Trisha Yearwood's first truly great album, 1995's THINKIN' ABOUT YOU skimps on the bouncy crowd-pleasers, with only the cute hit "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)" and the sly, sassy "I Wanna Go Too Far" particularly tailored for mid-'90s country radio. The rest of the album focuses on moody ballads that showcase Yearwood's increasingly agile, expressive vocals. In particular, Gretchen Peters's haunting, piano-driven "On a Bus to St. Cloud" has a stripped-down intimacy that sets Yearwood's vocals in their best light. Also featured is a note-perfect cover of Melissa Etheridge's "You Can Sleep While I Drive" that shows just how good Etheridge's songs sound when a controlled and subtle singer tackles them. Ending the record with a thoughtful cover of Tammy Wynette's "Till I Get It Right" acknowledges Yearwood's pure country roots at a time when most Nashville singers couldn't backpedal from them fast enough.

Trisha Yearwood's first truly great album, 1995's THINKIN' ABOUT YOU skimps on the bouncy crowd-pleasers, with only the cute hit "XXX's and OOO's (An American Girl)" and the sly, sassy "I Wanna Go Too Far" particularly tailored for mid-'90s country radio. The rest of the album focuses on moody ballads that showcase Yearwood's increasingly agile, expressive vocals. In particular, Gretchen Peters's haunting, piano-driven "On a Bus to St. Cloud" has a stripped-down intimacy that sets Yearwood's vocals in their best light. Also featured is a note-perfect cover of Melissa Etheridge's "You Can Sleep While I Drive" that shows just how good Etheridge's songs sound when a controlled and subtle singer tackles them. Ending the record with a thoughtful cover of Tammy Wynette's "Till I Get It Right" acknowledges Yearwood's pure country roots at a time when most Nashville singers couldn't backpedal from them fast enough. minimize