McBride's
Strong Woman Takes On Modern Living
Martina at the Kickoff Concert at
Washington Redskins Martina McBride has always
been known for her incendiary delivery and impeccable sense of song. With Emotion,
her 5th album for RCA Nashville, the slim keg of vocal dynamite raises the artistic stakes
by creating her most diverse and challenging work ever.
Emotion, again co-produced by McBride and
longtime collaborator Paul Worley, certainly ups the ante with a collection of songs that
maintains McBride's strong woman take on modern living, but it's tempered with a newfound
intimacy, McBride has forged a collection of songs that explore smaller relationships in
deeper terms. This is an album about what people feel, and it starts with the most
important connection of all; one-on-one.
"I don't know if I've ever been this moved by a collection
of my own songs. The lyrics are so honest and true. Emotion is the
perfect title because it really sums up what this album is about."
"I didn't set out to do something drastically different with
this record, but I always want to grow up as an artist, to reach and go beyond what I've
already done. I don't ever set out to make a particular kind of album. This time I knew I
wanted this album to be simpler. Evolution was very produced. It was a
very big-sounding record. With Emotion we used a very small band to cut the tracks, so
it's s simpler sound. We used the same studios; the same musicians that we always use, but
musically, gave everyone room to breathe. Everyone played such amazing parts and played
with such heart. So when we went in to overdub, virtually everything we tried to add just
wouldn't stick. What the musicians played was so great... there was nothing we could add
to it that brought these songs to a better place, which was a unique experience for us
because we usually add lots of layers to each song. So it ended up being an interesting
creative experience for me and Paul."
For McBride, scaling back musically gave her the room to showcase
her range, power and subtle interpretative skills. McBride transfixes the listener with
all the colors and nuances of her voice.
McBride has had two years since the release of her double
platinum CD Evolution. She's aware that with the time comes experience,
with experience an even larger palette of emotions and awareness to draw upon.
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