Everybody Knows (Trisha Yearwood album)

Everybody Knows
Studio album by Trisha Yearwood
Released	August 27, 1996
Recorded	1996
Studio	Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee, USA) Soundstage (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
Genre	Country, country pop
Length	38:27
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Garth Fundis
Trisha Yearwood chronology
Thinkin' About You (1995) Everybody Knows (1996) (Songbook) A Collection of Hits (1997)
Singles from Everybody Knows
"Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" Released: July 2, 1996 "Everybody Knows" Released: October 28, 1996 "I Need You" Released: March 1, 1997

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Robert Christgau	B [3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+ [4]
Q	[5]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

Everybody Knows is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Trisha Yearwood, containing country pop-styled ballads.

The album reached #6 on the Billboard country albums chart. The album produced the fourth Billboard country Number One hit of her career in "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)", as well as a #3 in its title track, and a #36 in "I Need You".The album was also nominated for the CMA Album of the Year award.

Track listing

1. "I Want to Live Again" (Tom Shapiro, George Teren) – 3:05
2. "It's Alright" (Gary Nicholson, Jamie O'Hara) – 3:13
3. "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" (Larry Gottlieb, Kim Richey, Angelo Petraglia) – 3:42
4. "I Need You" (Jess Brown, Wendell Mobley) – 3:42
5. "Little Hercules" (Craig Carothers) – 4:49
6. "Under the Rainbow" (Matraca Berg, Randy Scruggs) – 4:15
7. "Everybody Knows" (Berg, Gary Harrison) – 3:14
8. "Hello, I'm Gone" (Kevin Welch) – 3:42
9. "Maybe It's Love" (Beth Nielsen Chapman, Annie Roboff) – 5:01
10. "A Lover Is Forever" (Steve Goodman, J. Fred Knobloch) – 3:44

International edition

1. "I Want to Live Again" (Tom Shapiro, George Teren) – 3:05
2. "It's Alright" (Gary Nicholson, Jamie O'Hara) – 3:13
3. "Even A Cowboy Can Dream" (Craig Bickhardt, Barry Alfonso) – 4:06
4. "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" (Larry Gottlieb, Kim Richey, Angelo Petraglia) – 3:42
5. "I Need You" (Jess Brown, Wendell Mobley) – 3:42
6. "Little Hercules" (Craig Carothers) – 4:49
7. "Under the Rainbow" (Matraca Berg, Randy Scruggs) – 4:15
8. "Everybody Knows" (Berg, Gary Harrison) – 3:14
9. "Hello, I'm Gone" (Kevin Welch) – 3:42
10. "Find a River" (Fred Tackett) – 3:31
11. "The Chance I Take" (Tom Littfield, Rick Rowell) – 3:31
12. "Maybe It's Love" (Beth Nielsen Chapman, Annie Roboff) – 5:01
13. "A Lover Is Forever" (Steve Goodman, J. Fred Knobloch) – 3:44

Personnel

• Trisha Yearwood – lead vocals, harmony vocals (1, 3, 5)
• Matt Rollings – organ (1, 3), acoustic piano (2, 4–9)
• Steve Nathan – organ (2, 6), keyboards (4, 8, 9)
• Fats Kaplin – accordion (8)
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar (1–9)
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (1, 3)
• Bobby All – acoustic guitar (2, 7)
• Steuart Smith – acoustic guitar (5)
• J. Fred Knobloch – acoustic guitar (10)
• Brent Mason – electric guitars (1–4, 6–9), gut string guitar (9)
• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar (1, 4), 12-string guitar (3)
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar (2, 5–9), Hawaiian guitar (6)
• Leland Sklar – bass (1, 3, 4)
• Dave Pomeroy – bass (2, 5–9)
• Eddie Bayers – drums (1–8)
• Owen Hale – drums (9)
• Tom Roady – tambourine (1, 3)
• Sam Bacco – claves (2), marimba (2), shakers (2), cymbals (5), dumbek (5), congas (7)
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle (1, 2, 6, 8)
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (7)
• Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica (10)
• Garth Fundis – harmony vocals (1, 8)
• Cindy Richardson – harmony vocals (1)
• Dennis Wilson – harmony vocals (1)
• Raul Malo – harmony vocals (2)
• Kim Richey – harmony vocals (3)
• Andrea Zonn – harmony vocals (4, 7)
• Matraca Berg – harmony vocals (6, 7)
• Harry Stinson – harmony vocals (6, 7)
• Mac McAnally – harmony vocals (7)
• Becky Priest – harmony vocals (8)
• Vince Gill – harmony vocals (9)

The Nashville String Machine (Tracks 4, 5 & 9)

• Charles Cochran – string arrangements (4)
• Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements (5, 9)
• John Catchings – cello
• Richard Grosjean, Gary Vanosdale and Kristin Wilkinson – viola
• David Angell, David Davidson, Connie Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Lee Larrison, Pamela Sixfin, Alan Umstead and Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violin

String Trio (Track 10)

• John Catchings – cello
• Kristin Wilkinson – viola, arrangements
• David Davidson – violin

Production

• Garth Fundis – producer
• Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing
• Dave Sinko – recording
• Ken Hutton – additional recording, recording assistant
• Carl Meadows – recording assistant
• Mark Ralston – recording assistant, mix assistant
• Alan Schulman – recording assistant
• Graham Lewis – mix assistant
• Don Cobb – digital editing
• Carlos Grier – digital editing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
• Scott Paschall – production assistant
• Beth Middleworth – art direction, design
• Trisha Yearwood – art direction
• Russ Harrington – photography
• Norma Jean Roy – booklet photography
• Mary Beth Felts – make-up
• Sheri McCoy – stylist
• Maria Smoot – hair stylist
• Karen & Co. – management

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1996) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 128 Canadian Albums ( RPM ) 50 Canadian Country Albums ( RPM ) 22 US Billboard 200 [8] 52 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [9] 6 UK Country Albums (OCC) [10] 2

Year-end charts Chart (1996) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [11] 63

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1996	"Believe Me Baby (Lied)"	1	1
1997	"Everybody Knows"	3	1
	"I Need You"	36	41

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [12]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Chicago Tribune review
3. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
4. Nash, Alanna (September 6, 1996). "Everybody Knows Review". Entertainment Weekly : 77. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
5. Album reviews at CD Universe
6. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide . New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p.  894. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone trisha yearwood album guide.
7. "Trisha Yearwood's ARIA chart history, received from ARIA in 2022 page 1". ARIA. Retrieved December 3, 2023– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
8. "Trisha Yearwood Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
9. "Trisha Yearwood Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
10. "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
11. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
12. "American album certifications – Trisha Yearwood – Everybody Knows". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved December 26, 2022.