Lila (album) explained

Lila
Type:	studio
Artist:	Lila McCann
Cover:	Lilaalbum.jpg
Genre:	Country
Length:	38:10
Label:	Asylum
Producer:	Mark Spiro
Next Title:	Something in the Air
Next Year:	1999

Lila is the debut album by American country music singer Lila McCann. Released in 1997 on Asylum Records, the album produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart: "Down Came a Blackbird" (#28), "I Wanna Fall in Love" (#3, McCann's highest-charting single), a cover of Sheena Easton's "Almost Over You" (#42) and finally, "Yippy Ky Yay" (#63). The album itself has been certified platinum by the RIAA for U.S. shipments of one million copies, and it was the highest-selling debut album by a country artist in 1997.

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.^[1]

• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar
• Dennis Burnside – piano
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Kim Carnes – background vocals (track 2)
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin, dobro
• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar and electric dobro (track 2)
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• John Hobbs – piano, keyboards, additional piano and keyboard overdubs (tracks 1, 4, 5, 8)
• Dann Huff – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Jana King-Evans – background vocals (track 1)
• Liana Manis – background vocals (track 9)
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• Lila McCann – lead vocals, background vocals
• Terry McMillan – harmonica (track 5)
• Mark Spiro – background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson – drums

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1997)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[2]	52
Chart (1998)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[3]	33

Notes and References

1. Lila . Lila McCann . 1997 . CD booklet . Asylum Records . 62042-2.
2. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997. Billboard. May 13, 2021.
3. Top Country Albums – Year-End 1998. Billboard. May 13, 2021.