My World (Cyndi Thomson album) explained

My World
Type:	studio
Artist:	Cyndi Thomson
Cover:	cyndiworld.jpg
Studio:	The Money Pit (Nashville, TN) Loud Recording (Nashville, TN)
Genre:	Country
Length:	35:36
Label:	Capitol Nashville

My World is the only studio album by American country music artist Cyndi Thomson, released on July 31, 2001, via Capitol Nashville. Production was provided by Tommy Lee James and Paul Worley, while Thomson co-wrote eight of the album's eleven tracks.

This album contains her single "What I Really Meant to Say", which became her only number one single on the US Hot Country Songs chart. Follow-up singles "I Always Liked That Best" and "I'm Gone" both cracked top-forty while the final single "If You Could Only See" failed to enter the chart. The album has been certified Gold by the RIAA.^[1] This is Thomson's only studio album to date, as in 2002 she announced she would quit the music industry; Thomson however has recorded some songs since then.

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.^[2]

• J. T. Corenflos — electric guitar, 12-string guitar
• Dan Dugmore — steel guitar, mandolin, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, dobro
• Stuart Duncan — fiddle
• David Huff — drum programming, percussion
• Tommy Lee James — background vocals
• Tim Lauer — accordion
• John Mock — penny whistle
• Greg Morrow — drums, percussion
• Steve Nathan — keyboards, piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
• Alison Prestwood — bass guitar
• Randy Scruggs — banjo, mandolin, acoustic guitar
• Cyndi Thomson — lead vocals, background vocals
• Biff Watson — acoustic guitar
• Paul Worley — acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, slide guitar
• Jonathan Yudkin — fiddle, violin, viola, cello

Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine and arranged by Rob Mathes.

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
Canadian Country Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)^[3]	83
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	50
Chart (2002)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	38

Notes and References

1. Web site: RIAA Gold & Platinum – Cundi Thomson . June 7, 2009 . Recording Industry Association of America.
2. My World . Cyndi Thomson . 2001 . CD booklet . Capitol Records . 26010.
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20020701173700/http://jamshowbiz.com/JamMusicCharts/2001_country.html. July 1, 2002. Top 100 country albums of 2001 in Canada. Jam!. March 28, 2022.
4. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2001. Billboard. October 20, 2020.
5. Top Country Albums – Year-End 2002. Billboard. October 20, 2020.