Rest assured, it's highly unlikely that Martina McBride will ever issue another record that sounds like The Time Has Come.
With co-producers Paul Worley and Ed Seay (who also worked with her on her breakthrough, The Way That I Am), McBride delivers a set of neo-traditionalist country and progressive country-inflected folk songs that showcase her ability to get to the heart of a song and turn it into something communicative and thought provoking.
With a host of Nashville superpickers and backing vocalists from Garth Brooks and Carl Jackson to Kathy Chiavola, McBride turns in intense performances of the Emory Gordy/Jim Rushing classic "Cheap Whiskey" for a neo-honky tonk feel, as well as the stompin' nightclub country of the Longacre/Wilson-penned title track and the Lonnie Wilson/Charlotte Wilson/Herbert Wilson weeper "Losing You Feels Good." The album ends with Gretchen Peters' "When You're Old," a meditative love song delivered with the empathy, grace, and elegance that have become McBride's trademark.
This is a very solid debut, even if it resembles none of her other work.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Time Has ComeSusan Longacre, Lonnie Wilson | Martina McBride | Play | 02:33 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 2 | That's MeBob Alan, Tony Haselden | Martina McBride | Play | 03:52 | 8 MB | 22 MB |
| 3 | True Blue FoolCarol Chase, Kathy Louvin | Martina McBride | Play | 02:58 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 4 | Losing You Feels GoodCharlotte Wilson, Herbert Wilson, Lonnie Wilson | Martina McBride | Play | 03:20 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 5 | Walk That LineRick West, David Wills | Martina McBride | Play | 02:49 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 6 | Cheap WhiskeyEmory Gordy Jr., Jim Rushing | Martina McBride | Play | 03:08 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 7 | I Can't SleepMark Collie, Kathy Louvin | Martina McBride | Play | 02:46 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 8 | A Woman KnowsJohn Fowler, Chris McCarty, Allen Spears | Martina McBride | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 9 | The Rope | Martina McBride | Play | 04:02 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 10 | When You Are Old | Martina McBride | Play | 03:07 | 7 MB | 17 MB |
| 31 mins | 73 MB | |||||
| 31 mins | 196 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The A-Strings | Strings |
| 2 | Bob Alan | Composer |
| 3 | Garth Brooks | Vocals (Background) |
| 4 | Mike Chapman | Bass |
| 5 | Carol Chase | Composer, Vocals (Background) |
| 6 | Joe Chemay | Bass |
| 7 | Kathy Chiavola | Vocals (Background) |
| 8 | Mark Collie | Composer |
| 9 | Stephanie Davis | Composer |
| 10 | Connie Ellisor | Director |
| 11 | John Fowler | Composer |
| 12 | Sonny Garrish | Guitar (Steel), Pedabro |
| 13 | Emory Gordy Jr. | Composer |
| 14 | Carlos Grier | Digital Editing |
| 15 | Rob Hajacos | Fiddle |
| 16 | Mary Hamilton | Art Direction |
| 17 | Tony Haselden | Composer |
| 18 | John Hobbs | Piano |
| 19 | John Hughey | Guitar (Steel) |
| 20 | Bill Hullett | Guitar (Acoustic) |
| 21 | Carl Jackson | Vocals (Background) |
| 22 | Wendy Suits Johnson | Vocals (Background) |
| 23 | Kym Juister | Design |
| 24 | Paul Leim | Drums |
| 25 | Susan Longacre | Composer |
| 26 | Kathy Louvin | Composer |
| 27 | Anthony Martin | Engineer, Organ, Vocals (Background) |
| 28 | Brent Mason | Guitar (Electric) |
| 29 | Martina McBride | Primary Artist, Vocals (Background) |
| 30 | Chris McCarty | Composer |
| 31 | Steve Nathan | Guitar (Electric) |
| 32 | James OMara | Photography |
| 33 | Gretchen Peters | Composer |
| 34 | Denny Purcell | Mastering |
| 35 | Jim Rushing | Composer |
| 36 | Clarke Schleicher | Engineer |
| 37 | Ed Seay | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 38 | Allen Spears | Composer |
| 39 | Harry Stinson | Vocals (Background) |
| 40 | Biff Watson | Guitar (Acoustic), Mandolin |
| 41 | Rick West | Composer |
| 42 | D. Bergen White | Director |
| 43 | David Wills | Composer |
| 44 | Charlotte Wilson | Composer |
| 45 | Dennis Wilson | Vocals (Background) |
| 46 | Herbert Wilson | Composer |
| 47 | Lonnie Wilson | Composer, Drums |
| 48 | Glenn Worf | Bass |
| 49 | Paul Worley | Guitar (Acoustic), Producer |
| 50 | Andrea Zonn | Fiddle, Vocals (Background) |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |