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
Singles from Lila
	"Down Came a Blackbird"; Released: May 5, 1997; "I Wanna Fall in Love"; Released: September 15, 1997; "Almost Over You"; Released: February 23, 1998; "Yippy Ky Yay"; Released: June 8, 1998;

Lila is the debut album by American country music singer Lila McCann. Released in 1997 on Asylum Records, the album produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart: "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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
Country Standard Time	link
Entertainment Weekly	B− link

Track listing

*Lila* track listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Wanna Fall in Love"	Buddy Brock Mark Spiro	4:19
2.	"Just One Little Kiss"	Greg Barnhill Kim Carnes	2:50
3.	"Almost Over You"	Jennifer Kimball Cindy Richardson	3:31
4.	"Down Came a Blackbird"	Michael Smotherman Spiro	3:57
5.	"Already Somebody's Lover"	Spiro	3:35
6.	"Changing Faces"	Lila McCann Spiro	4:07
7.	"Yippy Ky Yay"	Spiro Andrew Gold	4:07
8.	"I Feel for You"	Brock Shara Johnson	3:14
9.	"Saddle My Dreams"	Tim Pierce Spiro	3:28
10.	"A Rain of Angels"	Michael Dulaney Jannie Littlepage	5:00
Total length:			38:10

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.^[6]

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^[7]	86
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[8]	8
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[9]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[10]	52
Chart (1998)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[11]	33

References

^ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1195. May 2, 1997. p. 58.
^ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1214. September 12, 1997. p. 71.
^ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1236. February 20, 1998. p. 77.
^ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1251. June 5, 1998. p. 60.
^ Lila at AllMusic
^ Lila (CD booklet). Lila McCann. Asylum Records. 1997. 62042-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: 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.

[1] "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1195. May 2, 1997. p. 58.

[2] "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1214. September 12, 1997. p. 71.

[3] "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1236. February 20, 1998. p. 77.

[4] "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1251. June 5, 1998. p. 60.

[5] Lila at AllMusic

[liner-6] Lila (CD booklet). Lila McCann. Asylum Records. 1997. 62042-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

[ac_Billboard200_Lila_McCann-7] "Lila McCann Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Lila_McCann-8] "Lila McCann Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

[ac_BillboardHeatseekers_Lila_McCann-9] "Lila McCann Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

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

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

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