Eleven (Martina McBride album)

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Eleven
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 11, 2011
Recorded2011
StudioBlackbird Studios (Nashville, Tennessee); Southern Tracks (Atlanta, Georgia).
Genre Country
Length40:28
Label Republic Nashville
Producer
Martina McBride chronology
Shine
(2009)
Eleven
(2011)
Hits and More
(2012)
Singles from Eleven
  1. "Teenage Daughters"
    Released: March 21, 2011
  2. "I'm Gonna Love You Through It"
    Released: July 25, 2011
  3. "Marry Me"
    Released: March 26, 2012
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (81/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Billboard (favorable) [4]
The Boston Globe (average) [5]
Country Weekly (favorable) [6]
Entertainment Weekly B [7]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [8]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]

Eleven is the eleventh studio album by American country music singer Martina McBride, released on October 11, 2011, through Republic Nashville. [10] [11] [12] The title of the album was inspired by the fact that it is McBride's eleventh album, it has eleven tracks and its release date. A deluxe edition of the album was also made available exclusively at Target stores. [13] It featured slightly different cover art, with a blue fade at the bottom instead of white, and included four bonus tracks, as well as music videos for "Teenage Daughters" and "I'm Gonna Love You Through It". As of March 2012 the album has sold over 150,000 copies in the US. On July 3, 2012 the four Deluxe Bonus Tracks were released on iTunes as individual singles.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One Night" Martina McBride, Tommy Lee James, Claude Kelly 4:15
2."Always Be This Way"McBride, Brett James, Hillary Lindsey 3:26
3."I'm Gonna Love You Through It" (feat. string arrangements by David Campbell) Ben Hayslip, Sonya Isaacs, Jimmy Yeary 3:49
4."Marry Me" (featuring Pat Monahan)Pat Monahan3:46
5."Broken Umbrella" Josh Kear, Mark Irwin, Chris Tompkins 3:17
6."You Can Get Your Lovin' Right Here"McBride, Rachel Thibodeau, Leslie Satcher 3:47
7."Whatcha Gonna Do"Thibodeau, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Jason Sever3:58
8."Teenage Daughters"McBride, Brad Warren, Brett Warren 4:07
9."Summer of Love" (feat. string arrangements by David Campbell)McBride, James, Lindsey4:21
10."When You Love a Sinner" Kacey Musgraves, Jay Clementi, Chip Boyd2:57
11."Long Distance Lullaby"McBride, Irwin, Kear2:49
Total length:40:28
Deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."You're in My House Now"McBride, Warren, Warren3:35
13."Closing Time" Sean McConnell 4:58
14."Ask the Boy"McBride, Barry Dean, Troy Verges 3:27
15."I Give It to You"Thibodeau3:38
Total length:56:07
Deluxe edition enhanced content
No.TitleLength
1."Teenage Daughters" (Music video)4:09
2."Teenage Daughters" (In the Studio video)3:58
3."I'm Gonna Love You Through It" (Music video)4:30

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart
positions
US Country US
2011"Teenage Daughters"17100
"I'm Gonna Love You Through It"461
2012"Marry Me"45
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America Leg 1
October 27, 2011 Santa Ynez United StatesChumash Casino
October 28, 2011 Henderson Green Valley Ranch Resort & Spa
October 29, 2011 Las Vegas Wynn Hotel
October 30, 2011 Mescalero Inn of the Mountain Gods
November 5, 2011 St. Petersburg Demens Landing Park
December 9, 2011 Biloxi Beau Rivage Resort & Casino
January 27, 2012 Lafayette Cajundome
January 28, 2012 Bossier City CenturyLink Center
February 3, 2012 Phoenix US Airways Center
February 4, 2012 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena
February 10, 2012 Duluth Infinite Energy Arena
February 11, 2012 Orlando Amway Center
February 14, 2012Los Angeles Microsoft Theatre
February 16, 2012 Tulsa BOK Center
February 17, 2012 St. Louis Scottrade Center
February 18, 2012 Wichita Intrust Bank Arena
February 24, 2012 Des Moines Wells Fargo Arena
February 25, 2012 Kansas City Sprint Center
April 2, 2012Las VegasMGM Grand Garden Arena
April 12, 2012 Panama City Marina Civic Center
April 13, 2012 St. Augustine St. Augustine Amphitheatre
April 14, 2012 Durham Durham Performing Arts Center
April 17, 2012 Nashville Grand Ole Opry
April 28, 2012 Ivins Tuacahn Amphitheatre
April 29, 2012 Indio Stagecoach Country Music Festival
May 11, 2012 Mahnomen Shooting Star Casino
May 12, 2012 Clear Lake Surf Ballroom
May 13, 2012 Wabash Honeywell Center
May 17, 2012 Austin Austin City Limits Live
May 18, 2012 Houston Arena Houston – Theater
June 8, 2012 Winsted Winstock Country Music Festival
June 13, 2012 Vienna Wolf Trap Filene Center
June 14, 2012 Kettering Fraze Pavilion
June 16, 2012 Riverside Riverside Casino and Golf Resort
June 22, 2012 Interlochen Kresge Auditorium
June 23, 2012 Richland Center Krouskop Park
July 11, 2012 Hollywood Hollywood Bowl
August 3, 2012 Henderson Green Valley Ranch Resort & Spa
August 4, 2012 West Wendover Peppermill Hotel & Casino
August 7, 2012 Santa Rosa Sonoma County Fair
August 8, 2012 Stockton Bob Hope Theater
August 9, 2012 Ventura Ventura County Fair
August 10, 2012 Costa Mesa Pacific Amphitheatre
August 18, 2012 Brownsville Willamette Country Music Festival
August 24, 2012 Wallingford Oakdale Theatre
August 25, 2012 Hyannis Cape Cod Melody Tent
August 26, 2012 Cohasset South Shore Music Circus
August 31, 2012Biloxi IP Casino Resort Spa
September 1, 2012 Tuskahoma Choctaw Nation Capitol Grounds
September 3, 2012 Canfield Canfield Fairgrounds
September 12, 2012 Puyallup Western Washington Fair
Europe
September 21, 2012 Gstaad SwitzerlandMenuhin Festival Gstaad
September 22, 2012
North America Leg 2
September 28, 2012NashvilleUnited States Ryman Auditorium
October 5, 2012 Lancaster American Music Theatre
October 6, 2012 Salamanca Seneca Allegany Casino & Hotel
October 12, 2012 Tunica Harrah's Casino – Tunica Event Center
October 14, 2012 Bossier City Horseshoe Bossier City
October 19, 2012 Greenville Peace Center for the Arts
October 20, 2012 Morgantown WVU Creative Arts Center
October 25, 2012 New York City Beacon Theatre
October 26, 2012 Upper Darby Township Tower Theatre
October 27, 2012 Toledo Stranahan Theatre
October 28, 2012 Jim Thorpe Penn's Peak
November 8, 2012 Carmel The Palladium
November 23, 2012 Atlanta Fox Theatre
November 24, 2012 Norfolk Old Dominion University
November 25, 2012 Roanoke Roanoke Civic Center
November 29, 2012 Green Bay Resch Center

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