Emotion (Martina McBride album)

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Emotion
Martina McBride Emotion album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1999
Genre Country
Length46:54
Label RCA Nashville
Producer
Martina McBride chronology
White Christmas
(1998)
Emotion
(1999)
Greatest Hits
(2001)
Singles from Emotion
  1. "I Love You"
    Released: July 26, 1999
  2. "Love's the Only House"
    Released: November 15, 1999
  3. "There You Are"
    Released: May 15, 2000
  4. "It's My Time"
    Released: December 18, 2000
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Chicago Tribune (favorable) [2]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [3]

Emotion is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Martina McBride. It was released in September 1999 by RCA Nashville. The album produced four singles with "I Love You", "Love's the Only House", "There You Are" and "It's My Time" on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The song "I Love You" became McBride's biggest hit single to date after it reached number one on the country charts and peaked at number 24 on the Billboard Hot 100. The album ends with two covers, "Goodbye" by Patty Griffin and Gretchen Peters' "This Uncivil War" from Peters' 1996 debut album The Secret of Life. The album was certified Platinum on by the RIAA.

Contents

Track listing

Emotion track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Do What You Do" Angelo Petraglia, Georgia Middleman 3:26
2."Anything's Better Than Feelin' the Blues" Matraca Berg, Randy Scruggs 3:01
3."I Love You" Keith Follesé, Adrienne Follesé, Tammy Hyler2:52
4."Make Me Believe"James LeBlanc, Don Srygley3:50
5."Love's the Only House" Buzz Cason, Tom Douglas 5:13
6."There You Are" Ed Hill, Mark D. Sanders, Bob DiPiero 3:26
7."It's My Time"Hyler, Billy Crain, Kim Tribble 3:35
8."I Ain't Goin' Nowhere" Tia Sillers, Sanders3:48
9."Anything and Everything" Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Billy Mann 3:44
10."From the Ashes"Austin Cunningham, Hillary Lindsey 4:38
11."Goodbye" Patty Griffin 4:06
12."This Uncivil War" Gretchen Peters 5:07
13."For the Love of a Woman" (International bonus track)Tyler Castleton, Staci Peters3:56
Total length:46:54

Personnel

Musicians

Production

Studios

Chart performance

Certifications

Certifications for Emotion
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [10] Platinum100,000^
United States (RIAA) [11] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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