Wild Angels (album)

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Wild Angels
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Studio album by
Martina McBride
ReleasedSeptember 26, 1995 (1995-09-26) [1]
Recorded1995
StudioThe Money Pit, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country [1]
Length38:06 [1]
Label RCA Nashville
Producer
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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Robert Christgau Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [2]
Entertainment Weekly B− [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Wild Angels is the third studio album by the American country music artist Martina McBride. The album produced the singles "Safe in the Arms of Love", the title track, "Swingin' Doors", "Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town" and "Cry on the Shoulder of the Road". The title track was McBride's first number one hit on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. The album was certified Platinum 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 .

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wild Angels"
3:44
2."Safe in the Arms of Love"
3:13
3."Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town"
3:31
4."A Great Disguise"
  • Greg Barnhill
  • Hillary Kanter
  • Even Stevens
3:58
5."Swingin' Doors"
  • Jim Foster
  • Chapin Hartford
  • Bobby Boyd
3:27
6."All the Things We've Never Done"
3:24
7."Two More Bottles of Wine" Delbert McClinton 3:15
8."Cry on the Shoulder of the Road"
3:08
9."You've Been Driving All the Time"
  • Stinson
  • Bunch
4:41
10."Born to Give My Love to You"
  • Kennedy
  • Rose
  • Bunch
3:15
11."Beyond the Blue"
  • David Kent
  • Ashe Underwood
2:25
Total length:38:06

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. [5] Musicians

Production

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1995)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums [6] 17
U.S. Billboard 200 [6] 77
Canadian RPM Country Albums4

Singles

YearSinglePeak positions
US
Country
[7] 		CAN
Country
[8] [9]
1995"Safe in the Arms of Love"438
"Wild Angels"15
1996"Phones Are Ringin' All Over Town"2824
"Swingin' Doors"3841
1997"Cry on the Shoulder of the Road"2642

Certifications

Region Certification
Canada (Music Canada) [10] Platinum
United States (RIAA) [11] Platinum

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Thom Jurek (September 26, 1995). "Wild Angels - Martina McBride | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  2. ↑ "CG: martina mcbride". Robert Christgau. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  3. ↑ Nash, Alanna (October 13, 1995). "Wild Angels Review". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
  4. ↑ "FALL ALBUM ROUNDUP : In Brief - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. September 24, 1995. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  5. ↑ Wild Angels (Media notes). Martina McBride. RCA Records. 1995. 66509.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. 1 2 "Martina McBride : Chart History". Billboard.com. Retrieved August 10, 2013.
  7. ↑ "Martina McBride Album & Song Chart History – Country Songs". Billboard . Prometheus Global Media . Retrieved January 20, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Results – RPM – Library and Archives Canada – Country Singles". RPM . Archived from the original on October 21, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Martina McBride chart history (Canada Country)". Billboard . Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Martina McBride – Wild Angels". Music Canada.
  11. ↑ "American album certifications – Martina McBride – Wild Angels". Recording Industry Association of America.
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