Evolution (Martina McBride album)

Evolution
Studio album by Martina McBride
Released August 26, 1997 (1997-08-26)
Genre Country
Length 47:38
Label RCA Records
Producer Paul Worley, Martina McBride
"Still Holding On" produced by Clint Black and James Stroud
"Valentine" produced by Dan Shea
Martina McBride chronology
Wild Angels
(1995)Wild Angels1995		 Evolution
(1997)		 White Christmas
(1998)White Christmas1998
Singles from Evolution
  1. "Still Holding On"
    Released: June 2, 1997
  2. "A Broken Wing"
    Released: September 8, 1997
  3. "Valentine"
    Released: September 8, 1997
  4. "Happy Girl"
    Released: April 20, 1998
  5. "Wrong Again"
    Released: September 14, 1998
  6. "Whatever You Say"
    Released: February 22, 1999
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Chicago Tribune[2]

Evolution is the fourth album released by Martina McBride, released in 1997 by RCA Records. 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 McBride when she was seven years old, while "Valentine" is a re-recording of a song which Brickman and McBride previously released from his 1997 album Picture This. The original Picture This version charted at #3 on the AC charts and #68 on the country charts, while the re-recording featured here was a Top Ten country hit. In the U.S. the album was certified Gold on 12/23/1997, Platinum on 5/15/1998, 2xPlatinum on 6/24/1999 and 3xPlatinum on 2/26/2001 by the R.I.A.A.

Also released from this album was "Still Holding On", a duet with Clint Black which was originally released on Black's 1997 album Nothin' but the Taillights. This was Martina's first album to have a crossover-friendly country-pop sound, which was a departure from her earlier neotraditional country albums.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Little But I'm Loud"Little Jimmy Dickens, Boudleaux Bryant0:56
2."Happy Girl"Beth Nielsen Chapman, Annie Roboff3:26
3."Be That Way"Bob DiPiero, Stephony Smith3:34
4."A Broken Wing"James House, Sam Hogin, Phil Barnhart3:35
5."Wrong Again"Cynthia Weil, Tommy Lee James3:15
6."Keeping My Distance"Jimmy Davis, Don Smith, Tommy Burroughs3:51
7."Still Holding On" (with Clint Black)Marty Stuart, Matraca Berg, Clint Black4:37
8."Whatever You Say"Ed Hill, Tony Martin4:30
9."I Won't Close My Eyes"Kevin Montgomery, Larry Gottlieb3:38
10."I Don't Want to See You Again"Jackson Leap3:00
11."Some Say I'm Running"Michael W. Smith, Brent Bourgeois4:05
12."Here in My Heart"Susan Ashton, Gayla Borders3:51
13."One Day You Will"Richard Leigh, Shane Teeters2:36
14."Valentine" (featuring Jim Brickman)Jim Brickman, Jack Kugell3:22

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 4
U.S. Billboard 200 24
Canadian RPM Country Albums 7
Canadian RPM Top Albums 80

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN AC
1997 "A Broken Wing" 1[3] 61 — 17 —
"Valentine" 68 50[3] 3[3] — 16
1998 "Valentine" (re-release) 9[3] — — 14 —
"Happy Girl" 2[3] — — 4 —
1999 "Wrong Again" 1[3] 36[3] — 5 —
"Whatever You Say" 2[3] 37[3] — 6 —

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Clint Black Nothin' But the Taillights (RCA) (star...". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 http://www.billboard.com/artist/309763/martina+mcbride/chart
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