Fireflies (Faith Hill album)


Fireflies is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Faith Hill. The album was released on August 2, 2005 via Warner Bros. Records Nashville. In its first week, the album sold 329,000 copies, making it the top album on both the Billboard 200 and Top Country Albums chart. Fireflies is her third #1 album, and it has been certified 2× Platinum by the RIAA for US shipments of two million copies. Hill produced the album with Byron Gallimore and Dann Huff.

Content

Singles from the album include, in order of release: "Mississippi Girl", "Like We Never Loved at All", "The Lucky One", "Sunshine and Summertime" and "Stealing Kisses". Of these, "Mississippi Girl" was a Number One on the US Billboard country charts. The other singles peaked at numbers 5, 5, 7 and 36 on that chart, respectively. Of the singles, "Mississippi Girl", "Like We Never Loved at All" and "Sunshine and Summertime" were co-written by John Rich of Big & Rich, while The Warren Brothers co-wrote "The Lucky One", a song on which Brett also sings backing vocals. Other backing vocalists on this album include Hill's husband, Tim McGraw, Bekka Bramlett, Rhonda Vincent, and Kelly Willis.
Hill produced the entire album, with co-production from Byron Gallimore on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, and 12, Dann Huff on 7, 8, 13, and 14, and both Gallimore and Huff on 2 and 11.

Critical reception

At Metacritic, the album has an average score of 57, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Track listing

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.
;Musicians
;String section on "Paris"
;Production

Charts

Album
Chart Peak
position
US Top Country Albums1
US Billboard 2001
World Albums Top 401
ARIA Country Albums4
Canadian Albums Chart2
Swiss Albums Top 10037
Sweden Albums Top 6045
Italy Albums Top 5046

Certifications