Английская Википедия:Cry (Faith Hill album)

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Шаблон:Infobox album Cry is the fifth studio album by American country music singer Faith Hill. It was released October 15, 2002, via Warner Bros. Nashville. The album was Hill's attempt at a crossover album, following singles like "Breathe", "The Way You Love Me", and "There You'll Be". Hill co-produced the album along with Marti Frederiksen, Byron Gallimore, and Dann Huff.

Despite the album being intended as a crossover, it was Hill's first album to not spawn a number one hit, let alone a top ten hit, on the country charts. Its lead, the title track, peaked only at number 12 at country radio; it however was a success on adult contemporary, spending 11 weeks atop that chart; it was a modest success internationally. "One" was not released to country radio but peaked at number seven on the adult contemporary charts. "When the Lights Go Down" and "You're Still Here" were released to country radio but failed to even crack the top twenty. "Baby You Belong" was exclusively released to Japan for the 2002 Disney film Lilo & Stitch.

Upon release, Cry was met with mixed reviews, with critics divided on the lack of country influences. Despite that though, the album sold over 472,000 copies in its first week in the US and topped both the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums charts. The album went on to sell 4 million copies worldwide and has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA. Hill has defended the polarizing creative direction of Cry, telling Billboard that "it was definitely a different record," but that she is still "so proud of [the album]." Cry was ranked at number 179 on the Billboard Top 200 albums of the 2000s decade. At the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, it was nominated for Best Country Album, and won the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for its title track, "Cry".

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Cry is led off by its title track, written by Angie Aparo. This song reached number 12 on the country singles charts, the lowest country peak she has achieved with a lead-off single. "When the Lights Go Down" and "You're Still Here" were also released to country radio, peaking at number 26 and number 28 respectively. "One" did not chart on the country singles charts, although it was a number 7 adult contemporary hit. "Baby You Belong" was only released as a single in Japan, but was used as the theme song for the 2002 film Lilo & Stitch. The song's music video features clips from the film. The album was produced primarily by Byron Gallimore and Dann Huff, who also worked on 1999's Breathe, with additional production from Hill and Marti Frederiksen.

Critical reception

Шаблон:Music ratings Cry received mixed reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 59, based on 8 reviews. Chris Willman of Entertainment Weekly praised Hill for taking stylistic risks but conceded that the album "invites some of the criticism that will inevitably come its way." Billboard wrote that "Cry is a confident effort, with Hill laying claim as queen of" pop-country, however the magazine also described the songs as "sometimes bland" and "repetitive." AllMusic writer Robert L. Doerschuk was ambivalent towards the album's production, writing that "her established skills as a song interpreter are lost in all this sturm und drang and her voice, while undeniably powerful at its peak, doesn't have the range that allows most singers in this style... to at least milk the material."

Rolling Stone found the album to be "contrived" and impersonal, with Barry Walters writing, "[Hill is] an expert in the yelps and sighs that signify pop passion, and what she lacks in personality she makes up for with power, professionalism and unfailing hooks." Robert Hillburn of the Los Angeles Times was particularly critical, rating the album one-and-a-half stars out of four. "The songs ... are mediocre," he writes, "her vocals are rarely convincing, and the arrangements are ham-fisted."

In a piece commemorating Cry's tenth anniversary, Billy Dukes of Taste of Country theorized that the polarizing opinions on the album were a result of the "building tension" at the time between country "purists" and fans of the contemporary pop influences.

Commercial performance

Cry debuted at number one on both the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and the all-genre Billboard 200 chart dated November 2, 2002. The album sold over 472,000 copies in its first week, marking the highest first week sales of Hill's career and also setting a new record for the largest first-week sales figure by a solo female country artist since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991; the record was later broken just a few weeks later when fellow country singer Shania Twain would debuted at number one with over 867,000 copies sold first week for her 2002 album Up!. It would only spend one week at number one on the Billboard 200 and only spent 39 weeks total, Hill's second shortest chart run with a solo album. On the country charts, it would spend three non-consecutive weeks at number one and overall 63 weeks on the chart to date; Cry is one of only two of Hill's solo albums to not spend at least 100 weeks on the country charts.

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Weekly chart performance for Cry by Faith Hill

Chart (2002)	Peak position
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)	2
European Top 100 Albums (Music & Media)	49

Year end charts

Year-end chart performance for Cry by Faith Hill

Chart (2002)	Position
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)	11
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)	37
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)	6
US Billboard 200	61
US Country Albums (Billboard)	9
Worldwide Albums (IFPI)	27
Chart (2003)	Position
Australian Country Albums (ARIA)	15
US Billboard 200	36
US Country Albums (Billboard)	5

Decade end charts

Chart (2000–09)	Position
US Billboard 200	179

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
2002	"Cry"	Best Female Country Vocal Performance

External links

• Шаблон:Metacritic album
• Cry at AllMusic