Waking Up Laughing

Waking Up Laughing
Studio album by Martina McBride
Released April 3, 2007
Recorded 2006
Genre Country
Length 41:03
Label RCA Nashville
Producer Martina McBride
Martina McBride chronology

Timeless
(2005)		 Waking Up Laughing
(2007)		 Live in Concert
(2008)
Singles from Waking Up Laughing
  1. "Anyway"
    Released: November 6, 2006
  2. "How I Feel"
    Released: May 2007
  3. "For These Times"
    Released: October 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
About.com [1]
Allmusic [2]
BBC Music (favorable)[3]
Country Weekly (positive)[4]
Entertainment Weekly B+[5]
The New York Times (positive)[6]
People
Plugged In (favorable)[7]

Waking Up Laughing is the ninth studio album from country singer Martina McBride. This album is the first in McBride's career in which she has both co-written songs and been involved in the production single-handedly. This album produced three chart singles for McBride on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart: "Anyway" at #5, "How I Feel" at #15 and "For These Times" at #35. In the U.S. the album was certified Gold on 12/12/2007 by the R.I.A.A.

Content

Waking Up Laughing is the first album of McBride's career in which she co-wrote any of the material. McBride wrote the lead-off single "Anyway" with Brad and Brett Warren of The Warren Brothers. This song reached #5 on the Hot Country Songs charts in early 2007, becoming McBride's first Top Ten country hit in three years. The Warren Brothers and McBride also co-wrote "How I Feel", the second single, with Chris Lindsey and Aimee Mayo.

"For These Times" was inspired by former Republican senator Rick Santorum, who was defeated in 2006, and his daughter. When his daughter began to cry at his loss, the cameras focused on her, inspiring Leslie Satcher to write the song. It was also inspired by her Pastor, who stated "For these times in which we live, you are going to need this book." referring to the Bible.[8] The song received a 2009 Grammy nomination.

"Cry Cry ('Til the Sun Shines)" was covered by former Trick Pony lead vocalist Heidi Newfield on her debut solo album, What Am I Waiting For, from which it was released as a single in November 2008.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "If I Had Your Name"  Gordie Sampson, Steve McEwan, Hillary Lindsey 3:43
2. "Cry Cry ('Til The Sun Shines)"  Chris Lindsey, H. Lindsey, Aimee Mayo, Marv Green 3:06
3. "Tryin' to Find a Reason"  Tommy Lee James, Jeremy Stover 3:26
4. "For These Times"  Leslie Satcher 4:16
5. "Anyway" (feat. string arrangements by David Campbell)Brad Warren, Brett Warren, Martina McBride 4:40
6. "How I Feel"  Brad Warren, Brett Warren, McBride, C. Lindsey, Mayo 3:48
7. "I'll Still Be Me"  Rachel Thibodeau, Tammy Hyler 3:49
8. "Beautiful Again"  Brad Warren, Brett Warren, McBride 2:56
9. "Everybody Does"  Mike Mobley, Dan DeMay, Rachel Proctor 3:27
10. "House of a Thousand Dreams"  Billy Montana, Ilya Toshinsky, Jenai 3:53
11. "Love Land"  Tom Douglas, Thibodeau 3:56
12. "Blue Bayou" (iTunes pre-order bonus track)Roy Orbison, Joe Melson 4:05
Total length:
 41:03

Chart performance

Albums

Chart (2007) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 4
U.S. Top Country Albums 2

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US US Pop US AC
2006 "Anyway" 5 32 37 14
2007 "How I Feel" 15 108 — —
"For These Times" 35 — — —

References

  1. ↑ About.com review
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ BBC Music review
  4. ↑ Country Weekly review
  5. ↑ Entertainment Weekly review
  6. ↑ The New York Times review
  7. ↑ Plugged In review
  8. ↑ Santorum's daughter inspires C&W song