I Need You (album)
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| Compilation album by LeAnn Rimes | ||||
| Released | January 30, 2001 March 26, 2002 (re-issue) |
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| Recorded | 1999–2002 SARM West Coast (London, England), Royal Tone Studios (Los Angeles, California), The Town House Studios (London, England) East Iris Studios (Nashville, Tennessee), The Village Recorders (Los Angeles, California) |
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| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 59:59 | |||
| Label | Curb | |||
| Producer | Wilbur C. Rimes, LeAnn Rimes, Chuck Howard, Mike Curb, Trevor Horn, Peter Collins, David Foster | |||
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| AllMusic |  |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+ |
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I Need You is the third compilation album from American recording artist LeAnn Rimes. The album was first released on January 30, 2001, through Curb Records to help satisfy Rimes' recording contract obligations during litigation with the label and her management. Rimes publicly disowned the album just days after its release, causing it to be discontinued. The album was then officially released by Rimes on March 26, 2002, with four additional tracks and a new recording: "Light the Fire Within". In 2008, the album was released as a package with Rimes' debut album, Blue (1996).
I Need You received mixed reviews by music critics, who praised its pop appeal but criticized the selection of the songs, noting that none of them made a significant impact on the listeners. In the United States, the album peaked at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and reached number ten on the Billboard 200. Internationally, it peaked at number four on the Finnish Albums Chart, number ten on the Canadian Albums Chart, and number eleven on both the Austrian Albums Chart and the Irish Album Chart. The album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), among other organizations, and was certified platinum by both Music Canada and the IFPI Finland.
The tracks on I Need You were taken from various studio tracks released between 1999 and 2001, as well as B-sides tracks to help satisfy Rimes' recording contract obligations during litigation with the label and her management. During the litigation with her label, Rimes asked "that Curb give Rimes the rights to all past recordings and videos, give up all publishing interests in her compositions and destroy all currently available recordings." The album was publicly disowned by Rimes four days after its 2001 release, with Rimes stating that: "[t]his album was made without my creative input, it consists largely of unfinished material and songs that didn't make other albums ... I want to make abundantly clear to you that this album is not a reflection of myself as an artist but is solely the conception of Curb Records, and for that I am truly and deeply sorry."
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