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Three Chords and the Truth (Sara Evans album)
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Three Chords and The Truth leased in 1997 on RCA Records Nashville and it produced
three singles — "True Lies", the title track, and "Shame
About That". Although all three of these singles charted
on the Hot Country Songs chart, none reached the Top
40, making this the only album of her career not to pro-
duce any Top 40 hits.
Theme and Critical Acclaim
Sara Evans’ first album consists of mostly traditional
country. It was hailed by critics as one of the best albums
of the year and made the critics top ten of the year lists
for The Washington Post, Billboard, Dallas Morning
News, Request, and Country Music People . The album
itself as brought prestige and was nominated for many
Studio album by Sara Evans awards such as an Academy of Country Music Nomina-
tion for "Top New Female Vocalist." The video for the ti-
Released July 1, 1997 tle track directed by Susan Johnson was nominated for
Recorded 1996-1997 "Country Video of the Year" by the 1998 Music Video
Production Association and for "Best New Clip" at the
Genre Country
1997 Billboard Music Video Awards. In addition, Evans
Label RCA Nashville was named one of Country America’s "Ten To Watch In
1998/Top 10 New Stars Of 1998."
Producer Pete Anderson
Three of the songs on this album are covers: "Imagine
Sara Evans chronology That" was originally recorded by Patsy Cline; "I’ve Got a
Tiger by the Tail" by Buck Owens; and "Walk out Back-
Three Chords and The Truth No Place That Far
wards" by Bill Anderson.
(1997) (1998)
Singles from Three Chords and the Truth Track listing
1. "True Lies" No. Title Writer(s) Length
Released: March 1997 1. "True Lies" Al Anderson, Sara 2:34
2. "Three Chords and The Truth"
Released: July 1997
Evans, Sharon Rice
3. "Shame About That" 2. "Shame About Evans, Jamie O’Hara 2:02
Released: January 1998 That"
3. "Three Chords Evans, Ron Harbin, 3:59
Three Chords and The Truth is the first album released by
and the Truth" Aimee Mayo
country music singer songwriter Sara Evans. The album’s
title comes from Harlan Howard, noted country music 4. "If You Ever Evans, Melba Mont- 2:32
songwriter to whom this quote is widely attributed. It Want My Lovin’" gomery, Billy Yates
also was an improvised lyric in U2’s version of the Bob
Dylan song "All Along the Watchtower," released on the 5. "Imagine That" Justin Tubb 3:20
Rattle And Hum album. Three Chords and The Truth was re-
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Chart (1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 56
Year Single Peak po-
sitions
US Coun-
try
1997 "True Lies" 59
"Three Chords and the Truth" 44
1998 "Shame About That" 48
6. "Even Now" Evans, Eddie Hill 2:24 "True Three
"Three Chords and the "Shame About
7. "I Don’t Wanna Evans, Bill Rice, S. 3:32 Lies" Truth"
Truth That"
See the Light" Rice (1997) (1997) (1998)
8. "I’ve Got a Tiger Harlan Howard, Buck 2:24
By the Tail" Owens Three Truth"
"Three Chords and the Truth was the title-track and sec-
ond single released from the album in 1997. It was the
9. "Unopened" Leslie Satcher 3:16
highest-peaking of the three singles released from Three
10. "Walk Out Back- Bill Anderson 2:39 Chords and the Truth, reaching #44. The song was later fea-
wards" tured on Sara Evans’ compilation album, Feels Like Home.
11. "The Week the John Bettis, Evans, 3:58 "Three Chords and the Truth" was accompanied by
River Raged" Jim Rushing Sara Evans’ first music video. In the video, she portrays
the character in the song, following the storyline laid out
in the lyrics. In addition to this, scenes of Evans singing
Chart performance in a field of wildflowers, in an old house, on a roadside
billboard surrounded by trees, and outside of a barn are
Album mixed in. The music video was ranked #71 on the 2008
version of CMT’s 100 Greatest Videos.
Singles
References
Three Chords and the Truth [1] Chrispell, James. "Three Chords and the Truth
"Three Chords and the Truth" review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/
album/r287131. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
Single by Sara Evans • http://www.saraevans.com/pages/music/
Released July 1997 noplace.htm
Genre Country
Length 4:03
Label RCA
Writer(s) Sara Evans, Ron Harbin, Aimee Mayo
Sara Evans singles chronology
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