I Hope You Dance

• Artist: Lee Ann Womack
• Rating:
• Release Date: May 23, 2000
• Total Time: 19:14
• Type: Lyrics are included with the album, Enhanced CD-ROM
• Genre: Country

Review

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

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
The Healing Kind	Ronnie Bowman, Greg Luck	Lee Ann Womack	(3:02)
I Hope You Dance	Mark D. Sanders, Tia Sillers	Lee Ann Womack	(4:54)
After I Fall	Mark Wright, Bill Kenner, Ron Rogers	Lee Ann Womack	(3:03)
Stronger Than I Am	Bobbie Cryner	Lee Ann Womack	(3:37)
I Know Why the River Runs	Julie Miller	Lee Ann Womack	(4:57)
Why They Call It Falling	Roxie Dean	Lee Ann Womack	(3:35)
Ashes By Now	Rodney Crowell	Lee Ann Womack	(4:11)
Thinkin' With My Heart Again	Dean Dillon, Donny Kees	Lee Ann Womack	(2:53)
I Feel Like I'm Forgetting Something	Lee Ann Womack, Jason Sellers, Wynn Varble	Lee Ann Womack	(3:30)
Lonely Too	Bruce Robison	Lee Ann Womack	(9:53)
Does My Ring Burn Your Finger	Julie Miller, Buddy Miller	Lee Ann Womack	(6:25)
Lord, I Hope This Day Is Good	David Hanner	Lee Ann Womack	(2:56)

Credits

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

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