Timeless (Martina McBride album)

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

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)	Length
1.	"You Win Again"	Hank Williams	2:59
2.	"I'll Be There" (featuring Dan Tyminski and Rhonda Vincent)	Ray Price, Rusty Gabbard	2:18
3.	"I Can't Stop Loving You" (feat. string arrangements by David Campbell)	Don Gibson	4:21
4.	"(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden"	Joe South	3:15
5.	"Today I Started Loving You Again"	Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens	3:46
6.	"You Ain't Woman Enough"	Loretta Lynn	2:12
7.	"Once a Day"	Bill Anderson	2:23
8.	"Pick Me Up on Your Way Down"	Harlan Howard	2:40
9.	"I Don't Hurt Anymore"	Don Robertson, Walter E. Rollins	3:08
10.	"True Love Ways"	Buddy Holly, Norman Petty	3:14
11.	"'Til I Can Make It on My Own"	George Richey, Billy Sherrill, Tammy Wynette	3:17
12.	"I Still Miss Someone" (featuring Dolly Parton)	Johnny Cash, Roy Cash, Jr.	2:56
13.	"Heartaches by the Number" (featuring Dwight Yoakam)	Harlan Howard	3:06
14.	"Satin Sheets"	John Volinkaty	3:20
15.	"Thanks a Lot"	Eddie Miller, Don Sessions	2:35
16.	"Love's Gonna Live Here"	Buck Owens	2:01
17.	"Make the World Go Away"	Hank Cochran	2:57
18.	"Help Me Make It Through the Night"	Kris Kristofferson	4:04
19.	"Let It Be Me" (iTunes pre-order bonus track)	Gilbert Bécaud, Mann Curtis	3:36

International bonus tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
19.	"Dreaming My Dreams"	Allen Reynolds	3:51
20.	"Cryin' Time"	Buck Owens	3:09
21.	"Walk On By"	Kendall Hayes	2:27
22.	"Take These Chains from My Heart"	Fred Rose, Hy Heath	3:10

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
• 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 Tyminsky- 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

Album

Chart (2005)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	3

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	—