Wild Angels
This article is about the Martina McBride album. For the films, see The Wild Angels and Wild Angels (1969 film).
| Wild Angels | ||||
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| Studio album by Martina McBride | ||||
| Released | September 26, 1995[1][2] | |||
| Recorded | 1995 at The Money Pit, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country[2] | |||
| Length | 38:06[2] | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville[1][2] | |||
| Producer |
Paul Worley Ed Seay Martina McBride | |||
| Martina McBride chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Wild Angels | ||||
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B−[3] |
| Los Angeles Times | [4] |
| Robert Christgau |  [5] |
Wild Angels is a 1995 album and third album by Martina McBride.[1][2] The album produced the singles "Safe in the Arms of Love", "Wild Angels", "Swingin' Doors", "Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town", and "Cry on the Shoulder of the Road". "Wild Angels" was McBride's first Number One on the Hot Country Songs charts. In the U.S. the album was certified Gold on February 23, 1996, and Platinum on February 6, 1998, by the R.I.A.A.
Also included is a cover of "Two More Bottles of Wine", which was previously a #1 hit for Emmylou Harris in 1978. "Safe in the Arms of Love" was originally recorded by Wild Choir on their self-titled 1986 album, Baillie & the Boys on their 1989 album Turn the Tide, Kennedy Rose on their 1994 album Walk the Line, and Michelle Wright on her 1994 album The Reasons Why. Wright's version of the song was a Top 10 hit in Canada. "A Great Disguise" would later be recorded by Pam Tillis on her 1998 album Every Time.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wild Angels" | Matraca Berg, Gary Harrison, Harry Stinson | 3:44 | |
| 2. | "Safe in the Arms of Love" | Mary Ann Kennedy, Pam Rose, Pat Bunch | 3:13 | |
| 3. | "Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town" | David MacKechnie, Marc Beeson, Kin Vassy | 3:31 | |
| 4. | "A Great Disguise" | Greg Barnhill, Hillary Kanter, Even Stevens | 3:58 | |
| 5. | "Swingin' Doors" | Jim Foster, Chapin Hartford, Bobby Boyd | 3:27 | |
| 6. | "All the Things We've Never Done" | Craig Bickhardt, Jeff Pennig | 3:24 | |
| 7. | "Two More Bottles of Wine" | Delbert McClinton | 3:15 | |
| 8. | "Cry on the Shoulder of the Road" | Berg, Tim Krekel | 3:08 | |
| 9. | "You've Been Driving All the Time" | Stinson, Bunch | 4:41 | |
| 10. | "Born to Give My Love to You" | Kennedy, Rose, Bunch | 3:15 | |
| 11. | "Beyond the Blue" | David Kent, Ashe Underwood | 2:25 | |
Total length: |
38:06 | |||
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.[6]
- Musicians
- Eddie Bayers - drums (tracks 2, 3, 4, 10)
- Larry Byrom - electric guitar (tracks 5, 6)
- Joe Chemay - bass guitar (all tracks), fretless bass (track 2)
- Ashley Cleveland - background vocals (tracks 1, 7)
- Rusty "Pedal" Danmyer - steel guitar (tracks 4, 7)
- Dan Dugmore - electric guitar (tracks 1, 4, 7, 9), steel guitar (tracks 1, 8), Dobro (track 11)
- Larry Franklin - fiddle (tracks 2, 5, 9), mandolin (track 5)
- Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin, Kristin Wilkinson, Robert Mason - strings (tracks 10, 11)
- Vicki Hampton - background vocals (track 1)
- Levon Helm - background vocals (track 8)
- John Hobbs - keyboards (track 1, 2, 4, 8-11), piano (tracks 3, 7)
- Dann Huff - electric guitar (tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 9, 10)
- Mary Ann Kennedy - background vocals (track 2)
- Larry Marrs - background vocals (tracks 1, 8, 9, 11)
- Martina McBride - lead vocals (all tracks), tambourine (tracks 1, 9), background vocals (tracks 4, 9, 10)
- Steve Nathan - keyboards (tracks 5, 6)
- Russ Pahl - steel guitar (tracks 5, 6)
- Pam Rose - background vocals (tracks 2, 10)
- Darrell Scott - mandolin (track 2)
- Eric Silver - mandolin (track 10)
- Harry Stinson - background vocals (tracks 1, 8, 11)
- Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - acoustic guitar (tracks 2, 3, 4, 10)
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 5-9, 11)
- Charlie Whitten - steel guitar (track 3)
- Dennis Wilson - background vocals (tracks 3, 4, 5)
- Lonnie Wilson - drums (tracks 1, 5-9)
- Paul Worley - acoustic guitar (tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 7-11), high-strung guitar (track 2), electric guitar (tracks 4, 11), six-string bass (track 4)
- Curtis Young - background vocals (tracks 3, 4, 5)
- Technical
- Jim Burnett - digital editing
- Dennis Burnside - string arrangements (tracks 10, 11)
- Pete Green - overdubbing
- Martina McBride - production
- Mike Poole - overdubbing
- Mike Psanos - overdubbing
- Clarke Schleicher - overdubbing
- Ed Seay - production, engineering, mixing, overdubbing
- Paul Worley - production
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[7] | 17 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[7] | 77 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 4 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | |
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| US Country | CAN Country | ||
| 1995 | "Safe in the Arms of Love" | 4[7] | 38 |
| "Wild Angels" | 1[7] | 5 | |
| 1996 | "Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town" | 28[7] | 24 |
| "Swingin' Doors" | 38[7] | 41 | |
| 1997 | "Cry on the Shoulder of the Road" | 26[7] | 42 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Wild Angels: Martina Mcbride: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 2012-03-15.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Thom Jurek (1995-09-26). "Wild Angels - Martina McBride | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
- ↑ Nash, Alanna (1995-10-13). "Wild Angels Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
- ↑ "FALL ALBUM ROUNDUP : In Brief - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 1995-09-24. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
- ↑ "CG: martina mcbride". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
- ↑ Wild Angels (Media notes). Martina McBride. RCA Records. 1995. 66509.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 "Martina McBride : Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
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