Eleven (Martina McBride album)

Eleven
Studio album by Martina McBride
Released	October 11, 2011
Recorded	2011
Studio	Blackbird Studios (Nashville, Tennessee); Southern Tracks (Atlanta, Georgia).
Genre	Country
Length	40:28
Label	Republic Nashville
Producer	Martina McBride Byron Gallimore Dann Huff (Track 7)
Martina McBride chronology
Shine (2009) Eleven (2011) Hits and More (2012)
Singles from Eleven
"Teenage Daughters" Released: March 21, 2011 "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" Released: July 25, 2011 "Marry Me" Released: March 26, 2012

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(81/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
American Songwriter	[3]
Billboard	(favorable)[4]
The Boston Globe	(average)[5]
Country Weekly	(favorable)[6]
Entertainment Weekly	B[7]
Robert Christgau	[8]
USA Today	[9]

Eleven is the eleventh studio album by American country music singer Martina McBride, released on October 11, 2011, through Republic Nashville.^[10][11][12] 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.^[13] 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[edit]

Personnel[edit]

• Martina McBride – lead vocals, backing vocals
• Byron Gallimore – synthesizers
• Chuck Leavell – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ
• Mike Rojas – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ
• Gordon Mote – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
• Jamie Muhoberac – synthesizers
• Tom Bukovac – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Dan Dugmore – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, steel guitar
• Dann Huff – electric guitar
• Michael Landau – electric guitar
• Brent Mason – electric guitar
• David A. Stewart – electric guitar
• Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bouzouki, mandolin
• Paul Bushnell – bass
• Michael Rhodes – bass
• Craig Young – bass
• Matt Chamberlain – drums
• Shannon Forrest – drums, drum programming, percussion
• David Huff – drum programming
• Frank Macek – drum programming
• Ava McBride – foot tapping (11)
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Jim Horn – baritone saxophone, horn arrangements
• Jeff Coffin – tenor saxophone
• Charles Rose – trombone
• Scott Ducaj – trumpet
• John Catchings – cello
• Kristin Wilkinson – viola, string arrangements
• David Angell – violin
• David Davidson – violin
• The Nashville String Machine – strings (3, 9)
• David Campbell – string arrangements and conductor (3, 9)
• Perry Coleman – backing vocals
• Jimi Westbrook – harmony vocals (2)
• Pat Monahan – lead vocals (4)
• Carolyn Dawn Johnson – backing vocals (5)
• Phillip Sweet – harmony vocals (7)

Production[edit]

• 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[edit]

Singles[edit]

Tour dates[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Eleven at Metacritic