You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs

You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs
Studio album by
LeAnn Rimes
ReleasedSeptember 9, 1997
Recorded1996−97
StudioRosewood Studio
(Tyler, Texas)
McClain Studios
(Dallas, Texas)
Starstruck Studios
(Nashville, Tennessee)
KD Studios
(Nashville, Tennessee)
Curb Studios
(Nashville, Tennessee)
Barking Dog Studios
(Mt. Kisco, New York)
Genre
Length43:33
LabelCurb
Producer
LeAnn Rimes chronology
Unchained Melody: The Early Years
(1997) 		You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs
(1997) 		Sittin' on Top of the World
(1998)
Singles from You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs
  1. "How Do I Live"
    Released: May 23, 1997
  2. "You Light Up My Life"
    Released: August 26, 1997
  3. "On the Side of Angels"
    Released: October 11, 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert Christgau(dud)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC−[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs, or simply You Light Up My Life, is the fourth studio album by the American country singer LeAnn Rimes. Released in the United States by Curb Records on September 9, 1997, when Rimes was 15 years old, it followed her debut album Blue. The album was hugely successful but many critics thought that much of the material did not do Rimes' talent justice. The album has been certified 4× Platinum by the RIAA. When the album topped the Billboard 200, Rimes became the third artist under eighteen to have had two albums reach number one on the chart.[5]

  1. ^ Owens, Thom. You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs at AllMusic
  2. ^ Browne, David (September 12, 1997). "You Light Up My Life Review". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on January 22, 2007. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "CG: LeAnn Rimes". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved October 17, 2012.
  4. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 692. ISBN 9780743201698.
  5. ^ Lynch, Joe. "Solo Artists Who Scored a No. 1 Album Before Turning 18". Billboard. Retrieved May 23, 2021.