专辑《Timeless》由Martina McBride本人担任制作人,而与此前发行过的专辑不同的是,Martina McBride这次在Timeless》中演唱的18首歌曲全部都是乡村音乐史上的经典作品,有约翰尼·卡什(Johnny Cash)的《I Still Miss Someone》,克里斯·克里斯托弗森(Kris Kristofferson)的《Help me Make it Through the Night》以及巴迪·霍利(Buddy Holly)和汉克·威廉姆斯(Hank Williams)的作品。
In paying tribute to her roots, Martina McBride doesn't merely cover a selection of classic country favorites, she conjures an entire era. You'd swear that was Floyd Cramer playing piano on the album-opening "You Win Again," and Chet Atkins picking guitar on the following "I'll Be There." The steel guitar featured so prominently throughout Timeless recalls a time when country sounded distinctly--and proudly--different from rock, while the background chorale on "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Once a Day," as well as the soaring strings on "Rose Garden," remind one of the "countrypolitan" crossover sound. Except for a delicate rendering of Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone," McBride's versions don't really add anything to the originals, because these songs weren't missing anything. But she makes "I Don't Hurt Anymore" sound as fresh and pure as it did when Hank Snow recorded it more than a half-century ago, while her rendition of "Till I Can Make It on My Own" has all the brittle conviction that Tammy Wynette invested in it.
专辑曲目:
01. You Win Again
02. I'll Be There
03. I Can't Stop Loving You
04. (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden
05. Today I Started Loving You Again
06. You Ain't Woman Enough
07. Once A Day Listen Listen
08. Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
09. I Don't Hurt Anymore
10. True Love Ways
11. Til I Can Make It On My Own
12. I Still Miss Someone
13. Heartaches By The Number
14. Satin Sheets
15. Thanks A Lot
16. Love's Gonna Live Here Again
17. Make The World Go Away
18. Help Me Make It Through The Night
19. Dreaming My Dreams
20. Cryin' Time
21. Walk On By
22. Take These Chains from My Heart