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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
Studio	Blackbird Studio (Nashville, Tennessee); Radio Recorders (Los Angeles, California).
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 cover 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.^{[citation needed]} In the U.S., the album was certified gold and platinum on December 12, 2005 by the RIAA.^{[citation needed]}

Track listing

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

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

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