The Time Has Come (Martina McBride album)

The Time Has Come
Studio album by Martina McBride
Released	May 12, 1992 (1992-5-12)
Studio	Javelina (Nashville, Tennessee) The Money Pit (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Country
Length	31:52
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Ed Seay Paul Worley
Martina McBride chronology
The Time Has Come (1992) The Way That I Am (1993)
Singles from The Time Has Come
"The Time Has Come" Released: May 1992 "That's Me" Released: July 1992 "Cheap Whiskey" Released: December 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B [3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]

The Time Has Come is the debut studio album by American country music artist Martina McBride, released on May 5, 1992, by RCA Records Nashville. The album rose to the No. 49 position on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It includes the singles "The Time Has Come", "Cheap Whiskey" and "That's Me", all of which charted on the Billboard country charts. "The Time Has Come" was the highest-peaking of the three, reaching #23. "When You Are Old" was later recorded by Gretchen Peters on her 1996 album The Secret of Life .

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Time Has Come"	Lonnie Wilson Susan Longacre	2:32
2.	"That's Me"	Tony Haselden Bob Alan	3:52
3.	"True Blue Fool"	Carol Chase Kathy Louvin	2:58
4.	"Losing You Feels Good"	L. Wilson Charlotte Wilson Herbert Wilson	3:20
5.	"Walk That Line"	David Wills Rick West	2:49
6.	"Cheap Whiskey"	Emory Gordy Jr. Jim Rushing	3:08
7.	"I Can't Sleep"	Louvin Mark Collie	2:46
8.	"A Woman Knows"	Chris McCarty Allen Spears John Fowler	3:17
9.	"The Rope"	Stephanie Davis	3:58
10.	"When You Are Old"	Gretchen Peters	3:07
Total length:			31:52

Personnel

Credits adapted from album liner notes.

Vocals

Garth Brooks – backing vocals (6) Carol Chase – backing vocals (5, 8) Kathy Chiavola – backing vocals (9) Carl Jackson – backing vocals (9) Wendy Johnson – backing vocals (5, 8) Anthony Martin – backing vocals (3, 9)

Martina McBride – lead vocals, backing vocals (2, 3, 6, 7) Harry Stinson – backing vocals (1, 3, 4) Dennis Wilson – backing vocals (1, 3, 4) Carrie Young – backing vocals (7) Andrea Zonn – backing vocals (2)

Musicians

Larry Byrom – electric guitar (5) Mike Chapman – bass guitar (1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8) Joe Chemay – bass guitar (5, 10) Conni Ellisor – string conductor (2, 10) Sonny Garrish – pedal steel guitar (3, 9, 10), pedabro (9) Rob Hajacos – fiddle (4-7) John Hobbs – piano (2, 4, 6, 7, 9) John Hughey – steel guitar (2, 4, 6, 7, 8) Bill Hulett – acoustic guitar (3, 9) Paul Leim – drums (5, 10) Anthony Martin – organ (2), synthesizers (4), keyboards (9)

Brent Mason – electric guitar (1-4, 6-9) Steve Nathan – acoustic piano (5, 10) Ed Seay – bass (8) Biff Watson – mandolin (1), acoustic guitar (2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10), electric guitar (9) Bergen White – string arrangements (2, 10) Lonnie Wilson – drums (1-4, 6-9) Paul Worley – acoustic guitar Glenn Worf – bass guitar (3, 9) Andrea Zonn – fiddle (9) The "A" Strings – string section (2, 10)

Production

• Jeff Giedt – recording assistant, mix assistant
• Carlos Grier – digital editing
• Anthony Martin – associate producer, additional recording, engineer, recording, mix assistant
• Denny Purcell – mastering engineer
• Clarke Schleicher – additional recording
• Ed Seay – producer, recording and mixing engineer
• D. Bergan White – director
• Paul Worley – producer

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1992)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums [5]	49
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	15
Canadian RPM Country Albums	21

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country [6]	CAN Country [7] [8]
1992	"The Time Has Come"	23	11
	"That's Me"	43	44
	"Cheap Whiskey"	44	47

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Hurst, Jack (July 2, 1992). "Martina McBrideThe Time Has Come (RCA) (STAR)(STAR)(STAR)1/2It..." chicagotribune.com.
3. "The Time Has Come". EW.com. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2019.
4. "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. July 12, 1992.
5. https://www.billboard.com/artist/martina-mcbride/chart-history/
6. "Martina McBride Album & Song Chart History – Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved January 20, 2011.
7. "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Country Singles". RPM . Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
8. "Martina McBride chart history (Canada Country)". Billboard . Retrieved November 5, 2021.