BareNaked

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".

BareNaked
Studio album by Jennifer Love Hewitt
Released	October 8, 2002
Length	44:44
Label	Jive
Producer	Meredith Brooks Gregg Alexander
Jennifer Love Hewitt chronology
Jennifer Love Hewitt (1996) BareNaked (2002) Cool With You: The Platinum Collection (2006)
Singles from BareNaked
"BareNaked" Released: July 8, 2002[1] "Can I Go Now" Released: January 13, 2003[2]

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	47/100[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Blender	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	D+[5]
Q	[3]
Rolling Stone	[6]

Track listing

BareNaked track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"BareNaked"	Jennifer Love Hewitt, Meredith Brooks, Guy Erez, Emerson Swinford	3:42
2.	"Can I Go Now"	Brooks, Livingstone Brown, Mike Stevens	3:36
3.	"You"	Hewitt, Brooks	3:41
4.	"Hey Everybody"	Hewitt, Brooks, Brown	4:07
5.	"Where You Gonna Run To?"	Hewitt, Brooks, Paul Goldo	3:33
6.	"I Know You Will"	Hewitt, Brooks, David Darling	3:18
7.	"Rock the Roll"	Hewitt, Brooks, Goldo,	3:44
8.	"Stand in Your Way"	Brooks, Brown, Shelly Peiken	4:13
9.	"First Time"	Brooks, Guy Erez, Goldo, Swinford	3:49
10.	"Stronger"	Hewitt	3:21
11.	"Avenue of the Stars"	Hewitt, Brooks, Andy Goldmark, Scot Sax	4:06
12.	"Me and Bobby McGee"	Fred Foster, Kris Kristofferson	3:34

UK and Japanese bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
13.	"Just Try"	Brooks, Brian McKnight	3:44

Personnel

Musicians

• 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

• 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

Album

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

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