This Is Me is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on April 26, 1994 by Warner Records. Producer Kyle Lehning, Travis, and A&R Martha Sharp considered more than 1,000 songs before settling on the final ten.[7] The tracks "Before You Kill Us All", "Whisper My Name", "This Is Me", and "The Box" were all released as singles, peaking at #2, #1, #5, and #8, respectively, on the Billboard country music charts. "Small Y'all" was later recorded by George Jones on his 1998 album It Don't Get Any Better Than This.
Track listing
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Personnel
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- Randy Travis – lead vocals
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – acoustic piano, electric piano (4)
- Dennis Burnside – keyboards (2, 4-8), electric piano (10)
- Jay Spell – electric piano (9)
- Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar (1-3, 5, 6, 10), electric guitar (4), electric slide guitar (4)
- Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
- Brent Mason – electric guitar (1, 6)
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. – electric guitar (1-7)
- Steve Gibson – electric guitar (2, 5, 6, 8-10)
- Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (7)
- Chris Leuzinger – acoustic guitar (8, 9)
- Doyle Grisham – steel guitar (1, 3, 5-8, 10)
- Kayton Robbins – steel guitar (1, 5)
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar (2, 6)
- Jerry Douglas – dobro (6, 9)
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- Paul Leim – drums (1-6, 8, 9)
- Harry Stinson – drums (7)
- Larrie Londin – drums (10)
- Tom Roady – percussion (10)
- Jim Hoke – soprano saxophone (1), tenor saxophone (1)
- Hank Singer – fiddle (1-3, 5, 6, 8, 9)
- Mark O'Connor – fiddle (10)
- Curtis Young – backing vocals (1-3, 5-10)
- Bruce Dees – backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 7)
- Cindy Richardson-Walker – backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 7)
- Lisa Silver – backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 7, 10)
- Dennis Wilson – backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 7, 10)
- Suzi Ragsdale – backing vocals (4)
- Darrell Scott – backing vocals (4)
- Verlon Thompson – backing vocals (4)
- Sheri Huffman – backing vocals (10)
- John Wesley Ryles – backing vocals (10)
- Diane Vanette – backing vocals (10)
Production
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- Martha Sharp – A&R direction
- Kyle Lehning – producer, mixing
- Joe Bogan – original track recording, overdub recording
- John Kunz – track recording assistant
- Steve Tveit – track recording assistant
- Marshall Morgan – overdub recording
- Toby Seay – overdub recording
- Neal Morgan – overdub recording assistant
- Jason Lehning – mix assistant
- Kirt Odle – mix assistant
- Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California)
- Jason P. Stelutto – production assistant
- Janice Azrak – art direction
- Simon Levy – design
- Garrett Rittenberry – design
- Firooz Zahedi – photography
- Elizabeth Travis – management
Chart performance
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Chart (1994)
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Peak position
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums
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10
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U.S. Billboard 200
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59
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Canadian RPM Country Albums
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5
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References
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