Balls (Elizabeth Cook album)

Balls is the third major-label album of country music singer Elizabeth Cook. It was released May 1, 2007, on 31 Tigers Records. The album includes the single "Sometimes It Takes Balls to Be a Woman", which did not chart. The title track was however nominated for Song of the Year at the 2007 Americana Music Awards.

Balls
Studio album by Elizabeth Cook
Released	May 1, 2007
Recorded	2007
Genre	Country
Label	Emergent
Producer	Rodney Crowell
Elizabeth Cook chronology
This Side of the Moon (2004) Balls (2007) Welder (2010)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
PopMatters	link
Rolling Stone	link[dead link]
Twang Nation	link

Track listing

All songs written by Elizabeth Cook except where noted.

1. "Times Are Tough in Rock 'N Roll" - 2:05
2. "Don't Go Borrowing Trouble" - 2:46
3. "Sometimes It Takes Balls to Be a Woman" (Cook, Melinda Schneider) - 3:17
4. "Rest Your Weary Mind" (Cook, Melinda Schneider) - 3:19
5. "He Got No Heart" - 2:11
6. "Mama's Prayers" - 3:11
7. "Sunday Morning" (John Cale, Lou Reed) - 3:12
8. "What Do I Do" - 2:39
9. "Down Girl" - 3:11
10. "Gonna Be" (Cook, Tim Carroll) - 2:03
11. "Always Tomorrow" - 5:02

Personnel

• Bobby Bare Jr. - background vocals on "Rest Your Weary Mind"
• Richard Bennett - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Tim Carroll - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, juice harp
• Matt Combs - fiddle, mandolin
• Elizabeth Cook - lead vocals
• Rodney Crowell - acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Greg Davis - banjo
• Nanci Griffith - background vocals
• Tim Lauer - organ, piano
• Alison Prestwood - bass guitar
• Maria Ramirez - background vocals
• Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
• Harry Stinson - drums
• Kenny Vaughan - electric guitar

Chart performance

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	72

External links

https://www.billboard.com/artist/elizabeth-cook/chart-history/