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Take Me as I Am
Studio album by Faith Hill
Released	October 12, 1993
Recorded	Woodland Recording Studios, Midtown Tone and Volume, and The Soundshop, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	34:07
Label	Warner Bros. Nashville
Producer	Gary Burr Mike Clute Scott Hendricks
Professional reviews
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Faith Hill chronology
Take Me as I Am 1993) It Matters to Me (1995)

Take Me as I Am is the debut album by country artist Faith Hill, released in 1993 (see 1993 in music) on Warner Bros. Records Nashville and has been certified 3× Multi-Platinum in the United States for sales of three million copies.

Four singles were released from the album. The first two — "Wild One" and "Piece of My Heart" — reached No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1994. "Wild One," the tale of a rebellious teen-aged girl in conflict with her parents' more conservative ways, was the lead-off single, spending four weeks at No. 1 that January and giving Hill the longest-reigning chart-topping debut single for a female artist since 1964's "Once a Day" by Connie Smith.

"Piece of My Heart," a cover of the 1968 song by Big Brother and the Holding Company (featuring Janis Joplin) was issued as the follow-up. The third single, "But I Will", failed to break the Top 30, but Hill's fourth release in late 1994 (the title track) reached No. 2.

Track listing

1. "Take Me as I Am" (Bob DiPiero, Karen Staley) – 3:17
2. "Wild One" (Jaime Kyle, Pat Bunch, Will Rambeaux) – 2:45
3. "Just About Now" (Gary Burr, Jon Vezner) – 2:57
4. "Piece of My Heart" (Bert Berns, Jerry Ragovoy) – 4:01
5. "I've Got This Friend" (Faith Hill, Bruce Burch, Vern Dant) – 3:46
   • duet with Larry Stewart
6. "Life's Too Short to Love Like That" (Sandy Ramos) – 2:37
7. "But I Will" (Troy Seals, Eddie Setser, Larry Stewart) – 3:47
8. "Just Around the Eyes" (Burr) – 3:07
9. "Go the Distance" (Trey Bruce, Thom McHugh, Hill) – 3:02
10. "I Would Be Stronger Than That" (Burr) – 4:48

Singles

• Wild One - September 1993
• Piece Of My Heart - January 13, 1994
• But I Will - May 12, 1994
• Take Me as I Am - September 1994

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

All tracks except "Just Around the Eyes"

• Gary Burr - background vocals
• John Catchings - cello
• Bill Cuomo - synthesizer
• Stuart Duncan - mandolin, fiddle
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar, Dobro
• Dann Huff - electric guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis - piano
• Mary Ann Kennedy - background vocals
• Mark Luna - background vocals
• Brent Mason - electric guitar
• Terry McMillan - congas, cymbals, tambourine
• Don Potter - acoustic guitar
• Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
• Pam Rose - background vocals
• Victoria Shaw - background vocals
• Karen Staley - background vocals
• Larry Stewart - background vocals
• Cindy Richardson Walker - background vocals
• Ron Wallace - background vocals
• Lari White - background vocals
• Lonnie Wilson - drums

On "Just Around the Eyes"

• Gary Burr - background vocals
• Jerry Douglas - Dobro
• Rob Hajacos - fiddle
• Terry McMillan - percussion
• Edgar Meyer - acoustic bass guitar
• Harry Stinson - drums
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar
• Glenn Worf - electric bass guitar

Production

• Producers: Gary Burr (all tracks except "Just Around the Eyes"); Mike Clute and Scott Hendricks ("Just Around the Eyes" only)
• Assistant producer: John Kunz
• Engineers: Mike Clute, John Kelton
• Assistant engineers: Jon "JD" Dickson, Amy Hughes, John Kunz, Shawn McLean, Wayne Morgan, Herb Tassin
• Mixing: Scott Hendricks
• Mastering: Denny Purcell
• Overdubs: Scott Hendricks, John Kunz
• Art direction: Laura LiPuma
• Design: Garrett Rittenberry
• Photography: Aaron Rapoport
• Make-up: Eric Bernard, Beth Katz

Charts

Album

- Billboard (North America)