Born to Fly
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Born to Fly is the third studio album by Sara Evans, released in October 2000. It is her highest-selling album to date, having earned 2× Platinum certification by the RIAA for U.S. sales of two million copies. The lead single, "Born to Fly," reached number one on January 19, 2001. The album was one of the most successful of the year. Evans was nominated for five CMA Awards: Album of the Year; song, single, and music video (for the title-track), and Female Vocalist of the Year. She won her first CMA award for music video of the year, "Born to Fly." The international version of the album includes a bonus track, "You", which was later released in North America as a bonus track on her 2005 album, Real Fine Place. "Born to Fly" was a defining album for Sara. Her earlier albums had a more neotraditional country sound, while all of her later albums had a more crossover-friendly country pop sound, similar to Martina McBride and Faith Hill.
Track listing
| 1. |
"Born to Fly" | Sara Evans, Marcus Hummon, Darrell Scott |
5:36 |
| 2. |
"Saints & Angels" | Victoria Banks |
4:24 |
| 3. |
"I Could Not Ask for More" | Diane Warren |
4:49 |
| 4. |
"I Keep Looking" | Evans, Tom Shapiro, Tony Martin |
4:36 |
| 5. |
"I Learned That from You" | Tony Lane, Jess Brown |
5:09 |
| 6. |
"Let's Dance" | Evans, Randy Scruggs |
4:05 |
| 7. |
"Why Should I Care" | Evans, Shapiro, Martin |
3:46 |
| 8. |
"Four-Thirty" | Hillary Lindsey, Bill Lloyd |
4:32 |
| 9. |
"Show Me the Way to Your Heart" | Evans, James LeBlanc |
3:54 |
| 10. |
"You Don't" | Evans, Aimee Mayo, Ron Harbin |
5:11 |
| 11. |
"Every Little Kiss" | Bruce Hornsby |
6:04 |
| 12. |
"You" (International bonus track) | Brett James, Troy Verges |
3:34 |
Personnel
Compiled from liner notes.[2]
- Musicians
- Matt Chamberlain - drums
- J. T. Corenflos - electric guitar
- Jerry Douglas - Dobro
- Dan Dugmore - acoustic guitar, steel guitar
- Sara Evans - lead vocals
- Aubrey Haynie - fiddle, mandolin
- Bruce Hornsby - Wurlitzer electric piano
- Marcus Hummon - acoustic guitar
- B. James Lowry - acoustic guitar
- Tim Lauer - accordion
- Jerry McPherson - electric guitar, mandolin
- Nashville String Machine - strings
- Steve Nathan - piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Rhodes piano, synthesizer
- Matt Rollings - Hammond B-3 organ
- Randy Scruggs - acoustic guitar, banjo
- Robby Turner - steel guitar
- Biff Watson - acoustic guitar, bouzouki, mandolin
- Karen Winkelman - string arrangements
- Glenn Worf - bass guitar
- Paul Worley - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, six-string bass guitar
- Jonathan Yudkin - fiddle, mandolin
- Backing vocalists
- Sara Evans
- Wes Hightower
- Troy Johnson
- Lesley Evans Lyons
- Melody Schelske
- Ashley Evans Simpson
- Ricky Skaggs
- Technical
- Eric Conn - digital editing
- Sara Evans - production
- Carlos Grier - digital editing
- Mike Poole - recording
- Denny Purcell - mastering
- Clarke Schleicher - mixing
- Paul Worley - production
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (2000) |
Peak
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums |
6 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 |
55 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums |
12 |
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