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BareNaked

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BareNaked
Studio album by
Jennifer Love Hewitt
ReleasedOctober 8, 2002
Length44:44
LabelJive
Producer
Jennifer Love Hewitt chronology
Jennifer Love Hewitt
(1996) 		BareNaked
(2002) 		Cool With You: The Platinum Collection
(2006)
Singles from BareNaked
  1. "BareNaked"
    Released: July 8, 2002[1]
  2. "Can I Go Now"
    Released: January 13, 2003[2]
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic47/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Blender[3]
Entertainment WeeklyD+[5]
Q[3]
Rolling Stone[6]

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

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BareNaked track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."BareNaked"Jennifer Love Hewitt, Meredith Brooks, Guy Erez, Emerson Swinford3:42
2."Can I Go Now"Brooks, Livingstone Brown, Mike Stevens3:36
3."You"Hewitt, Brooks3:41
4."Hey Everybody"Hewitt, Brooks, Brown4:07
5."Where You Gonna Run To?"Hewitt, Brooks, Paul Goldo3:33
6."I Know You Will"Hewitt, Brooks, David Darling3:18
7."Rock the Roll"Hewitt, Brooks, Goldo,3:44
8."Stand in Your Way"Brooks, Brown, Shelly Peiken4:13
9."First Time"Brooks, Guy Erez, Goldo, Swinford3:49
10."Stronger"Hewitt3:21
11."Avenue of the Stars"Hewitt, Brooks, Andy Goldmark, Scot Sax4:06
12."Me and Bobby McGee"Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson3:34
UK and Japanese bonus track
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Just Try"Brooks, Brian McKnight3:44

Personnel

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Musicians

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  • 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

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  • 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

Chart performance

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Album

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Chart performance for BareNaked
Chart (2002) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 31
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)[8] 45
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[9] 72
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] 75
US Billboard 200[11] 37

Singles

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Chart performance for singles from BareNaked
Year Title Peak chart positions
AUS
[12] 		NZ
[13] 		NL US US Adult
2002 "BareNaked" 6 26 73 124 31
2003 "Can I Go Now" 12 — 8 — —
"—" denotes the single did not chart

References

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  1. ^ "Going for Adds". Radio & Records. No. 1460. July 5, 2002. p. 29.
  2. ^ "The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 13th January 2003" (PDF). ARIA. January 13, 2003. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2003. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c Metacritic score
  4. ^ Allmusic Review
  5. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  6. ^ "Rolling Stone Review". Archived from the original on January 6, 2007. Retrieved April 11, 2007.
  7. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Jennifer Love Hewitt – Bare Naked". Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  8. ^ "Albums : Top 100". Jam!. October 24, 2002. Archived from the original on December 10, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  9. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jennifer Love Hewitt – Bare Naked" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  10. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jennifer Love Hewitt – Bare Naked" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
  11. ^ "Jennifer Love Hewitt Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 11, 2011.
  12. ^ "Jennifer Love Hewitt". Australian-charts.com. Archived from the original on August 9, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
  13. ^ "Jennifer Love Hewitt". charts.nz. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
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