• > Home
  • > Artists
  • > Faith Hill
  • > Albums
  • > Take Me as I Am

    • Faith Hill

    Take Me as I Am

    01/01/1994 | Warner Bros / Wea 

    Submit Your Review

    Videos from Take Me as I Am

    All Music Guide Review

    Faith Hill's debut established the willowy singer as the lady-in-waiting to Reba McEntire's throne. Like McEntire, Hill's voice could crackle just as well as it sparkled, and Take Me as I Am allowed her to do both. The wide-open abandon of the hit single "Wild One" was immediate and undeniable, and Hill delivered the vocal with sassy, youthful exuberance. But she was just as convincing on the low-key heart-tugger "Just About Now" and the Gary Burr-penned ballad "Just Around the Eyes." She figured out a way to channel Janis Joplin's vocal during a country-fried retelling of "Piece of My Heart," in spite of a canned meat-quality backing track, and handled the Larry Steward duet "I've Got This Friend" with ease. By focusing Hill's vocal and supporting her with unobtrusive instrumentation, producers Burr and Scott Hendricks helped make Take Me as I Am that much more effective, and ensured that no one would forget about Hill anytime soon. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

    Similar Albums

    Credits

    • John Kunz
    • Overdubs, Assistant Engineer, Assistant Producer


    ARTISTdirect plus

    What's Hot from ARTISTdirect