Ten Thousand Angels

Ten Thousand Angels
Studio album by Mindy McCready
Released	April 30, 1996
Recorded	1995
Studio	Javelina Recording Studios Malloy Boys Studios Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, TN)
Genre	Country
Length	35:20
Label	BNA Records
Producer	David Malloy
Mindy McCready chronology
Ten Thousand Angels (1996) If I Don't Stay the Night (1997)
Singles from Ten Thousand Angels
"Ten Thousand Angels" Released: February 3, 1996 "Guys Do It All the Time" Released: June 24, 1996 "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now" Released: October 12, 1996 "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)" Released: February 24, 1997

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[2]
Q	[3]

Ten Thousand Angels is the debut studio album of American country music artist Mindy McCready. It was released on April 30, 1996, by BNA Records. The album peaked at No. 5 on the US country charts, and producing four chart singles on the country charts. The first single, which was the title track, reached No. 6, and was followed by her only No. 1 hit, "Guys Do It All the Time". Following this song was "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now", which featured backing vocals from Richie McDonald, the lead singer of the band Lonestar. This song peaked at No. 18. "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)" was the final single, reaching No. 4 in 1997.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ten Thousand Angels"	Steven Dale Jones Billy Henderson	3:25
2.	"Guys Do It All the Time"	Bobby Whiteside Kim Tribble	3:11
3.	"All That I Am"	Kye Fleming Mary Ann Kennedy Deborah Allen	3:23
4.	"Maybe He'll Notice Her Now" (duet with Richie McDonald)	Tim Johnson	3:59
5.	"A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)"	Rick Bowles Robert Byrne	2:40
6.	"Have a Nice Day"	Lynn Chater Kerry Chater	4:56
7.	"It Ain't a Party"	Johnson David Malloy Kim Williams	3:04
8.	"Without Love"	Johnson Skip Ewing	4:13
9.	"Tell Me Something I Don't Know"	Johnson Malloy	3:10
10.	"Breakin' It"	Mark Germino	3:19
Total length:			35:20

Personnel

• Richard "Spady" Brannan – bass guitar
• Kathy Burdick – background vocals
• Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Tom Hemby – acoustic guitar
• John Hobbs – piano
• Dann Huff – electric guitar
• Mary Ann Kennedy – mandolin, background vocals
• Paul Leim – drums
• Mindy McCready - lead vocals
• Terry McMillan – harmonica
• Jimmy Nichols – piano, keyboards, synthesizer strings, background vocals
• Don Potter – acoustic guitar
• Norro Wilson – background vocals
• Richie McDonald - background vocals (track 4)

Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine; Carl Gorodetzky, concert master. String arrangements by Ronn Huff.

Production

• Produced By David Malloy
• Engineers: Kevin Beamish, Tonya Ginnetti, David Malloy, Jimmy Nichols, Warren Peterson, J. Gary Smith
• Assistant Engineers: Mark Beronulli, Mark Hagen, Joe Hayden, Mel Jones, King Williams
• Mixing: Kevin Beamish
• Digital Editing: Carlos Grier
• Mastering: Denny Purcell, Jonathan Russell

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1996) Peak position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[4] 93 Canadian Country Albums (RPM)[5] 1 US Billboard 200[6] 40 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[7] 5 US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[8] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1996) Position Canadian Country Albums (RPM)[9] 17 US Billboard 200[10] 137 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[11] 20 Chart (1997) Position Canadian Country Albums (RPM)[12] 33 US Billboard 200[13] 144 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[14] 16

References

1. Ten Thousand Angels at AllMusic
2. Entertainment Weekly review
3. Du Noyer, Paul. "Mindy McCready - Ten Thousand Angels". Q (July 1999). EMAP Metro Ltd.: 142.
4. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 5449". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
5. "RPM Country Albums for November 4, 1996". RPM. Retrieved December 12, 2024. Note: The week Ten Thousand Angels went number one has not been archived, so the issue is based of its last week chart performance.
6. "Mindy McCready Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
7. "Mindy McCready Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
8. "Mindy McCready Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
9. "Year End Country Albums ~ Top 50". RPM. December 16, 1996. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
10. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
11. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
12. "'97 Year End...Top 50 Country Albums". RPM. December 15, 1997. Retrieved December 12, 2024.
13. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2021.
14. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1997". Billboard. Retrieved September 19, 2021.