Lila (album)

Lila
Lila
Studio album by Lila McCann
Released	June 17, 1997
Genre	Country
Length	38:10
Label	Asylum
Producer	Mark Spiro
Lila McCann chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Country Standard Time	link
Entertainment Weekly	B- link

Lila is the debut album of American country music singer Lila McCann. Released in 1997 on Asylum Records, the album produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts: "Down Came a Blackbird" (#28), "I Wanna Fall in Love" (#3, McCann's highest-charting single), a cover of Sheena Easton's "Almost Over You" (#42) and finally, "Yippy Ky Yay" (#63). The album itself has been certified platinum by the RIAA for U.S. shipments of one million copies, and it was the highest-selling debut album by a country artist in 1997.

Track listing[]

"I Wanna Fall in Love" (Buddy Brock, Mark Spiro) – 4:19
"Just One Little Kiss" (Greg Barnhill, Kim Carnes) – 2:50
"Almost Over You" (Jennifer Kimball, Cindy Richardson) – 3:31
"Down Came a Blackbird" (Michael Smotherman, Spiro) – 3:57
"Already Somebody's Lover" (Spiro) – 3:35
"Changing Faces" (Lila McCann, Spiro) – 4:07
"Yippy Ky Yay" (Spiro, Andrew Gold) – 4:07
"I Feel for You" (Brock, Shara Johnson) – 3:14
"Saddle My Dreams" (Tim Pierce, Spiro) – 3:28
"A Rain of Angels" (Michael Dulaney, Jannie Littlepage) – 5:00

Personnel[]

Adapted from liner notes.^[1]

Mike Brignardello - bass guitar
Dennis Burnside - piano
Larry Byrom - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Kim Carnes - background vocals (track 2)
Stuart Duncan - fiddle, mandolin, dobro
Dan Dugmore - steel guitar and electric dobro (track 2)
Paul Franklin - steel guitar
Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
John Hobbs - piano, keyboards, additional piano and keyboard overdubs (tracks 1, 4, 5, 8)
Dann Huff - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Jana King-Evans - background vocals (track 1)
Liana Manis - background vocals (track 9)
Brent Mason - electric guitar
Lila McCann - lead vocals, background vocals
Terry McMillan - harmonica (track 5)
Mark Spiro - background vocals
Lonnie Wilson - drums

Charts[]

Weekly charts[]

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)	10
US Billboard 200^[2]	86
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	8
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[4]	1

Year-end charts[]

Chart (1997)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	52
Chart (1998)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[6]	33

References[]

^ Lila (CD booklet). Lila McCann. Asylum Records. 1997. 62042-2.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Lila McCann Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
^ "Lila McCann Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
^ "Lila McCann Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

Allmusic (see infobox)

[liner-1] Lila (CD booklet). Lila McCann. Asylum Records. 1997. 62042-2.CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[ac_Billboard200_Lila_McCann-2] "Lila McCann Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Lila_McCann-3] "Lila McCann Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

[ac_BillboardHeatseekers_Lila_McCann-4] "Lila McCann Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

[5] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

[6] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

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Studio albums	Lila Something in the Air Complete
Notable singles	"Down Came a Blackbird" "I Wanna Fall in Love" "Almost Over You" "With You"