Blue (LeAnn Rimes album)

Infobox Album
Name = Blue
Type = studio
Artist = LeAnn Rimes


Released = Start date|1996|07|09
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 34:52
Label = Curb
Producer = Chuck Howard
Johnny Mulhair
Wilbur C. Rimes
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:1aq6g4antv6z link]
Last album = "All That" (1994)
This album = "Blue" (1996)
Next album = "" (1997)

"Blue" is the first album by American country singer LeAnn Rimes, released in the United States on July 9, 1996 (see 1996 in music) by Curb Records. It reached number three on the Billboard Hot 200 album chart, and number-one on Hot Country Albums. The album has been certified 6× Multi-Platinum [ [http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS RIAA ] ] by RIAA, selling 6 million in the states, and an additional 2 million copies outside the states, proving her worldwide success.

Singles released from this album include, in order of release: "Blue", "Hurt Me", "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)", and "The Light in Your Eyes". These songs all charted on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts between 1996 and 1997; "Blue" and "The Light in Your Eyes" both reached Top Ten, while "Hurt Me" fell short of Top 40. "One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" became Rimes's first (and to date, only) Number One hit on the country charts.

Track listing

#"Blue" (Bill Mack) - 2:47
#"Hurt Me" (Deborah Allen, Bobby Braddock, Rafe VanHoy) - 2:53
#"One Way Ticket (Because I Can)" (Keith Hinton, Judy Rodman) - 3:52
#"My Baby" (Allen) - 2:49
#"Honestly" (Christi Dannemiller, Joe Johnston) - 3:21
#"The Light in Your Eyes" (Dan Tyler) - 3:20
#"Talk to Me" (Ron Grimes, LeAnn Rimes, John Mark Rutherford) - 3:11
#"I'll Get Even with You" (Coweta House) - 3:18
#"Cattle Call" (Tex Owens) - 3:07
#*duet with Eddy Arnold
#"Good Lookin' Man" (Joyce Harrison) - 3:11
#"Fade to Blue" (Jim Allison, Anne Reeves, Lang Scott) - 3:03

ingles

*Blue June 4, 1996
*Hurt Me August 1996
*One Way Ticket (Because I Can) September 28, 1996
*The Light In Your Eyes Jan 1997

Charts

References