''Eleven'' is the eleventh studio album by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
singer
Martina McBride, released on October 11, 2011, through
Republic Nashville
BMLG Records, formerly Republic Nashville, is a record label established in 2009 by Republic Records in New York and Big Machine Records in Nashville. It is headquartered on Music Row and utilizes the combined resources of Big Machine Records and ...
. The title of the album was inspired by the fact that it is McBride's eleventh album, it has eleven tracks and its release date. A deluxe edition of the album was also made available exclusively at
Target stores.
It featured slightly different cover art, with a blue fade at the bottom instead of white, and included four bonus tracks, as well as music videos for "Teenage Daughters" and "I'm Gonna Love You Through It". As of March 2012 the album has sold over 150,000 copies in the US. On July 3, 2012 the four Deluxe Bonus Tracks were released on iTunes as individual singles.
Track listing
Personnel
* Martina McBride – lead vocals, backing vocals
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Byron Gallimore – synthesizers
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Chuck Leavell – acoustic piano,
Wurlitzer electric piano,
Hammond B3 organ
* Mike Rojas – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ
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Gordon Mote – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
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Jamie Muhoberac Benjamin Edward "Jamie" Muhoberac is an American session keyboardist with numerous credits. He is best known for his work with Seal and Was (Not Was).
Biography
Muhoberac has worked with acts including The All-American Rejects, Fleetwood Mac, B ...
– synthesizers
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Tom Bukovac – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
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Dan Dugmore
Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar
Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying Bur ...
– acoustic guitar, electric guitar,
steel guitar
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Dann Huff
Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...
– electric guitar
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Michael Landau – electric guitar
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Brent Mason
Brent Mason (born July 13, 1959) is an American, Nashville, Tennessee-based recording studio guitarist and songwriter, performing primarily country music. Guitar World Magazine listed him as one of the "Top Ten Session Guitarists of All Time". ...
– electric guitar
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David A. Stewart – electric guitar
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Ilya Toshinsky
Bering Strait was a Russian country music band, whose style was sometimes called "redgrass". In 2003, the band was nominated for a Grammy Award and appeared on the TV show ''60 Minutes''. The group disbanded in 2006. The lineup on their first alb ...
– acoustic guitar, electric guitar,
bouzouki
The bouzouki (, also ; el, μπουζούκι ; alt. pl. ''bouzoukia'', from Greek ), also spelled buzuki or buzuci, is a musical instrument popular in Greece. It is a member of the long-necked lute family, with a round body with a flat top and ...
,
mandolin
* Paul Bushnell – bass
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Michael Rhodes – bass
* Craig Young – bass
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Matt Chamberlain
Matthew Chamberlain (born April 17, 1967) is an American session musician, drummer, producer and songwriter.
Biography
Life and career
Chamberlain was born in San Pedro, California on April 17, 1967. He began learning how to play the drums ...
– drums
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Shannon Forrest – drums, drum programming, percussion
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David Huff – drum programming
* Frank Macek – drum programming
* Ava McBride – foot tapping (11)
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Stuart Duncan –
fiddle
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Jim Horn
James Ronald Horn (born November 20, 1940) is an American saxophonist, woodwind player, and session musician.
Biography
Horn was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for f ...
–
baritone saxophone, horn arrangements
* Jeff Coffin –
tenor saxophone
The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...
* Charles Rose – trombone
* Scott Ducaj – trumpet
* John Catchings – cello
* Kristin Wilkinson – viola, string arrangements
* David Angell – violin
* David Davidson – violin
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The Nashville String Machine – strings (3, 9)
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David Campbell – string arrangements and conductor (3, 9)
* Perry Coleman – backing vocals
* Jimi Westbrook – harmony vocals (2)
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Pat Monahan – lead vocals (4)
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Carolyn Dawn Johnson – backing vocals (5)
* Phillip Sweet – harmony vocals (7)
Production
* Bryan Gallimore – producer, mixing (2)
* Martina McBride – producer, liner notes
* Dann Huff – producer (7)
* Allison Jones – A&R
* Scott McBride – recording, mixing (4-11)
* Allen Ditto – additional recording, recording assistant, mix assistant (4-11)
* Erik Lutkins – additional recording, mix assistant (2)
* Justin Niebank – mixing (1, 3)
* Seth Morton – mix assistant (1, 3)
* Stephen Allbritten – mix assistant (2)
* Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
* Shea Fowler – A&R production assistant
* Whitney Sutton – copy coordinator
* Sandi Spika Borchetta – art direction
* Lee Ann Ramey – graphic design
* Randee St. Nicholas – photography
* Claudia Fowler – wardrobe stylist
* Robert Steinken – hair stylist
* Collier Strong – make-up
* Bruce Allen – management
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
Tour dates
References
External links
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2011 albums
Martina McBride albums
Albums produced by Byron Gallimore
Republic Records albums