The Way That I Am
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| The Way That I Am | ||||
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| Studio album by Martina McBride | ||||
| Released | September 14, 1993 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 34:05 | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Paul Worley Martina McBride Ed Seay |
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| Martina McBride chronology | ||||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
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Cover of the international release.
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| Singles from The Way That I Am | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
The Way That I Am is the second album by American country music singer Martina McBride, released in 1993 on RCA Records. It was certified Gold on 9/7/1994 and Platinum on 5/15/1995 by the R.I.A.A.. This was her breakthrough album, producing her first Top 5 hit in "My Baby Loves Me", which was previously released as a single by Canadian singer Patricia Conroy from her 1992 album Bad Day for Trains. McBride's version was a #2 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Also released from this album were "Life #9" at #6, "Independence Day" at #12, "Heart Trouble" at #21, and finally, "Where I Used to Have a Heart" at #49. Although never released as a single, "Strangers" was reprised on McBride's Greatest Hits album in 2001.
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[edit] Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Heart Trouble" | Paul Kennerley | 3:19 |
| 2. | "My Baby Loves Me" | Gretchen Peters | 2:36 |
| 3. | "That Wasn't Me" | Gary Harrison, Tim Mensy | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Independence Day" | Peters | 3:25 |
| 5. | "Where I Used to Have a Heart" | Craig Bickhardt | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Goin' to Work" | Bill Lloyd, Pam Tillis | 3:30 |
| 7. | "She Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" | Walt Aldridge, Anna Lisa Graham | 3:26 |
| 8. | "Life #9" | Kostas, Tony Perez | 3:59 |
| 9. | "Strangers" | Bobby Braddock | 3:21 |
| 10. | "Ashes" | Chris Waters, Lonnie Wilson, Charlotte Wilson | 2:55 |
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Total length:
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34:05 | ||
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| 11. | "The Time Has Come" | Lonnie Wilson, Susan Longacre | 2:32 | ||||||
| 12. | "That's Me" | Tony Haselden, Bob Alan | 3:52 | ||||||
| 13. | "Cheap Whiskey" | Emory Gordy, Jr., Jim Rushing | 3:08 | ||||||
| 14. | "When You Are Old" | Peters | 3:07 | ||||||
[edit] Production
- Produced By Martina McBride, Ed Seay & Paul Worley
- Assistant Producer: Anthony Martin
- Mixed By Ed Seay
- Engineered By Anthony Martin, Clarke Schneider & Ed Seay
- Mastered By Denny Purcell
[edit] Chart performance
[edit] Album
| Chart (1993) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[2] | 14 |
| U.S. Billboard 200[3] | 106 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 8 |
[edit] Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | |
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| US Country | CAN Country | ||
| 1993 | "My Baby Loves Me" | 2[4] | 1 |
| 1994 | "Life #9" | 6[5] | 8 |
| "Independence Day" | 12[6] | 14 | |
| "Heart Trouble" | 21[7] | 32 | |
| 1995 | "Where I Used to Have a Heart" | 49[8] | — |
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/album/martina-mcbride/the-way-that-i-am/144942
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/album/martina-mcbride/the-way-that-i-am/144942
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/artist/dixie-chicks/28586#/song/martina-mcbride/my-baby-loves-me/1609040
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/song/martina-mcbride/life-9/1609046
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/song/martina-mcbride/independence-day/1609042
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/song/martina-mcbride/heart-trouble/1609039
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/song/martina-mcbride/where-i-used-to-have-a-heart/1609043
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