Everybody Knows (Trisha Yearwood album)

Everybody Knows is the sixth studio album by country music artist Trisha Yearwood, containing country pop-styled ballads. It was given 3 out of 5 stars by Allmusic.[1]

Everybody Knows
Studio album by Trisha Yearwood
Released	August 27, 1996
Recorded	1996
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)

Professional ratings

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

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

Musicians

• Bobby All – acoustic guitar
• David Angell – violin
• Sam Bacco – dumbek, conga, cymbals, marimba, claves, shaker
• Eddie Bayers – drums
• Matraca Berg – background vocals
• John Catchings – cello
• Charles Cochran – string arrangements
• David Davidson – violin
• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar, 12-string guitar
• Connie Ellisor – violin
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, Hawaiian guitar
• Garth Fundis – background vocals
• Vince Gill – background vocals
• Carl Gorodetzky – violin
• Richard Grosjean – viola
• Rob Hajacos – fiddle
• Owen Hale – drums
• Aubrey Haynie – fiddle
• Jelly Roll Johnson – harmonica
• Fats Kaplin – accordion
• J. Fred Knobloch – acoustic guitar
• Lee Larrison – violin
• Raul Malo – background vocals
• Brent Mason – electric guitar, gut string guitar
• Mac McAnally – background vocals
• Steve Nathan – organ, keyboards
• Dave Pomeroy – bass guitar
• Becky Priest – background vocals
• Cindy Richardson – background vocals
• Kim Richey – background vocals
• Tom Roady – tambourine
• Matt Rollings – organ, piano
• Pamela Sixfin – violin
• Leland Sklar – bass guitar
• Steuart Smith – acoustic guitar
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Alan Umstead – violin
• Gary Vanosdale – viola
• Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violin
• Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Kristin Wilkinson – viola, string arrangements
• Dennis Wilson – background vocals
• Trisha Yearwood – lead vocals, background vocals
• Andrea Zonn – background vocals

Technical

• Mary Beth Felts – make-up
• Garth Fundis – producer
• Carlos Grier – editing
• Russ Harrington – photography
• Ken Hutton – assistant engineer
• Graham Lewis – mixing assistant
• Sheri McCoy – stylist
• Carl Meadows – assistant engineer
• Beth Middleworth – art direction, design
• Scott Paschall – assistant producer
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Mark Ralston – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
• Norma Jean Roy – photography
• Dave Sinko – engineer
• Maria Smoot – hair stylist

Charts

Album

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	6
U.S. Billboard 200	52
Canadian RPM Country Albums	22
Canadian RPM Top Albums	50

Singles

Year	Single	Chart Positions
		US Country	CAN Country
1996	"Believe Me Baby (Lied)"	1	1
1997	"Everybody Knows"	3	1
	"I Need You"	36	41

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Chicago Tribune review
3. Nash, Alanna (1996-09-06). "Everybody Knows Review". Entertainment Weekly: 77. Retrieved 2013-04-12.
4. Album reviews at CD Universe
5. Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
6. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 894. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone trisha yearwood album guide.