I Am Woman (album)
I Am Woman is the third studio album by Australian–American pop singer Helen Reddy, released on 13 November 1972, by Capitol Records. The album included her second recording of the song that gave the album its name, which was also the version that spent a week at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
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Released | 13 November 1972 | |||
Recorded | April, September–October 1972 | |||
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Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 31:44 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Producer | Tom Catalano | |||
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Billboard | positive |
Christgau's Record Guide | B |
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart in the issue dated December 9, 1972, and reached number 14 during a 62-week run, It reached #12 in Cash Box and #7 in Canada's RPM magazine. On March 7, 1973, the Recording Industry Association of America awarded the album with Gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies in the United States, and Platinum certification for sales of one million copies came on December 5, 1991. On July 22, 2003, it was released for the first time on compact disc as one of two albums on one CD, the other album being her 1973 release Long Hard Climb.