Fireflies | ||||
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Studio album by Faith Hill | ||||
Released | August 2, 2005 | |||
Recorded | March–November 2004 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 54:36 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
Producer |
Byron Gallimore Faith Hill Dann Huff |
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Singles from Fireflies | ||||
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Professional ratings | |
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (57/100) |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Billboard | (favorable) |
Blender | |
E! Online | B+ |
Entertainment Weekly | C+ |
Los Angeles Times | |
The New York Times | (mixed) |
Rolling Stone | |
Slant Magazine | |
Stylus Magazine | C |
Fireflies is the sixth studio album by country artist Faith Hill. The album was released on August 2, 2005. In its first week, the album sold 329,000 copies, making it the #1 album on both the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums chart. Fireflies is her third #1 album, and it has been certified 2× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA for US shipments of two million copies. Hill produced the album with Byron Gallimore (who also produced for her husband, Tim McGraw) and Dann Huff. This album has sold 3.8 million copies worldwide.
Singles from the album include, in order of release: "Mississippi Girl", "Like We Never Loved at All", "The Lucky One", "Sunshine and Summertime" and "Stealing Kisses". Of these, "Mississippi Girl" was a Number One on the US Billboard country charts. The other singles peaked at numbers 5, 5, 7 and 36 on that chart, respectively. Of the singles, "Mississippi Girl", "Like We Never Loved at All" and "Sunshine and Summertime" were co-written by John Rich of Big & Rich, while The Warren Brothers (Brad and Brett) co-wrote "The Lucky One", a song on which Brett also sings backing vocals. Other backing vocalists on this album include Hill's husband, Tim McGraw (on "Like We Never Loved at All"), Bekka Bramlett, Rhonda Vincent, and Kelly Willis.
As listed in liner notes.
Album
As of May 2010, the album has sold 2,270,000 copies in the US. To date, it has sold more than 3 million copies worldwide. On January 13, 2006, it was certified 2x Platinum by the RIAA.