Sittin' on Top of the World (LeAnn Rimes album)

Sittin' on Top of the World is the third studio album by American singer LeAnn Rimes, released in the United States on May 5, 1998, by Curb Records. The album has been certified Platinum. It contains cover versions of "Insensitive" by Jann Arden, "Sittin' on Top of the World" by Amanda Marshall, "Purple Rain" by Prince, and "Rock Me (In the Cradle of Love)" by Deborah Allen. The album also includes three singles which were released to country radio, "Commitment", "Nothin' New Under the Moon" and "These Arms of Mine", and one to adult contemporary, ""Feels Like Home".

Critical reception
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic gave the album 2.5 out of 5 stars, writing that "Only three songs have any country feel to them, and they just barely fit that description…Most of the record consists of mid-tempo pop songs".

Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.


 * LeAnn Rimes – lead vocals, backing vocals (4, 5, 8, 11, 13), percussion (9)
 * Steve Nathan – keyboards (1)
 * Gary Leach – keyboards (1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13, 14), backing vocals (1–7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14), acoustic piano (3, 9, 13, 14), acoustic guitar (13), arrangements
 * Kelly Glenn – keyboards (3, 8, 15), acoustic piano (7), backing vocals (15)
 * Randy Fouts – acoustic piano (6, 12)
 * Marty Walsh – electric guitar (1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14), acoustic guitar (1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 14)
 * Glynn Flemming – electric guitar (2, 15)
 * Jerry Metheny – electric guitar (2, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15), acoustic guitar (3, 10)
 * Milo Deering – acoustic guitar (1, 2, 6, 8, 11–15), mandolin (5), steel guitar (5–8, 12, 14), electric guitar (6, 12), fiddle (6, 8, 10), dobro (10)
 * Kevin Bailey – acoustic guitar (3, 10)
 * Junior Knight – acoustic guitar (3), steel guitar (9)
 * Curtis Randall – bass (1–5, 7–11, 13, 14, 15), backing vocals (9, 15)
 * Bob Gentry – bass (6, 12), assisting arrangements
 * Dan Wojciechowski – drums
 * Carl Albrecht – percussion (1, 4, 5, 10, 11, 13)
 * Fred Glieber – percussion (3, 7)
 * Greg Hunt – assisting arrangements
 * Wilbur C. Rimes – assisting arrangements
 * Perry Coleman – backing vocals (1, 5, 13, 14)
 * Chastity Marie – backing vocals (1, 5, 14)
 * Stephanie Marie – backing vocals (1, 5, 14)
 * Rita Baloche – backing vocals (3, 6, 7, 10, 12)
 * Debi Lee – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 10)
 * Matthew Ward – backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 10)
 * Terry Casburn – backing vocals (6, 12)
 * Bryan White – backing vocals (8)

Production

 * Wilbur C. Rimes – producer, mixing
 * Greg Hunt – chief engineer, mixing, mastering
 * Austin Deptula – assistant engineer, editing
 * Gary Leach – assistant engineer, mixing, editing
 * J. B. Patterson – assistant engineer
 * Doug Sax – mastering
 * The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
 * Sue Allen – design coordinator
 * Glenn Sweitzer and Fresh Design – art direction, design
 * Andrew Eccles – photography
 * Trish Townsend – wardrobe stylist
 * Debra Wingo – hair stylist, make-up

Charts
Sittin' on Top of the World debuted at #4 on Billboard 200 in its 1st week with 156,500 copies sold, it peaked at #3 in its 2nd week. The album spent 3 weeks in top 10 and 37 weeks in Billboard 200.