Timeless (Martina McBride album)

Timeless is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Martina McBride.

Timeless
Studio album by Martina McBride
Released	October 18, 2005
Recorded	Early 2005 Blackbird Studios
Genre	Country
Length	54:32
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Martina McBride
Martina McBride chronology
Martina (2003) Timeless (2005) Waking Up Laughing (2007)
Singles from Timeless
"(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden" Released: August 1, 2005 "I Still Miss Someone" Released: 2006

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[1]
Allmusic	[2]
Country Weekly	(average)[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
People	[5]
Slant Magazine	[6]
Stylus Magazine	A−[7]

The album is an 18-track collection of classic country songs. Major artists whose songs were covered include Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash, Don Gibson, Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens, Ray Price, Hank Snow, Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette and many others. The album debuted at No. 1 on the country album chart and No. 3 on the Billboard 200.

The album became McBride's fastest-selling of her career and gave her her best debut sales week with 185,000 copies sold in its first week. In the U.S. the album was certified Gold and Platinum on 12/12/2005 by the R.I.A.A.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist(s)	Length
1.	"You Win Again"	Hank Williams	Hank Williams	2:59
2.	"I'll Be There" (featuring Dan Tyminski and Rhonda Vincent)	Ray Price, Rusty Gabbard	Ray Price	2:18
3.	"I Can't Stop Loving You" (feat. string arrangements by David Campbell)	Don Gibson	Don Gibson	4:21
4.	"(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden"	Joe South	Lynn Anderson	3:15
5.	"Today I Started Loving You Again"	Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens	Merle Haggard	3:46
6.	"You Ain't Woman Enough"	Loretta Lynn	Loretta Lynn	2:12
7.	"Once a Day"	Bill Anderson	Connie Smith	2:23
8.	"Pick Me Up on Your Way Down"	Harlan Howard	Charlie Walker	2:40
9.	"I Don't Hurt Anymore"	Don Robertson, Walter E. Rollins	Hank Snow	3:08
10.	"True Love Ways"	Buddy Holly, Norman Petty	Buddy Holly	3:14
11.	"'Til I Can Make It on My Own"	George Richey, Billy Sherrill, Tammy Wynette	Tammy Wynette	3:17
12.	"I Still Miss Someone" (featuring Dolly Parton)	Johnny Cash, Roy Cash, Jr.	Johnny Cash	2:56
13.	"Heartaches by the Number" (featuring Dwight Yoakam)	Harlan Howard	Guy Mitchell	3:06
14.	"Satin Sheets"	John Volinkaty	Jeanne Pruett	3:20
15.	"Thanks a Lot"	Eddie Miller, Don Sessions	Ernest Tubb	2:35
16.	"Love's Gonna Live Here"	Buck Owens	Buck Owens	2:01
17.	"Make the World Go Away"	Hank Cochran	Ray Price	2:57
18.	"Help Me Make It Through the Night"	Kris Kristofferson	Kris Kristofferson	4:04
19.	"Let It Be Me" (iTunes pre-order bonus track)	Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis	Gilbert Bécaud	3:36
Total length:				58:08

International bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist(s)	Length
19.	"Dreaming My Dreams"	Allen Reynolds	Waylon Jennings	3:51
20.	"Cryin' Time"	Buck Owens	Ray Charles	3:09
21.	"Walk On By"	Kendall Hayes	Leroy Van Dyke	2:27
22.	"Take These Chains from My Heart"	Fred Rose, Hy Heath	Hank Williams	3:10
Total length:				70:45

Limited edition bonus DVD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Making of Timeless"
2.	"Photo Gallery"

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Dennis Burnside – string arrangements
• David Campbell – string arrangements
• Lisa Cochran – background vocals
• Melodie Crittenden – background vocals
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin – dobro, steel guitar
• Steve Gibson – dobro, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
• Jon Mark Ivey – background vocals
• Terence Johnston - 12-string guitar, background vocals
• Marabeth Jordan – background vocals
• Martina McBride – lead vocals, background vocals
• Gordon Mote – Hammond B-3 organ, piano, Wurlitzer piano
• The Nashville String Machine – strings
• Dolly Parton – vocals on "I Still Miss Someone"
• Larry Paxton – bass guitar, upright bass, tic tac bass
• John Wesley Ryles – background vocals
• Marty Schiff – acoustic guitar
• Russell Terrell – background vocals
• Dan Tyminski – vocals on "I'll Be There"
• Rhonda Vincent – vocals on "I'll Be There"
• Bergen White – background vocals
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar, upright bass
• Paul Worley – acoustic guitar
• Dwight Yoakam – vocals on "Heartaches by the Number"
• Jonathan Yudkin – string arrangements, strings

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2005) Peak position US Billboard 200[8] 3 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2005) Position US Billboard 200[10] 168 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[11] 29 Chart (2006) Position US Billboard 200[12] 79 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[13] 20

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions
		US Country	US
2005	"(I Never Promised You) A Rose Garden"	18	98
2006	"I Still Miss Someone" (featuring Dolly Parton)	50	—

References

1. About.com review
2. Allmusic review
3. Country Weekly review
4. Entertainment Weekly review
5. People review
6. Slant Magazine review
7. Stylus Magazine review
8. "Martina McBride Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
9. "Martina McBride Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
10. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
11. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
12. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
13. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 2006". Billboard. Retrieved November 13, 2020.