BareNaked is the fourth studio album by actress and recording artist Jennifer Love Hewitt. It was released on October 8, 2002. The album became her most successful album to date, reaching the top 40 at no. 37 on the Billboard 200, making it her first album to appear on that chart. BareNaked spawned two singles, "BareNaked" and "Can I Go Now", and included a remake of Kris Kristofferson's "Me and Bobby McGee". The UK and Japanese editions of the album came with a bonus track called "Just Try", previously released as the B-side to "Can I Go Now".
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians Jennifer Love Hewitt – vocals, backing vocals Livingstone Brown – keyboards (1–5, 8), bass (1–5, 7, 8, 10, 11), programming (2, 3), acoustic guitar (2), additional programming (4, 8), Jamaican voice (6) Paul "Goldo" Goldowitz – keyboards (1, 5), programming (1, 5, 7, 9), guy vocals (7) Michael Parnell – keyboards (1) Alex Greggs – additional programming (2) Paul Lindemulder – acoustic piano (3) Meredith Brooks – electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 5), acoustic guitar (2, 4), backing vocals (2, 4, 9), guitars (3, 6–11) Emerson Swinford – acoustic guitar (1, 5), guitars (9) Dave Darling – additional guitars (4), programming (6), guitars (6), bass (6) Dustin Boyer – guitars (7, 11), bridge arrangements (7) Glen Holmen – bass (9) Abe Laboriel Jr. – drums (1–3, 5) Russ Miller – drums (4, 6–11), programming (4, 10, 11), strings (10) Andrew Boston – DJ (5) Chris Canute – original arrangements (10), hand drums (12) Windy Wagner – backing vocals (3, 5, 8, 11) Rochelle Gillard – backing vocals (4, 6) Sharon Perry – backing vocals (4, 6, 10) Rose Stone – backing vocals (4, 6) Carolyn Perry – backing vocals (10) Darlene Perry – backing vocals (10)
Production Meredith Brooks – producer, recording (1–11), Pro Tools editing (1–5, 7–11), mixing (4) Gregg Alexander – co-producer Jeff Peters – recording (1, 3, 4, 8) David N. Cole – recording (2, 5) Phil Kaffel – recording (4, 6, 7, 10–12) Dave Darling – recording (6) Goldo – recording (9), Pro Tools editing (9) Brad Haehnel – mixing (1, 3, 5–12), recording (9) Rich Travali – mixing (2) Livingstone Brown – mixing (4) Joseph Lobato – mix assistant (1, 3, 5–12), Pro Tools editing (4, 8) Rich Tapper – mix assistant (2) Jody Nachtigal – mix assistant (4), production coordinator Michael Parnell – Pro Tools editing (1, 3) Seth McLain – Pro Tools editing (2, 5) Jon Kruff – Pro Tools editing (10) Andy Goldmark – additional digital editing (1, 4) Peter Karr – additional digital editing (1, 4) Chaz Harper – mastering at Battery Studios (New York, NY) Nick Gamma – art direction, design Jackie Murphy – art direction, design Anthony Mandler – photography Agostina Lombardo – make-up Robert Steinkin – hair Rachel Rosenzweig – stylist David Guillod – management Jeff Norskog – management
Commercial performance
Barenaked was Hewitt's first album to chart in the United States and has sold 101,000 copies in the US to date.
Chart performance
Album + Chart performance for BareNaked Chart (2002) PeakpositionCanadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)45
Singles + Chart performance for singles from BareNaked Year Title Peak chart positions AUS NZ NL US US Adult 2002 "BareNaked" 6 26 73 124 31 2003 "Can I Go Now" 12 — 8 — — "—" denotes the single did not chart
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