Wild Angels (Martina McBride album)
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| Studio album by Martina McBride | ||
| Released | September 26, 1995 | |
| Genre | Country | |
| Producer(s) | Paul Worley | |
| Martina McBride chronology | ||
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| The Way That I Am (1993) |
Wlid Angels (1995) |
Evolution (1997) |
Wild Angels is a 1995 album by Martina McBride. The title track became her first #1 single.
As of March 2007, the album has sold 611,000 copies and is certified platinum.
[edit] Track listing
- Wild Angels
- Safe in the Arms of Love
- Phones are Ringin' All Over Town
- A Great Disguise
- Swingin' Doors
- All The Things We've Never Done
- Two More Bottles of Wine
- Cry on the Shoulder of the Road
- You've Been Driving All the Time
- Born to Give My Love to You
- Beyond The Blue
[edit] Charts
Album – Billboard (North America)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Top Country Albums | #17 |
| 1995 | The Billboard 200 | #77 |
Singles – Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | "Safe In The Arms Of Love" | Hot Country Singles & Tracks | #4 |
| 1996 | "Wild Angels" | Hot Country Singles & Tracks | #1 |
| 1996 | "Swingin' Doors" | Hot Country Singles & Tracks | #38 |
| 1996 | "Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town" | Hot Country Singles & Tracks | #28 |
| 1996 | "Cry On The Shoulder Of The Road" | Hot Country Singles & Tracks | #26 |
[edit] Review
Coming two years after her smash The Way That I Am and her mind-bogglingly successful single, "Independence Day," Martina McBride had nothing to prove -- except to the folks in accounting at her record company. Wild Angels continues her exploration of melding classic country influences and modern pop -- long before Shania Twain dreamed it -- in the same way (albeit in a radically different time and context) that Patsy Cline did 30 years earlier. Using the same production team of Ed Seay, Paul Worley, and herself -- with a literal boatload of engineers -- McBride and company assembled a fine collection of songs and performers, including the Band's Levon Helm and Ashley Cleveland on backing vocals, to deliver a powerful set that is her most consistent yet despite not having a single as memorable as "Independence Day" (but you only get those once or twice in a lifetime anyway, right?). Here there are many standout tracks, not the least among them being a rocking & rolling country version of Delbert McClinton's classic "Two More Bottles of Wine" that blows away Emmylou Harris' version and rivals McClinton's. In addition, there are a couple of Matraca Berg cuts, including the modern country title track and the soulful weeper "Cry on the Shoulder of the Road." The Bunch/Stinson-penned "You've Been Driving All the Time" has that irresistible lead-in of acoustic guitars that gives way to compressed ringing electrics that underscore her voice so well and make the track a winner. But there aren't any weak moments here, and McBride proves for the third time that she not only is for real, but that she has the ability a lot of her peers don't to make consistently engaging, moving, and memorable music from album to album. That's an achievement. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide[1]
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