 | This articleneeds additional citations forverification. Please helpimprove this article byadding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Faith" Faith Hill album – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(December 2017) (Learn how and when to remove this message) |
| Faith | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 21, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
| Studio |
| |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 51:05 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros. Nashville | |||
| Producer | ||||
| Faith Hill chronology | ||||
| ||||
| Singles from Faith | ||||
| ||||
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B−[2] |
| Robert Christgau |  [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Faith is the third studio album by Americancountry music artistFaith Hill, released in 1998.
Due to the success of the single "This Kiss" in Australia and the UK, the album was released under the titleLove Will Always Win, featuring thetitle track, a new version of "Piece of My Heart" and two new versions of "Let Me Let Go", which replace "You Give Me Love", "My Wild Frontier", "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" and the original version of "Let Me Let Go". Other tracks on this album are mixed differently and remove some of the country elements and replacing them with a morepop sound. In some countries, "It Matters to Me", the title track and hit single from Hill's 1995 second albumIt Matters to Me, is also included as a bonus track.
"Better Days" was previously recorded byBekka & Billy on their 1997 debut albumBekka & Billy. "Love Will Always Win" was later issued as a single byGarth Brooks andTrisha Yearwood from Brooks' 2005 albumThe Lost Sessions. "I Love You" was originally recorded byCeline Dion for her 1996 album,Falling into You.
The album was released on April 21, 1998, and was nominated for theGrammy Award forBest Country Album at the41st Annual Grammy Awards. It was certified six-times Platinum by theRIAA for shipments of over six million copies in the United States. Two songs off of the album, "This Kiss" and "Let Me Let Go", were both nominated for theGrammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance at the 41st and42nd Annual Grammy Awards respectively.
North American version
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "This Kiss" |
| 3:15 |
| 2. | "You Give Me Love" | 3:37 | |
| 3. | "Let Me Let Go" |
| 4:25 |
| 4. | "Love Ain't Like That" |
| 3:50 |
| 5. | "Better Days" | 3:36 | |
| 6. | "My Wild Frontier" |
| 4:59 |
| 7. | "The Secret of Life" | Gretchen Peters | 4:14 |
| 8. | "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" (withTim McGraw) | Diane Warren | 4:29 |
| 9. | "Me" | 3:50 | |
| 10. | "I Love You" | Aldo Nova | 5:05 |
| 11. | "The Hard Way" |
| 3:50 |
| 12. | "Somebody Stand By Me" |
| 5:55 |
| Total length: | 51:05 | ||
International version –Love Will Always Win[5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "This Kiss" (Pop Version) |
| 3:17 |
| 2. | "Love Will Always Win" | 5:08 | |
| 3. | "Me" |
| 3:50 |
| 4. | "Let Me Let Go" (Movie Version) |
| 4:09 |
| 5. | "Love Ain't Like That" |
| 3:50 |
| 6. | "Piece of My Heart" (Pop Remix) |
| 3:39 |
| 7. | "The Secret of Life" | Peters | 4:16 |
| 8. | "Better Days" |
| 3:36 |
| 9. | "I Love You" | Nova | 5:05 |
| 10. | "The Hard Way" |
| 3:50 |
| 11. | "Somebody Stand By Me" |
| 5:55 |
| 12. | "Let Me Let Go" (Pop Remix) |
| 4:28 |
| 13. | "It Matters to Me" (Japanese and Australian bonus track) | 3:19 |
Weekly charts[edit]
| Year-end charts[edit]
|
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
|---|---|---|
| Australia (ARIA)[19] | Gold | 35,000^ |
| Canada (Music Canada)[20] | 4× Platinum | 400,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[21] | 6× Platinum | 6,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
rolling stone faith hill album guide.
