Born to Fly is the third studio album by American country music artist Sara Evans. It was released in October 2000 via RCA Records Nashville. The album produced four singles with its title track, "I Could Not Ask for More" (a cover of an Edwin McCain song), "Saints & Angels", and "I Keep Looking", all of which reached within the Top 20 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The title track reached number one, "I Could Not Ask for More" and "I Keep Looking" both broke the Top 5 at numbers 2 and 5 respectively, and "Saints & Angels" peaked at number 16. Born to Fly has been Evans' highest-selling album to date, having been certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for U.S. sales of two million copies. The album was also one of the most successful of the year. Evans was nominated for five CMA Awards: Album of the Year; song, single, and music video (for the title-track); and Female Vocalist of the Year. She won her first CMA award for music video of the year. The international version of the album includes a bonus track, "You", which was later released in North America as a bonus track on her 2005 album Real Fine Place. Born to Fly was a defining album for Evans. Her earlier albums had more of a neotraditional country sound, while all of her later albums had a more crossover-friendly country pop sound, similar to Martina McBride and Faith Hill.
Born to Fly | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 10, 2000 | |||
Recorded | 1999-2000 | |||
Studio | The Money Pit and Seventeen Grand Recording (Nashville, Tennessee); The Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee) | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 52:04 | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Producer | Sara Evans Paul Worley | |||
Sara Evans chronology | ||||
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Singles from Born to Fly | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Born to Fly" | Sara Evans, Marcus Hummon, Darrell Scott | 5:36 |
2. | "Saints & Angels" | Victoria Banks | 4:24 |
3. | "I Could Not Ask for More" | Diane Warren | 4:47 |
4. | "I Keep Looking" | Evans, Tom Shapiro, Tony Martin | 4:36 |
5. | "I Learned That from You" | Tony Lane, Jess Brown | 5:09 |
6. | "Let's Dance" | Evans, Randy Scruggs | 4:05 |
7. | "Why Should I Care" | Evans, Shapiro, Martin | 3:46 |
8. | "Four-Thirty" | Hillary Lindsey, Bill Lloyd | 4:32 |
9. | "Show Me the Way to Your Heart" | Evans, James LeBlanc | 3:54 |
10. | "You Don't" | Evans, Aimee Mayo, Ron Harbin | 5:11 |
11. | "Every Little Kiss" | Bruce Hornsby | 6:04 |
12. | "You" (International bonus track) | Brett James, Troy Verges | 3:34 |
Total length: | 52:04 |
Compiled from liner notes.[2]
Weekly charts edit
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Year-end charts edit
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Year | Single | Peak chart positions | |
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US Country [10] |
US [11] | ||
2000 | "Born to Fly" | 1 | 34 |
2001 | "I Could Not Ask for More" | 2 | 35 |
"Saints & Angels" | 16 | 103 | |
2002 | "I Keep Looking" | 5 | 35 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada)[12] | Gold | 50,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[13] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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