''Jessie James'' is the debut album by the American country-pop singer-songwriter

Jessie James Jessica Rose James Decker (born April 12, 1988) is an American country pop singer. At age 15, after auditioning for and being rejected by most of the country labels in Nashville, Tennessee, Decker began working with Carla Wallace of Big Yello ...

. The album was released digitally on August 10, and physically on August 11 by

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. The album charted on the ''Billboard'' 200 at #23 on its debut week, selling about 18,575 copies. The song " Wanted" was the album's

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on April 14, 2009 and peaked at No. 40 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The second single "I Look So Good (Without You)" was released on August 25, 2009, and peaked at No. 138 on the ''

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chart, as well as No. 4 on the ''Billboard''

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chart. The third single "My Cowboy" was released on November 10, 2009. The song "Blue Jeans" was featured on the soundtrack of the film '' Confessions of a Shopaholic''.

Critical reception

The album received positive reviews according to Metacritic, scoring 73 out of 100. Michael Menachem of ''

'' with regard to the many genres present on the album said that James had "a voice that seems to work with many genres". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of

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thought the album was "inspired, original pop" but said it came short of being actual country music." Mikael Wood ''

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'' said that "James falter don a handful of snoozy power ballads but play done heck of a small town kitten on up-tempo number."

Track listing

Personnel

Credits for ''Jessie James'' adapted from

*Mitch Allan- bass, engineer, guitar, producer, programming *Brian Barnett- drums *Julian Bunetta- bass, clapping, drums, engineer, footsteps, instrumentation, keyboards, mixing, producer, string arrangements, vocal producer *Ken Chastain- percussion, programming *Dorian Crozier- drums *Kara DioGuardi- vocals (background) *John Fields- bass, engineer, guitar, keyboards, mixing, producer, programming *Andrew Frampton- keyboards *Serban Ghenea- mixing *

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- guitar *Tina Guo- cello *David Hodges- engineer, piano, producer, programming *Jessie James and the Odd Balls- clapping, footsteps, vocals *Mike Johnson- pedal steel *Stephen Lu- keyboards, programming *Tony Mardini- engineer *David & Phil Massey- A&R *Peter Mokran- mixing *John D. Norten- engineer *Carlos Oyanedel- mixing assistant *David Paich- keyboards *Brent Paschke- guitar *Katy Perry- vocals (background) *Eric Peterson- guitar, mixing *Brian Ray- guitar, guitar (acoustic), slide guitar *Tim Roberts- mixing assistant *Mick Schultz- producer *

Adam Shoenfeld Adam Shoenfeld (born April 29, 1974) is a professional guitarist, songwriter and producer based in Nashville, TN. Primarily focused on modern country music, his guitar playing has been featured on over 200 albums, and is closely associated with Bi ...

- guitar (electric) *Mark Smidt- horn *Phil Tan- mixing *Trey Vittetoe- engineer, mixing, performer, producer *Billy Watts- guitar *

Glenn Worf Glenn Worf is an American bassist known mainly for his work as a session musician. He has recorded with many major country music acts and also tours with Mark Knopfler. Early life and education Worf was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Madis ...

- bass *

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- fiddle

Chart performance

References

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