1 	Do Right Woman, Do Right Man 	
2 	Suspicious Minds 	
3 	If You Don't Know Me By Now 	
4 	Little Bit Of Rain 	
5 	Bring It On Home To Me	(Featuring – Gavin DeGraw)
6 	Come See About Me 	
7 	What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted 	
8 	I've Been Loving You Too Long 	
9 	Wild Night 	
10 	In The Basement	(Featuring – Kelly Clarkson)
11 	My Babe 	
12 	To Know Him Is To Love Him

Everlasting is the second collection of covers Martina McBride has recorded, following 2005's Timeless by nearly ten years. A decade isn't the only thing separating the two records. Timeless was a collection of country covers but Everlasting has soul in its heart, with the singer tackling R&B standards from Aretha Franklin ("Do Right Woman, Do Right Man"), Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes ("If You Don't Know Me by Now"), the Supremes ("Come See About Me"), Otis Redding ("I've Been Loving You Too Long"), and Sam Cooke ("Bring It on Home to Me"). With the assistance of Don Was -- who gives the whole affair a warm, burnished sound; there's a lot of vibe here, even if there isn't a lot of room for the musicians to depart from the groove, nor much reason to -- McBride also expands her scope ever so slightly, giving Fred Neil's "Little Bit of Rain" a Memphis flavor, swinging through Etta James' "In the Basement" with Kelly Clarkson, and bopping through a version of Little Walter's "My Babe" that's certainly cleaner than the original but maintains a little of that Chess mojo. There's warmth in Was' production and honey in McBride's voice and if the combination can sometimes result in too-sweet tea, it's nevertheless soothing. ---Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AllMusic Review

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1. Wrong Baby Wrong Baby Wrong
2. I Just Call You Mine
3. Sunnyside Up
4. Walk Away
5. I'm Trying
6. What Do I Have To Do
7. Don't Cost A Dime
8. Ride
9. You're Not Leaving Me
10. Wild Rebel Rose
11. Lies

Martina McBride - Vocals, Vocals (Background)
Tim Akers - Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Wurlitzer
David Angell - Violin
Tom Bukovac - Guitar (Electric)
Sarah Buxton - Vocals (Background)
Kirsten Cassel - Cello
Matt Chamberlain -Drums
Lisa Cochran -Vocals (Background)
Eric Darken - Percussion
Donald Clive Davidson - Violin
Stuart Duncan -Fiddle
Connie Ellisor - Violin
Jerry Flowers -Vocals (Background)
Shannon Forrest -Drums
Jim Grosjean - Viola
Dann Huff - Audio Production, Guitar (Electric), Mandolin, Producer
Carolyn Dawn Johnson - Vocals (Background)
Charles Judge - Keyboards, Organ (Hammond), Percussion
Brent Mason - Guitar (Electric)
Chris McHugh - Drums
The Nashville String Machine - Strings
Steve Nathan - Clavinet, Keyboards, Organ (Hammond)
Carole Neuen-Rabinowitz - Cello
Adam Shoenfeld - Guitar (Electric)
Pamela Sixfin - Concert Master, Violin
Jimmie Lee Sloas - Bass
Harry Stinson - Vocals (Background)
Russell Terrell - Vocals (Background)
Ilya Toshinsky - Banjo, Bouzouki, Mandolin
Alan Umstead - Violin
Catherine Umstead - Violin
Mary Kathryn Van Osdale - Violin
Kristin Wilkinson - Viola
Karen Winkelmann - Violin
Glenn Worf - Bass
Jenifer Wrinkle - Vocals (Background)
Jonathan Yudkin – Mandolin

Shine is Martina McBride's first recording in two years, following up her successful album Waking Up Laughing. While the previous album was entirely self-produced -- a rare reward in Nashville, but one McBride earned with a string of platinum selling recordings -- on this set she is listed as a co-producer with the veteran Dan Huff. As is customary, husband John recorded and engineered the set. McBride has long been associated with anthemic songs, and an album by her without them would seem incomplete; in other words, there have to be real showcases for that incredibly powerful singing voice of hers, and Shine is no exception. The album's first single, "I Just Call You Mine," has the big swelling choruses, enormous string arrangements, wailing electric guitars, and singing pedal steel -- all with larger than life drums by Matt Chamberlain -- fits that bill. The set opener, "Wrong Baby Wrong," is another trope in McBride's arsenal in that it contains an uplifiting message of perseverance in tough times all set to a catchy, insistent, guitar-based rocker complete with power chords in the intro. What's most compelling about Shine, though, is its sound. In many ways, McBride has always been among the most contemporary sounding of her peers while always maintaining a sound of her own. Not so this time out. In fact, this disc sounds more like a Keith Urban record than it does one of McBride's. And that's not necessarily a criticism, just a bit of a shock. Musically it's consistent all the way through. The songs are all of a piece and flow seamlessly from one another. Textures are also remarkably similar, but the difference is the rock & roll sound at the heart of Shine. And make no mistake, McBride can sing rock as well as anything else she sets her mind to. Check the wildly celebratory single "Ride," with its shuffling, big drums and chugging guitars (which feel almost like outtakes from .38 Special's hit book) and the gradually ascending chorus. That said, even the ballads come across with a very modern slant -- check the faux Celtic "Wild Rebel Rose," or the breakup anthem "Walk Away," that gives way to rock in the chorus with its Urban-esque banjo textures flowing through the drums, pedal steel and power chords with a lilting fiddle tag. The set closes with another McBride trademark, the big, sophisticated adult contemporary ballad disguised as contemporary country music -- the one thing here Keith Urban wouldn't attempt on one of his own records: "Lies." A lone piano accompanies the vocalist through a heartwrenching verse. It threatens to explode at every turn, especially when the strings enter, but the tension just builds as synths, a slow, funereal snare and bass drum, and a dollop of acoustic guitar come in. Finally, two thirds of the way through, it does, but it's McBride's voice exploding over the top of the instrumentation that never competes with her. It remains staid so she can allow the catharsis to come pouring out. This is a solid, consistent date all the way through that is evidence of McBride's long chart success. --- Thom Jurek, Rovi

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