Jessie James (album)
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| Studio album by Jessie James | ||||
| Released | August 10, 2009 (Digital) August 11, 2009 |
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| Recorded | 2008–2009 | |||
| Genre | Country, pop | |||
| Length | 42:45 | |||
| Label | Mercury Records, Island Def Jam | |||
| Producer | Julian Bunetta, Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Mitch Allan, David Hodges, John Rich, Mick Schultz, John Fields, Ted Bruner, Trey Vittetoe | |||
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| Singles from Jessie James | ||||
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| Billboard | (positive) |
| Entertainment Weekly | (B+) |
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Jessie James is the debut album by the American country-pop singer-songwriter Jessie James. The album was released on August 11, 2009 by Mercury Records. The album charted on the Billboard 200 at #23 on its debut week, selling about 18,575 copies.
The song "Wanted" was the album's lead single on April 14, 2009 and peaked at No. 40 on the Billboard Hot 100. The second single "I Look So Good (Without You)" was released on August 25, 2009, and peaked at No. 138 on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart, as well as No. 4 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The third single "My Cowboy" was released on November 10, 2009.
The song "Blue Jeans" was featured on the soundtrack of the film Confessions of a Shopaholic.
The album received positive reviews according to Metacritic, scoring 73 out of 100. Michael Menachem of Billboard with regard to the many genres present on the album said that James had "a voice that seems to work with many genres". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic thought the album was "inspired, original pop" but said it came short of being actual country music." Mikael Wood Entertainment Weekly said that "James falter[ed] on a handful of snoozy power ballads but play[ed] one heck of a small town kitten on up-tempo number."
Credits for Jessie James adapted from Allmusic
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