Timeless is the eighth studio album by the American country music singer Martina McBride. The album was released on October 18, 2005, through RCA Nashville Records. The album is McBride's first covers album, containing covers of classic country songs made famous by artists such as Buck Owens, Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash, Don Gibson and Loretta Lynn.
The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200, and number 1 on the Top Country Albums chart with 185,000 copies sold in the first week. The album was certified platinum on December 12, 2005, by the RIAA.
Contents
Personnel
Martina McBride – lead vocals, harmony vocals
Gordon Mote – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ
Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitars, dobro, mandolin
Marty Schiff – acoustic guitar
Paul Worley – acoustic guitar
Stuart Duncan – mandolin, fiddle
Paul Franklin – dobro, steel guitar
Larry Paxton – electric bass, upright bass, tic-tac bass
Glenn Worf – electric bass, upright bass
Eddie Bayers – drums
Jonathan Yudkin – strings (11), string arrangements (11)
Lisa Cochran – harmony vocals
Melodie Crittenden – harmony vocals
Jon Mark Ivey – harmony vocals
Marabeth Jordan – harmony vocals
John Wesley Ryles – harmony vocals
Russell Terrell – harmony vocals
Bergen White – harmony vocals, vocal arrangements
Guest Vocals
Dan Tyminski – vocals (2)
Rhonda Vincent – vocals (2)
Dolly Parton – harmony vocals (12)
Dwight Yoakam – harmony vocals (13)
The Nashville String Machine
Dennis Burnside – string arrangements and conductor
Carl Gorodetzky – contractor
Anthony LaMarchina and Sarighani Reist – cello
Jim Grosjean, Gary Vanosdale and Kristin Wilkinson – viola
David Angell, Janet Askey, David Davidson, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Cate Myer, Pamela Sixfin, Christian Teal, Alan Umstead, Cathy Umstead, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale and Karen Winklemann – violin
Production
Martina McBride – producer
John McBride – recording, mixing, management
John Netti – recording assistant, mix assistant
Vance Powell – recording assistant, mix assistant
Lowell Reynolds – recording assistant, mix assistant
David Robinson – recording assistant, mix assistant
Michael Dumas – vocal recording for Dwight Yoakam (13)
Richard Dodd – mastering at RichardDodd.com (Nashville, Tennessee)
Paige Connors – production coordinator
S. Wade Hunt – art direction, design
Andrew Eccles – photography
Sam Erickson – studio photography
Claudia Fowler – wardrobe stylist
Earl Cox – hair stylist
Mary Beth Felts – make-up
Bruce Allen – management
Charts
Certifications
In 2005, Timeless was certified platinum by the RIAA.