Shine (Martina McBride album)

Shine
Studio album by
Martina McBride
ReleasedMarch 24, 2009
Recorded2008
StudioBlackbird (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length40:05
LabelRCA Nashville
ProducerDann Huff
Martina McBride
Martina McBride chronology
Playlist: The Very Best of Martina McBride
(2008) 		Shine
(2009) 		Eleven
(2011)
Singles from Shine
  1. "Ride"
    Released: November 17, 2008
  2. "I Just Call You Mine"
    Released: May 18, 2009
  3. "Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong"
    Released: February 1, 2010
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic67/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com[2]
Allmusic[3]
BBC MusicAverage[4]
The Boston GlobeFavorable[5]
Country Weekly[6]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[7]
Los Angeles Times[8]
Paste3.6/10[9]
Robert Christgau(dud)[10]
Slant Magazine[11]
Uncut[1]
USA Today[12]

Shine is the tenth studio album from American country music singer Martina McBride, released on March 24, 2009 by RCA Nashville. The album spun three Top 20 hits on the Billboard country chart: "Ride" and "Wrong Baby Wrong" both reached #11, and "I Just Call You Mine" peaked at #18. McBride co-produced the album with Dann Huff and co-wrote the track "Sunny Side Up." It is her last studio album released through RCA Records before switching to Republic Nashville.

In November 2009, McBride began the Shine All Night Tour in support of the album.

Content

Shine was produced by McBride along with Dann Huff, and it is the first album of her career that Huff has co-produced. Dann was approached by McBride and her husband John to co-produce the record on Huff's birthday. [citation needed] "Ride", the album's debut single, was released in November 2008 and peaked at #11 in April 2009. The follow-up single, "I Just Call You Mine", was sent to radio on May 18, 2009 and is being used in promos for NBC's "Today Wedding Show".[citation needed] It has also charted in the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Shine marked McBride's fourth #1 album on the US Country Albums Charts, being one of the only women in country music to release three #1 albums consecutively. Also on the album, McBride released three top 20 singles, which marked her 24th, 25th and 26th top-20 singles on the US Top Country Singles chart.

Despite debuting at #10, the album spent just seven weeks on the Billboard 200. As of March 2010 the album has sold over 175,000 copies in the US.

"I'm Trying", co-written by Tia Sillers and Darrell Scott, was originally recorded by Kevin Sharp on his 1998 album Love Is, and later by Diamond Rio (as a collaboration with Chely Wright) on their 2001 album One More Day.

As with her last studio album, 2007's Waking Up Laughing, McBride has a co-writer's credit: the track "Sunny Side Up", which she co-wrote with Brad and Brett Warren, also known as The Warren Brothers. The Warren Brothers also co-wrote the lead-off track "Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong" with Robert Ellis Orrall and Stephen Barker Liles, the latter of whom is a member of the band Love and Theft. Although McBride was not involved with the writing of "Wrong Baby Wrong", she helped with the idea, being that the song was originally written in a man's point of view talking to his girlfriend.

On the iTunes Store, a pre-order bonus track was available up to the day of the album's release. It was a cover of Leo Sayer's 1978 hit "I Can't Stop Loving You". This is a different song to the one recorded for Timeless.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong"Stephen Barker Liles, Robert Ellis Orrall, Brad Warren, Brett Warren3:39
2."I Just Call You Mine"Jess Cates, Ty Lacy, Dennis Matkosky4:20
3."Sunny Side Up"Martina McBride, Brad Warren, Brett Warren2:59
4."Walk Away"Nathan Chapman, Liz Rose, Jesse Walker3:44
5."I'm Trying"David Campbell, Tia Sillers, Darrell Scott4:00
6."What Do I Have to Do"Campbell, Michael Dulaney, Tom Shapiro, Neil Thrasher3:40
7."Don't Cost a Dime"Mark Irwin, Chris Tompkins, Josh Kear3:12
8."Ride"Michael Davey, Andrew Dorff, Chris Robbins3:57
9."You're Not Leaving Me"Hillary Lindsey, Gordie Sampson, Troy Verges3:41
10."Wild Rebel Rose"Irwin, Kear3:49
11."Lies"Campbell, Catt Gravitt, Tania Hancheroff, Gerald O'Brien4:02
12."I Can't Stop Loving You" (iTunes pre-order bonus track)Don Gibson4:28
Total length:40:05

Personnel

The Nashville String Machine (Tracks 5, 6 & 11)

  • David Campbell – string arrangements and conductor
  • Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor
  • Pamela Sixfin – concertmaster
  • Kirsten Cassel and Carole Rabinowitz – cello
  • Jim Grosjean and Kristin Wilkinson – viola
  • David Angell, David Davidson, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Pamela Sixfin, Alan Umstead, Cathy Umstead, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale and Karen Winklemann – violin

Production

  • Dann Huff – producer
  • Martina McBride – producer
  • Darrell Franklin – A&R
  • Scott McBride – recording, mixing (5, 7, 10, 11)
  • Steve Bishir – additional recording
  • Allen Ditto – additional recording, recording assistant, mix assistant (5, 7, 10, 11)
  • Mark Hagen – additional recording
  • Seth Morton – recording assistant
  • Justin Niebank – mixing (1-4, 6, 8, 9)
  • Drew Bollman – mix assistant (1-4, 6, 8, 9)
  • John Netti – mix assistant (1-4, 6, 8, 9)
  • Christopher Rowe – digital editing
  • Adam Ayan – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine)
  • Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
  • Judy Forde-Blair – creative production, liner notes
  • Scott McDaniel – art direction
  • Tracy Baskette-Fleaner – design
  • Tammie Creek – imaging production
  • Kristin Barlowe – photography
  • Claudia Fowler – wardrobe stylist
  • Earl Cox – hair stylist
  • Mary Beth Felts – make-up
  • Bruce Allen – management

Charts

Singles

Year Single Chart positions
US
Country
[16] 		US
[17]
2008 "Ride" 11 82
2009 "I Just Call You Mine" 18 97
2010 "Wrong Baby Wrong" 11 74

References

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  3. ^ [Shine at AllMusic Allmusic review]
  4. ^ Smith, Sid. "BBC - Music - Review of Martina McBride - Shine". www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Sunny outlook on McBride's 'Shine'". Boston.com – via The Boston Globe.
  6. ^ "Nash Country Daily". Nash Country Daily.
  7. ^ "Shine". EW.com.
  8. ^ "Los Angeles Times review". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016.
  9. ^ "Martina McBride: Shine". pastemagazine.com. May 1, 2009.
  10. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: martina mcbride". www.robertchristgau.com.
  11. ^ Keefe, Jonathan (30 March 2009). "Review: Martina McBride, Shine". Slant Magazine.
  12. ^ "Listen Up: Miley Cyrus' alter ego is a solid pop persona - USATODAY.com". usatoday30.usatoday.com.
  13. ^ "Martina McBride Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  14. ^ "Martina McBride Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  15. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2009". Billboard. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  16. ^ "Martina McBride Album & Song Chart History – Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
  17. ^ "Martina McBride Album & Song Chart History – Hot 100". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 20, 2011.