Lady & Gentlemen is the thirteenth studio album by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 recording artist LeAnn Rimes

LeAnn Rimes

LeAnn Rimes is an American country/pop singer. She is known for her rich vocals and her rise to fame as an eight-year-old champion on the original Ed McMahon version of Star Search, followed by the release of the Patsy Cline-intended single "Blue" when Rimes was only age 13, resulting in her...

. The album is Rimes' second cover album (the first being her self-titled album

LeAnn Rimes (album)

-Charts:LeAnn Rimes debuted at #8 on Billboard 200 with 115,000 copies sold in its first week.-Peak positions:-Year end-chart:-Sales:-References:...

.) The only new songs on the album are the two bonus tracks, "Crazy Woman" and "Give

Give (song)

"Give" is the third single by American country recording artist LeAnn Rimes from her album Lady & Gentlemen. The song is written by Connie Harrington, Sonya Isaacs and Jimmy Yeary.-Background:...

". It was released on September 27, 2011 by Curb Records

Curb Records

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. Rimes co-produced the album with country singer Vince Gill

Vince Gill

Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...

 and Darrell Brown

Darrell Brown (musician)

Darrell Brown is an American songwriter, arranger and record producer.Brown co-writing and producing songs with Robby Armstrong for upcoming Colin Firth and Cameron Diaz and film titled "Gambit". Filming in London and scripted by the Coen Brothers...

. A vinyl

LP record

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 record of the album was released on the same day.

Singles

The first single released for the album was a cover of John Anderson

John Anderson (musician)

John David Anderson is an American country music artist with a successful career that has lasted more than 30 years...

's 1983 single, "Swingin'" on June 8, 2010. The second single, "Crazy Women", was released on November 8, 2010. A third single, "Give

Give (song)

"Give" is the third single by American country recording artist LeAnn Rimes from her album Lady & Gentlemen. The song is written by Connie Harrington, Sonya Isaacs and Jimmy Yeary.-Background:...

", was released on June 14, 2011.

Critical response

Lady & Gentleman received positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic

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, which assigns a normalized

Standard score

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 rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average

Weighted mean

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 score of 75, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Allmusic editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine

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 gave it 3.5 out of 5 stars and called it "a collection of masculine country classics reinterpreted by a female singer."

Track listing

Credits and personnel

• Credits for Lady & Gentlemen adapted from liner notes.

• Ben Fowler — additional recording
• Brian Scheuble — additional engineering
• Darrell Brown — executive producer, producer, arrangement, additional engineering
• Chris Galland — assistant alternate mixing
• Drew Bollman — recording
• Erik Madrid — assistant alternate mixing
• Jenny Gill — production assistant
• John Hobbs — producer
• Joshua Blanchard — assistant engineering

• Justin Neibank — producer, mixer, recording
• LeAnn Rimes — executive producer, producer, arrangement
• Leigh Brannon - production assistant
• Manny Marroquin - alternate mixing
• Matt Rausch — assistant recording
• Paul Smith — assistant recording
• Ryder Brown — engineering intern
• The Time Jumpers — band*
• Vince Gill — producer, arrangement**

*Notes: The Time Jumpers appear courtesy of The Crosswind Music Group

**Notes: Vince Gill appears courtesy of MCA Nashville.

Album charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	96
UK Top Country Albums	2
US Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	32
US Billboard Top Country Albums	7

Single charts

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...	US Dance
2010	"Swingin'"	57	—
	"Crazy Women"	40	—
2011	"Give Give (song) "Give" is the third single by American country recording artist LeAnn Rimes from her album Lady & Gentlemen. The song is written by Connie Harrington, Sonya Isaacs and Jimmy Yeary.-Background:... "	47	26
"—" denotes releases that did not chart