Evolution (Martina McBride album)

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Evolution
Evolution cover
Studio album by Martina McBride
Released August 26, 1997 (1997-08-26)
Genre Country
Label RCA Nashville
Martina McBride chronology
Wild Angels
(1995)
Evolution
(1997)
White Christmas
(1998)

Evolution was the fourth album released by Martina McBride. It is one of her biggest selling albums to date being certified triple platinum and selling 1.8 million copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan as of March 2007. It included the hit singles "Happy Girl", "A Broken Wing" and "Valentine", the latter of which became her first single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100 as well as her first major crossover hit. The song "I'm Little But I'm Loud" is a recording of Martina when she was 7 years old.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I'm Little But I'm Loud" (Little Jimmy Dickens, Boudleaux Bryant) – 0:56
  2. "Happy Girl" (Beth Nielsen Chapman, Annie Roboff) – 3:27
  3. "Be That Way" (Bob DiPiero, Stephony Smith) – 3:34
  4. "A Broken Wing" (James House, Sam Hogin, Phil Barnhart) – 3:34
  5. "Wrong Again" (Cynthia Weil, Tommy Lee James) – 3:15
  6. "Keeping My Distance" (Jimmy Davis, Don Smith, Tommy Burroughs) – 3:51
  7. "Still Holding On" (Marty Stuart, Matraca Berg, Clint Black) – 3:57
  8. "Whatever You Say" (Ed Hill, Tony Martin) – 4:29
  9. "I Won't Close My Eyes" (Kevin Montgomery, Larry Gottlieb) – 3:38
  10. "I Don't Want to See You Again" (Jackson Leap) – 3:00
  11. "Some Say I'm Running" (Michael W. Smith, Brent Bourgeois) – 4:05
  12. "Here in My Heart" (Susan Ashton, Gayla Borders) – 3:51
  13. "One Day You Will" (Richard Leigh, Shane Teeters) – 2:36
  14. "Valentine" (Jim Brickman, Jack Kugell) – 3:22

[edit] Charts

AlbumBillboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1997 Top Country Albums 4
1997 The Billboard 200 24

SinglesBillboard (North America)

Year Single US Country US Hot 100 US AC
1997 "Still Holdin' On" 11
"A Broken Wing" 1 61
"Valentine" 68 3
1998 "Valentine" (re-release) 9 50
"Happy Girl" 2
1999 "Wrong Again" 1 36
"Whatever You Say" 2 37