Jasper County (album)

Jasper County
Studio album by Trisha Yearwood
Released	September 13, 2005
Genre	Country
Length	38:08
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Garth Fundis
Trisha Yearwood chronology
Inside Out (2001) Jasper County (2005) Greatest Hits (2007)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(85/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[2]
Allmusic	[3]
Billboard	(favorable)[1]
Chicago Tribune	(favorable)[4]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[5]
The New York Times	(average)[1]
People	[6]
PopMatters	[7]
Stylus Magazine	A−[8]
USA Today	[9]

Jasper County is the tenth studio album by country singer Trisha Yearwood. It was Yearwood's first studio album in four years since 2001's Inside Out.

Yearwood took a four-year break from recording after 2001 mainly because she began a relationship with Garth Brooks (whom she would later marry) and creative time. It was given a positive review by Allmusic, who called the album "one of her very best records."^[3]

The album reached number 1 on the Billboard country albums chart. It was also her highest peak on the Billboard 200, peaking at number 4. Her final album for MCA Nashville, it produced the singles "Georgia Rain" and "Trying to Love You", which peaked at number 15 and number 52, respectively, on the Hot Country Songs charts; the latter was also a number 28 hit on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks charts. Later presses of the album also included "Love Will Always Win", a number 23-peaking duet with her husband, Garth Brooks, which was also on Brooks's 2006 The Lost Sessions album. The track "Who Invented the Wheel" was originally recorded by Anthony Smith on his debut album If That Ain't Country.

Track listing

1. "Who Invented the Wheel" (Anthony Smith, Bobby Terry, Craig Wiseman) — 3:24
2. "Pistol" (Al Anderson, Leslie Satcher) — 3:19
3. "Trying to Love You" (Beth Nielsen Chapman, Bill Lloyd) — 3:48
4. "River of You" (Marvin Green, Satcher) — 3:37
5. "Baby Don't You Let Go" (Jessi Alexander, Austin Cunningham, Sonya Isaacs) — 2:45
6. "Standing Out in a Crowd" (Sarah Majors, Maia Sharp) — 3:21
7. "Georgia Rain" (Ed Hill, Karyn Rochelle) — 5:11
8. "Sweet Love" (Tia Sillers, Wiseman) — 3:46
9. "Try Me" (Stephanie Chapman, Liz Rose) — 3:12
   • background vocals: Ronnie Dunn
10. "Gimme the Good Stuff" (Angelo Petraglia, George Ducas, Hillary Lindsey) — 3:33
11. "It's Alright" (Anderson, Satcher) — 2:12
12. "Love Will Always Win" (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick) — 4:39¹
    • duet with Garth Brooks

¹Track included only on 2006 re-release.

Personnel

Musical

• Jessi Alexander — background vocals
• Bekka Bramlett — background vocals
• Garth Brooks — duet vocals on "Love Will Always Win"
• Tom Bukovac — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Sam Bush — mandolin
• David Campbell — string arrangements
• Beth Nielsen Chapman — background vocals
• Chad Cromwell — drums, stick
• Eric Darken — percussion
• Dan Dugmore — electric guitar, steel guitar, lap steel guitar
• Ronnie Dunn — background vocals on "Try Me"
• Kim Fleming — background vocals
• Shannon Forrest — drums
• Paul Franklin — steel guitar
• Johnny Garcia — electric guitar
• Rob Hajacos — fiddle
• Vicki Hampton — background vocals
• Aubrey Haynie — fiddle, mandolin
• Wes Hightower — background vocals
• John Hobbs — organ, piano
• John Jorgenson — electric guitar
• Jim Lauderdale — background vocals
• Chris Leuzinger — electric guitar
• Hillary Lindsey — background vocals
• Mac McAnally — acoustic guitar
• Terry McMillan — harmonica
• Greg Morrow — drums
• The Nashville String Machine — strings
• Steve Nathan — piano
• Jon Randall — background vocals
• Michael Rhodes — bass guitar
• Matt Rollings — piano
• Leslie Satcher — background vocals
• Maia Sharp — background vocals
• Bryan Sutton — acoustic guitar, slide guitar, mandocello
• Wanda Vick — Dobro, fiddle
• Reese Wynans — organ, piano
• Trisha Yearwood — lead vocals

Technical

• Jesse Amend — assistant
• Matt Andrews — engineer
• Jeff Balding — engineer, mixing
• Chad Carlson — engineer, assistant
• Mary Beth Felts — make-up
• Garth Fundis — producer
• Russ Harrington — photography
• Erick Jaskowiak — assistant
• Luellyn Latocki — art direction
• Bob Ludwig — mastering
• Libby Mitchell — stylist
• Scott Paschall — production assistant
• Ron Roark — graphic design
• Virginia Team — art direction
• Debra Wingo — hair stylist

Charts

Albums – Billboard

Year	Chart	Peak position
2005	U.S. Top Country Albums	1
	U.S. Billboard 200	4

Singles – Billboard

Year	Single	Chart Positions
		US Country	US	US Pop	US AC
2005	"Georgia Rain"	15	78	99	—
	"Trying to Love You"	52	—	—	28
2006	"Love Will Always Win"	23	—	—	—

References

1. "Critic Reviews for Jasper County". Metacritic. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
2. Downs, Jolene. "Trisha Yearwood - Jasper County". About.com. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
3. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Jasper County - Trisha Yearwood". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
4. Harkness, Geoff (2005-09-30). "Trisha Yearwood 'Jasper County'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
5. Willman, Chris (2005-09-23). "Jasper County Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
6. Arnold, Chuck; Novak, Ralph (2005-09-19). "Picks and Pans Review: Trisha Yearwood (Jasper County)". People. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
7. Tranter, Nikki (2005-09-27). "Trisha Yearwood: Jasper County". PopMatters. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
8. Inskeep, Thomas (2005-11-23). "Trisha Yearwood - Jasper County - Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
9. Mansfield, Brian (2005-09-12). "Trisha Yearwood, Jasper County". USA Today. Retrieved 2013-05-31.

External links

• Jasper County at Metacritic