Eleven
| Martina McBride
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Eleven
Eleven is the eleventh studio album by American country music singer Martina McBride, released on October 11, 2011, through Republic Nashville. The title of the album was inspired by the fact that it is McBride's eleventh album, it has eleven tracks and its release date. A deluxe edition of the album was also made available exclusively at Target stores. It featured slightly different cover art, with a blue fade at the bottom instead of white, and included four bonus tracks, as well as music videos for "Teenage Daughters" and "I'm Gonna Love You Through It". As of March 2012 the album has sold over 150,000 copies in the US. On July 3, 2012 the four Deluxe Bonus Tracks were released on iTunes as individual singles.-Wikipedia
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Taste of Country
Perhaps the most exciting aspect of 'Eleven' is that the songs that take the biggest risks (the "stupid" lyric in 'Always Be This Way,' for example) are the most nourishing -- and it's those that seem built for radio success that fall flat. McBride isn't an aging singer that is losing touch. She may in fact be a more relevant artist than ever if she learns to live on her creative edges.
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My Kind of Country
When an artist ends a long term relationship with the label where she scored her greatest achievements, it can signal a bold new change in direction or a continued long period of stagnation. In Martina’s case, it’s definitely a case of the latter, as Eleven is more or less in the same vein as her last few, very lackluster albums for RCA.
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Billboard
Eleven (which has 11 tracks, with 15 on a Target special edition) is all about the new for McBride. This time out she has a different label, a fresh co-producer, and it's her first time recording outside of Music City (in Atlanta). Fortunately, McBride is up to the task of handling a wealth of new directions on what is, for all intents and purposes, a pop album with occasional country touches.
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Roughstock
While the eleven songs on the album contain songs from various part of the country music landscape, one never gets the sense that Martina McBride would ever consider leaving the genre, even if she really could record a full-on Celine Dion-style pop standards album and this allows Martina to showcase her penchant for great songs and, now, we’re seeing that she has something to say too. In the end what we have is a strong debut album for Republic Records Nashville.
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All Music
Eleven is an extremely classy record by a stellar vocalist and capable songwriter. It proves McBride has plenty to offer an entirely new audience, and showcases her transition from country singer to skillful performer of elegant, hooky, adult contemporary, pop/rock music. Eleven is a new beginning for, not a summation of, McBride's career.
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Seattle PI
Even though the lyrics are personal to McBride, the track can be about anyone away from someone they love. This is the beauty with Eleven; each track is wholly relatable to life, love, and sadness.
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Nuts About Country
On an album that is more cabaret than country, with traces of pop, R&B, and soul, McBride’s voice hits all the notes, and perfectly. “Marry Me “ featuring Pat Monahan (Train), the brass-laden “Broken Umbrella” and the telling honesty of “When You Love A Sinner” all prove the point.
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