Wild Angels (Martina McBride album)

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Wild Angels
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1995 (1995-09-26) [1] [2]
Recorded1995 at The Money Pit, Nashville, TN
Genre Country [2]
Length38:06 [2]
Label RCA Nashville
Producer Paul Worley
Ed Seay
Martina McBride
Martina McBride chronology
The Way That I Am
(1993)
Wild Angels
(1995)
Evolution
(1997)
Singles from Wild Angels
  1. "Safe in the Arms of Love"
    Released: July 17, 1995
  2. "Wild Angels"
    Released: November 20, 1995
  3. "Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town"
    Released: April 6, 1996
  4. "Swingin' Doors"
    Released: August 26, 1996
  5. "Cry on the Shoulder of the Road"
    Released: January 25, 1997

Wild Angels is the third studio album by American country music artist 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 hit on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. The album was certified Gold on February 23, 1996, and Platinum on February 6, 1998, by the RIAA.

Contents

Also included on this album 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 . This was McBride's last album to feature a neotraditional country sound before developing a more crossover-friendly country-pop sound.[ citation needed ]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(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 Stevens3:58
5."Swingin' Doors"Jim Foster, Chapin Hartford, Bobby Boyd3:27
6."All the Things We've Never Done" Craig Bickhardt, Jeff Pennig3:24
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, Bunch4:41
10."Born to Give My Love to You"Kennedy, Rose, Bunch3:15
11."Beyond the Blue"David Kent, Ashe Underwood2:25
Total length:38:06

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. [3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B− [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [6]
Musicians
Technical

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1995)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums [7] 17
U.S. Billboard 200 [7] 77
Canadian RPM Country Albums4

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
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

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