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"The Album"
Martina's Got A New Album Out! Released September 30th 2003,
"Martina" Features The Single's "This One's For The Girl's" and "In My
Daughter's Eye's"
 Track List For "Martina"
Click on song titles to hear clips of each song on real player.
1.
So Magical
2.
She's A Butterfly
3.
City Of Love
4.
This One's For The Girls
5.
How Far
6.
Reluctant Daughter
7.
Wearing White
8.
When You Love Me
9.
In My Daughter's Eyes
10.
Learning To Fall
11.
God's Will
12.
Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Live)
13. Bonus Track: Show Me - Wal-Mart
Exclusive Wal-Mart Bonus Track On "Martina"
Buy "Martina" online at
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to get not only the album but an exclusive bonus track! The exclusive
Wal-Mart Bonus track is titled "Show Me"
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Album Information From September 9,
2003
For the new CD, Martina once again turned to long-time producer Paul Worley to
co-produce the tracks with her. The album was recorded in John and Martina
McBride’s brand new state of the art studio, Blackbird, located in the Berry
Hill neighborhood of Nashville, TN. Recording the tracks at Blackbird gave
Martina the flexibility to work on the songs anytime, day or night even by
herself if necessary. The studio’s relaxed atmosphere and customized kitchen
offered a home away from home for Martina and her family during the recording
process. Martina could even prepare dinner for her family on occasion and the
dining room table did double time as a desk on which her two young daughters
could work on school and art projects.
Martina tapped some of Nashville’s greatest voices, arrangers and songwriters
for Martina. Vince Gill provided guest vocals on "Wearing White," a song written
by Lisa Drew and Tommy Lee James and Ricky Skaggs stepped in to arrange the
instruments on “Reluctant Daughter,” a song written by Sally Barris and Jon
Vezner. Fellow female vocalist, Jamie O'Neal contributed "How Far," a tune she
co-wrote with Shaye Smith and Ed Hill. John Rich and Big Kenny (better known as
Warner Bros. recording act, Big and Rich) penned the cut, "She's A Butterfly”
and the team of Angelo, Brett James and Hillary Lindsey provided “So Magical”
and “When You Love Me.” The CD’s final track is a live version of “Over the
Rainbow” with arrangements by Martina and Jim Medlin.
What Martina Has To Say
According to an interview backstage at
the CMT Flameworthy 2003 Video Music Awards Martina compared the upcoming Album
to her 1997 Evolution album.
Putting Her New Music Where Her Mouth
Is
Martina is doing her part as she prepares to release her new studio album
September 30th.
"It's our first studio album in four years, so we had a lot of time to find
songs. I'm so proud of the collection of songs on this album. It's nothing real
radically different. It's just kind of more Martina music and more of the very
best songs I could find. There's a little bit of everything. I'm so proud of the
fact that we have a cut on there that Ricky Skaggs and Sharon White sang on and
played on. Vince Gill came in and sang on one. There's kind of a little bit of
everything. If you look back at the other albums I've put out you can kind of
find a mirror for every song that's on this one." Martina
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News From John McBride Background Information and Thoughts
on "Martina"
Posted On Martinaville Sep 26 2003
FIVE MORE DAYS!!! I cannot wait! A little info regarding some of the posts: The
river mentioned in So Magical is one of the writer's daughter's name. How Far is
a power ballad - one of my absolute favorites! How Far and Daughter's Eyes are
probably the two main contenders for the next single although do not rule
something else out. Martina is going to do some radio visits next week and I
will stay home with the kids - waaaahhh - We'll miss her but she will never be
gone more than 2 days in a row. I am in shock that Amazon actually gave her a
favorable review. Martina is really excited about her Crossroads with Pat
Benatar. After reading more about Pat Benatar, she seems to have a lot in common
with Martina - 2 girls, big voice, a husband that won't go away, etc. Hah Hah.
Being on an Apple computer I am not able to get the song a day from CMT - I hope
it sounds OK coming over a computer. Martina sang background two nights ago on a
song by a band called "Big and Rich" - John Rich (previously in Lonestar) and
Big Kenny are the two guys who wrote "She's A Butterfly" - that album will be
out sometime next year. She will be performing on the CMA Awards - not sure what
song yet. The Christmas Tour has fifteen stops this year - most of them close
enough for the school routing, and Oklahoma City will be the last stop December
22 (Delaney's b-day). The single is doing well and should continue to climb -
keep your fingers crossed! Martina is currently reading East of Eden and loves
it - I have started it myself (yes we really do know how to read). Life is busy
and wonderful and fall is about here - the weather in Nashville has been
beautiful this week. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are mixing some of their next
album at out studio, but they are not here, just their engineers.
