Lee Ann Womack - I Hope You Dance

After a platinum-selling self-titled debut and a gold follow-up with Some Things I Know, Lee Ann Womack just keeps getting better. Billboard calls it "a career record." I Hope You Dance is one of the finest albums to hit country music post Shania Twain. Womack possesses such a sweet, melodious voice and its distinctiveness graces every one of the 12 tracks like they were chosen just for her vocals. But it's the album's title track, a dedication to Womack's daughters (and featuring the Sons of the Desert) that will leave you feeling swept away. (Her daughters, Aubrie and Anna Lise, who were ages 9 and 1 [respectively] at the time, appear in the video with her.) "Don't let some hardened heart leave you bitter/When you come close to selling out, reconsider/Give the heavens above more than a passing glance/And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance." Listeners will undoubtedly dance to I Hope You Dance. ~ Maria Konicki Dinoia, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bergen White Vocals, Conductor, String Arrangements Brent Mason Guitar (Electric) Chad Cromwell Drums Dan Tyminski Guitar (Acoustic) Daniel Kresco Mixing David Campbell Conductor, String Arrangements Eric Darken Percussion Frank Liddell Producer Gene Miller Vocals Gerry Wenner Photography Gina R. Binkley Design Glenn Worf Bass Greg Droman Mixing, Engineer Hank Williams Mastering Jason Sellers Vocal Harmony Jeff Roach Synthesizer Jessie Noble Project Coordinator Jody Yesville Engineer Jon Randall Vocal Harmony Kenny Greenberg Guitar (Electric) Larry Franklin Mandolin, Fiddle Lee Ann Womack Vocals Liana Manis Vocal Harmony Lisa Cochran Vocals Lisa Silver Vocals Lonnie Wilson Drums Marabeth Jordan Vocals Mark Casstevens Guitar (Acoustic) Mark Fain Bass Mark Wright Producer Michael Rhodes Bass Mike McCarthy Mixing, Engineer Pat Flynn Guitar (Acoustic) Paul Franklin Dobro, Guitar Richard Bennett Bouzouki, Guitar (Electric) Ricky Skaggs Vocal Harmony Robert Charles Engineer Sam Bacco Percussion Steve Crowder Engineer Steve Nathan Organ (Hammond), Keyboards Tabitha Fair Vocals Todd Gunnerson Engineer Tony Baker Photography Travis Hill Project Coordinator Trish Townsend Stylist