Everybody Knows (Trisha Yearwood album)

Everybody Knows
Studio album by Trisha Yearwood
Released	August 27, 1996
Recorded	1996
Studio	Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee, USA); Soundstage (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).
Genre	Country, country pop
Length	38:27
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Garth Fundis
Trisha Yearwood chronology
Thinkin' About You (1995) Everybody Knows (1996) (Songbook) A Collection of Hits (1997)
Singles from Everybody Knows
"Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" Released: July 2, 1996 "Everybody Knows" Released: October 28, 1996 "I Need You" Released: March 1, 1997

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Tribune	[2]
Robert Christgau	B[5]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[3]
Q	[4]
(The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]

Everybody Knows is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Trisha Yearwood, containing country pop-styled ballads.

The album reached #6 on the Billboard country albums chart. The album produced the fourth Billboard country Number One hit of her career in "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)", as well as a #3 in its title track, and a #36 in "I Need You".The album was also nominated for the CMA Album of the Year award.

Track listing

1. "I Want to Live Again" (Tom Shapiro, George Teren) – 3:05
2. "It's Alright" (Gary Nicholson, Jamie O'Hara) – 3:13
3. "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" (Larry Gottlieb, Kim Richey, Angelo Petraglia) – 3:42
4. "I Need You" (Jess Brown, Wendell Mobley) – 3:42
5. "Little Hercules" (Craig Carothers) – 4:49
6. "Under the Rainbow" (Matraca Berg, Randy Scruggs) – 4:15
7. "Everybody Knows" (Berg, Gary Harrison) – 3:14
8. "Hello, I'm Gone" (Kevin Welch) – 3:42
9. "Maybe It's Love" (Beth Nielsen Chapman, Annie Roboff) – 5:01
10. "A Lover Is Forever" (Steve Goodman, J. Fred Knobloch) – 3:44

International edition

1. "I Want to Live Again" (Tom Shapiro, George Teren) – 3:05
2. "It's Alright" (Gary Nicholson, Jamie O'Hara) – 3:13
3. "Even A Cowboy Can Dream" (Craig Bickhardt, Barry Alfonso) - 4:06
4. "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" (Larry Gottlieb, Kim Richey, Angelo Petraglia) – 3:42
5. "I Need You" (Jess Brown, Wendell Mobley) – 3:42
6. "Little Hercules" (Craig Carothers) – 4:49
7. "Under the Rainbow" (Matraca Berg, Randy Scruggs) – 4:15
8. "Everybody Knows" (Berg, Gary Harrison) – 3:14
9. "Hello, I'm Gone" (Kevin Welch) – 3:42
10. "Find a River" (Fred Tackett) – 3:31
11. "The Chance I Take" (Tom Littfield, Rick Rowell) – 3:31
12. "Maybe It's Love" (Beth Nielsen Chapman, Annie Roboff) – 5:01
13. "A Lover Is Forever" (Steve Goodman, J. Fred Knobloch) – 3:44

Personnel

• Trisha Yearwood – lead vocals, harmony vocals (1, 3, 5)
• Matt Rollings – organ (1, 3), acoustic piano (2, 4-9)
• Steve Nathan – organ (2, 6), keyboards (4, 8, 9)
• Fats Kaplin – accordion (8)
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar (1-9)
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (1, 3)
• Bobby All – acoustic guitar (2, 7)
• Steuart Smith – acoustic guitar (5)
• J. Fred Knobloch – acoustic guitar (10)
• Brent Mason – electric guitars (1-4, 6-9), gut string guitar (9)
• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar (1, 4), 12-string guitar (3)
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar (2, 5-9), Hawaiian guitar (6)
• Leland Sklar – bass (1, 3, 4)
• Dave Pomeroy – bass (2, 5-9)
• Eddie Bayers – drums (1-8)
• Owen Hale – drums (9)
• Tom Roady – tambourine (1, 3)
• Sam Bacco – claves (2), marimba (2), shakers (2), cymbals (5), dumbek (5), congas (7)
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle (1, 2, 6, 8)
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (7)
• Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica (10)
• Garth Fundis – harmony vocals (1, 8)
• Cindy Richardson – harmony vocals (1)
• Dennis Wilson – harmony vocals (1)
• Raul Malo – harmony vocals (2)
• Kim Richey – harmony vocals (3)
• Andrea Zonn – harmony vocals (4, 7)
• Matraca Berg – harmony vocals (6, 7)
• Harry Stinson – harmony vocals (6, 7)
• Mac McAnally – harmony vocals (7)
• Becky Priest – harmony vocals (8)
• Vince Gill – harmony vocals (9)

The Nashville String Machine (Tracks 4, 5 & 9)

• Charles Cochran – string arrangements (4)
• Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements (5, 9)
• John Catchings – cello
• Richard Grosjean, Gary Vanosdale and Kristin Wilkinson – viola
• David Angell, David Davidson, Connie Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Lee Larrison, Pamela Sixfin, Alan Umstead and Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violin

String Trio (Track 10)

• John Catchings – cello
• Kristin Wilkinson – viola, arrangements
• David Davidson – violin

Production

• Garth Fundis – producer
• Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing
• Dave Sinko – recording
• Ken Hutton – additional recording, recording assistant
• Carl Meadows – recording assistant
• Mark Ralston – recording assistant, mix assistant
• Alan Schulman – recording assistant
• Graham Lewis – mix assistant
• Don Cobb – digital editing
• Carlos Grier – digital editing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
• Scott Paschall – production assistant
• Beth Middleworth – art direction, design
• Trisha Yearwood – art direction
• Russ Harrington – photography
• Norma Jean Roy – booklet photography
• Mary Beth Felts – make-up
• Sheri McCoy – stylist
• Maria Smoot – hair stylist
• Karen & Co. – management

Charts

Singles

Certifications

References

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