News On The Album
Posted On Martinaville Aug 31 2003
Hey everybody - the last 4 weeks have been insane! The studio has been our
second home but the album is going to be finished Monday night (and the pressing
starts on Wednesday). The album has 12 tracks and there is a 13th bonus cut at
Wal-Mart that has to do with a Gillette promotion. This is the best album by far
(in my opinion) that Martina has ever done and the songs she selected are
incredible. She really put her heart and soul into this album and I have never
seen her work so diligently for so long to make it what it is today. My respect
for her as an artist has been raised to the highest level yet - what she does is
mind-boggling to me. We are excited to start playing new music in concert - I
just cannot say enough about how powerful some of this new music is. I wish it
was September 30th right now. School has started for the girls and life is
moving along at 90 mph as usual. Hope everyone is Martinaville is happy, healthy
and well. Looking forward to reading the posts, as always (or at least when
we're not in the studio 24/7!). Take care! John
She's A Butterfly
Posted On Martinaville Nov 16 2003
The guys singing background on Butterfly are John Rich and Big
Kenny - they are now signed to Warner Bros. (as Big and Rich) and have a record
coming out next year. Martina also sang background on one of their songs on
their album - a song called "Live This Life". They are wonderful people,
definitely crazy, and are some of the nicest people we know. They should have an
incredibly successful career - they have talent coming out of their ears. Take
care! John
Sweet Dreams
Posted On Martinaville Sep 26 2003
Martina's song on the Patsy Cline album is the 1st thing we
ever recorded in our studio. MCA contacted Martina and asked to be on that album
and told her they wanted a "different" version of Patsy's songs. They told us
there were jazz, big-band, etc. versions and she should do something different
than country, so that is how that came about. Martina is excited about life in
general and still the greatest person I have ever met. Hope everyone is happy,
healthy and well. Hopefully we will see some of you on the road - take care!
John
"This One's For The Girls" What Does Martina Have To Say?
"It's one of those rare things: an up-tempo song with a real meaty lyric. It
basically addresses every state of girlhood and womanhood. It's sort of an
empowering little number. Hard to believe, coming from me, I know. It's really
inspiring to me and it's fun."
The Lyrics
"This One's For The Girls"
(Aimee Mayo, Chris Lindsey, Hillary Lindsey)
This is for all you girls about 13
High School can be so rough, can be so mean
Hold on to, on to your innocence
Stand your ground, when everybody's giving in
This one's for the girls
This is for all you girls about 25
In a little apartment, just trying to get by
Living on, on dreams and spagettios
Wonderin' where your life is gonna go
(chorus)
This one's for the girls
Who've ever had a broken heart
Who've wished upon a shooting star
You're beautiful the way you are
This one's for the girls
Who love without holding back
Who dream with everything they have
All around the world
This one's for the girls
This is for all you girls about 42
Tossin pennys into the fountain of youth
Every laugh, laugh lying on your face
Made you who you are today
(repeat chorus)
Yeah we're all the same inside
From 1 to 99
(repeat chorus)
Yeah this one's for the girls
The Review Empowering and inspiring. It's authentic.
It's rocking. And it sounds exactly like a Number One record should." Robert K.
Oermann / Music Row Magazine on "This One's For The Girls"
Who's that on back up?
Faith Hill
Carolyn Dawn Johnson
Aimee Mayo
Hillary Lindsey
Delaney & Emma McBride
The Video
...Will premiere this coming Saturday
night (8/16/03) On CMT's MWL (Most Wanted Live)
Shown in a sneak peek of the video on CMT was Martina jumping on a bed with her
daughters!
The video for "This One's For The Girls" was shot on Wednesday, July 30 in
Nashville. The director is one that Martina has used in the past. It will
involve a 10 year old soccer player in it's story line.
Who's The Guitar Girl In The Video?
She is actually the lead singer of a band called Naked Beggars. You can see her,
Inga, on her site,
Nakedbeggars.net. She is
also married to Cinderella's bass player, Eric Brittingham.
Listen To "This One's For The Girls" On Real Audio
"She's A Butterfly"
Martina To Record Song Inspired By Late Teenage Songwriter
- "She's a Butterfly"
Martina McBride will record "She's a
Butterfly" inspired by teenaged cancer patient Katie Darnell. Darnell is the
girl who was in Vanderbilt's Children's hospital that singer John Rich and local
Nashville performer, Big Kenny met a couple of years back (she was then 17).
According to the Tennessean, after they sang for her, she sang a song, a tune
she wrote called, "Rescue Me." Rich and Kenny were then moved to write the song
about Katie titled "She's a Butterfly."
"So Magical" A Little Something On "So Magical"
"As I was listening to the lyrics and wondering if there really is a Kali River,
there is, it's somewhere in Nepal but there is a ride at the Animal Kingdom
called Kali River Rapids and of course Animal Kingdom is in the Magical place of
Disney World!! LOL
Listening to the lyrics again, I just had the vision of the writer walking down
main street of Disney World and saying "This is such a beautiful place, don't
want to miss a minute of this day, It's So Magical. I feel like I can fly when I
see the world through these eyes."
Something that makes you say Huh!!! LOL" Keith
"The river
mentioned in So Magical is one of the writer's daughter's name."
John McBride
"In My Daughter's Eye's"
McBRIDE'S NEW SINGLE ODE TO
PARENTHOOD
Being a loving, working mother of two, Martina McBride says she really
identified with the feelings expressed in her new single.
"'In My Daughter's Eyes,' the first time I heard it I was completely blown away.
Because I've never recorded a song completely about being a parent before, but
that one really gets it. It really captures the emotion and the twist which is,
these little people are dependent upon you for everything, but really you're
dependent upon them as well for this joy and this light and this wonder that
they fill your life up with. So, I really loved the way the song was written and
I think it expressed parenthood in a beautiful way." Martina
From www.coutnrystars.com
Other
Watch Music Video's Of Martina On GAC - Click For Play Times
The Patsy Cline Tribute Album
...that features Martina with Take 6 on "Sweet Dreams" is called
"Remembering Patsy Cline" and will be released along with a re-mastered version
of Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits on September 9th
Listen to a clip of "Sweet Dreams" here
http://www.rememberingpatsycline.com/
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