It Matters to Me
{{Infobox album
| name = It Matters to Me
| type = studio
| artist = Faith Hill
| cover = Faith Hill - It Matters to Me.jpg
| alt =
| released = August 29, 1995
| recorded = 1994–1995
| venue =
| studio = Sound Shop (Nashville, Tennessee)
| genre = Country
| length = 36:00
| label = Warner Bros. Nashville
| producer = Scott Hendricks
Faith Hill
| prev_title = Take Me as I Am
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Faith
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{Singles
| name = It Matters to Me
| type = Studio album
| single1 = Let's Go to Vegas
| single1date = July 1995
| single2 = It Matters to Me
| single2date = November 14, 1995
| single3 = Someone Else's Dream
| single3date = February 1996
| single4 = You Can't Lose Me
| single4date = April 1996
| single5 = I Can't Do That Anymore
| single5date = October 7, 1996
}}
}}
It Matters to Me is the second studio album by American country music artist Faith Hill. It was released in August 1995 via Warner Bros. Records Nashville. Certified 4× Multi-Platinum by RIAA for shipments of four million copies, it produced five Top 10 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts: "Let's Go to Vegas", the title track, "Someone Else's Dream", "You Can't Lose Me", and "I Can't Do That Anymore".
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r221711/review}}
| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev2Score = B{{cite web|author=Alanna Nash |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,298574,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021155939/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,298574,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 21, 2012 |title=Music Review: 'It Matters To Me' Review |work=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 8, 1995 |access-date=February 25, 2012}}
| rev3 = Los Angeles Times
| rev3Score = {{Rating|2.5|4}}{{cite web |author=Randy Lewis |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-02-ca-41390-story.html |title=Album Reviews : In Brief (Faith Hill: It Matters to Me) |work=Los Angeles Times |date=1995-09-02 |access-date=December 22, 2012}}
| rev4 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide
}}
Track listing
{{track listing
| title1 = Someone Else's Dream
| writer1 = {{hlist|Trey Bruce|Craig Wiseman}}
| length1 = 3:37
| title2 = Let's Go to Vegas
| writer2 = Karen Staley
| length2 = 3:11
| title3 = It Matters to Me
| writer3 = {{hlist|Ed Hill|Mark D. Sanders}}
| length3 = 3:17
| title4 = Bed of Roses
| writer4 = {{hlist|Jaime Kyle|Will Rambeaux}}
| length4 = 3:05
| title5 = A Man's Home Is His Castle
| writer5 = Ariel Caten
| length5 = 4:16
| title6 = You Can't Lose Me
| writer6 = {{hlist|Bruce|Thom McHugh}}
| length6 = 3:52
| title7 = I Can't Do That Anymore
| writer7 = Alan Jackson
| length7 = 4:04
| title8 = A Room in My Heart
| writer8 = Sunny Russ
| length8 = 3:53
| title9 = You Will Be Mine
| writer9 = Rob Honey
| length9 = 3:15
| title10 = Keep Walkin' On
| note10 = with Shelby Lynne
| writer10 = {{hlist|Staley|Tricia Walker}}
| length10 = 3:28
|total_length = 36:00
}}
Personnel
- Gary Carter – pedal steel guitar
- Ashley Cleveland – background vocals
- Bill Cuomo – synthesizer
- Dan Dugmore – pedal steel guitar, lap steel guitar
- Paul Franklin – pedal steel guitar
- Trey Gray – drums
- Lisa Gregg – background vocals
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- John Hobbs – piano, Hammond B-3 organ
- Steve Hornbeak – background vocals
- Dann Huff – electric guitar
- Robert Johnson – background vocals
- Anthony Joyner – bass guitar
- Elaine Krisle – piano
- Carl Marsh – synthesizer
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Wendell Mobley – background vocals
- Matt Rollings – piano
- Pam Rose – background vocals
- Tom Rutledge – acoustic guitar
- Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitar
- Karen Staley – background vocals
- Harry Stinson – background vocals
- Russ Taff – background vocals
- Lou Toomey – electric guitar
- Billy Joe Walker Jr. – acoustic guitar
- Cindy Richardson Walker – background vocals
- Dennis Wilson – background vocals
- Lonnie Wilson – drums
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
- Reese Wynans – piano, Hammond B-3 organ
Hand claps on "Keep Walkin' On" performed by Mark Capps, Bill Cuomo, Paul Franklin, Darrell Franklin, Scott Hendricks, Faith Hill, Brent Mason, Michelle Perry, Michael Spriggs, Lonnie Wilson, and Glenn Worf.
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1995–1996)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Canadian Albums (RPM)
| 40 |
| scope="row"| Canadian Country Albums (RPM)
| 2 |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|29|artist=Faith Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=February 21, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCountry|4|artist=Faith Hill|rowheader=true|access-date=February 21, 2021}} |
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Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Canada|artist=Faith Hill|title=it Matters To Me|award=Platinum|number=4|certyear=1999|relyear=1995|access-date=August 31, 2019}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=United States|artist=Faith Hill|title=it Matters To Me|award=Platinum|number=4|certyear=2002|relyear=1995|access-date=August 31, 2019}}
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References
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