Shine

| Martina McBride

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Shine is the tenth studio album from American country music singer Martina McBride, released on March 24, 2009 by RCA Records. The album spun three Top 20 hits on the Billboard country chart: "Ride" and "Wrong Baby Wrong" both reached #11, and "I Just Call You Mine" peaked at #18. McBride co-produced the album with Dann Huff and co-wrote the track "Sunny Side Up." It is her last studio album released through RCA Records before switching to Republic Nashville.

In November 2009, McBride began the Shine All Night Tour in support of the album.-Wikipedia

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My Kind of Country

“Shine” features what is probably Martina’s best singing of her career, and is filled with many quality songs. I doubt it will disappoint anyone, except fans who only enjoy traditional country.

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Slant

Unfortunately, too much of the material hinges on easy emotions and a cheerfulness that simply becomes tiresome. Still, while McBride often makes music that’s meant to be “encouraging,” Shine is encouraging for different reasons. It’s her first album since 1997’s Emotion on which McBride has made some decisions that truly play to her strengths.

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All Music

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.

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BBC

Since her crossover from the country charts and into mainstream success, McBride's rise has been unstoppable thanks to a collection of songs which in turns have largely celebrated triumph over adversity, making love not war and a resolutely loud 'n' proud optimism at all times.

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Las Angeles Times

The chipper stuff obviously was chosen to provide some balance of tone, and balance is crucial when it comes to the network news, the federal budget or gymnastics. But in art, balance is like moderation: It's good if not carried to extremes.

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