This Is Me
Studio album by
Randy Travis
ReleasedApril 26, 1994
GenreCountry
Length33:40
LabelWarner Bros. Nashville
ProducerKyle Lehning
Randy Travis chronology
Wind in the Wire
(1993) 		This Is Me
(1994) 		Full Circle
(1996)
Singles from This Is Me
  1. "Before You Kill Us All"
    Released: February 28, 1994
  2. "Whisper My Name"
    Released: May 30, 1994
  3. "This Is Me"
    Released: October 10, 1994
  4. "The Box"
    Released: February 6, 1995
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]
Robert Christgau(1-star Honorable Mention)[5]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]
Q[4]
Rolling Stone[6]

This Is Me is the ninth studio album by American country music artist Randy Travis. It was released on April 26, 1994 by Warner Records. Producer Kyle Lehning, Travis, and A&R Martha Sharp considered more than 1,000 songs before settling on the final ten.[7] The tracks "Before You Kill Us All", "Whisper My Name", "This Is Me", and "The Box" were all released as singles, peaking at #2, #1, #5, and #8, respectively, on the Billboard country music charts. "Small Y'all" was later recorded by George Jones on his 1998 album It Don't Get Any Better Than This.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Honky Tonky Side of Town"Jerry Phillips, Troy Seals, Eddie Setser3:09
2."Before You Kill Us All"Max T. Barnes, Keith Follesé3:24
3."That's Where I Draw the Line"Trey Bruce, Roger Brown3:20
4."Whisper My Name"Bruce3:11
5."Small Y'all"Bobby Braddock2:55
6."Runaway Train"Larry Gatlin, Jerry Steve Smith3:22
7."This Is Me"Tom Shapiro, Thom McHugh3:26
8."The Box"Randy Travis, Buck Moore3:21
9."Gonna Walk That Line"Jamie O'Hara, Kieran Kane3:19
10."Oscar the Angel"Don Schlitz4:25

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1994) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 10
U.S. Billboard 200 59
Canadian RPM Country Albums 5

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Chicago Tribune review
  3. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  4. ^ Album reviews at CD Universe
  5. ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
  6. ^ Rolling Stone review
  7. ^ Bessman, Jim (1994-03-26), "New Warner set returns Travis to country spotlite". Billboard. 106 (13):14


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