Real Fine Place
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Real Fine Place is a country music
album by singer/songwriter Sara Evans
. It is her fifth studio album and the follow-up album to the platinum Restless
. The album has been certified platinum for U.S. shipments of a million copies. It features Evans's fourth Number One hit, "A Real Fine Place to Start", as well as three further Top 40 singles; "Cheatin'", "Coalmine" and "You'll Always Be My Baby". The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200
, selling 124,720 copies in its first week.
" which became one of the biggest singles of her career. She decided to make this album more of a traditional country album. Sara along with her brother, Matt, and producer Mark Bright, set off to create an album similar to her first album Three Chords and the Truth (1997).
The track "A Real Fine Place to Start" was co-written by Radney Foster
, who previously recorded it for his 2002 album Another Way to Go
. Evans's rendition of the song became a Number One hit on the Hot Country Songs
charts for her in mid-2005. Also released from this album were the songs "Cheatin'", "Coalmine", and "You'll Always Be My Baby", which respectively reached number 9, number 37 and number 13 on the country charts. "Missing Missouri" also reached number 52 based on unsolicited airplay.
"Supernatural" was originally recorded by Susan Ashton
on her 1999 album Closer.
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
album by singer/songwriter Sara Evans
Sara Evans
Sara Lynn Evans is an American country singer and songwriter.Evans was one of the few traditional-styled singers to emerge from Nashville in the late 1990s, according to Allmusic. Since emerging in the late 1990s, Evans has made five No. 1 Country hits and Gold and Platinum-certified albums by...
. It is her fifth studio album and the follow-up album to the platinum Restless
Restless (Sara Evans album)
Restless is a Country music album by Sara Evans, released August 19, 2003 on RCA Records Nashville. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA....
. The album has been certified platinum for U.S. shipments of a million copies. It features Evans's fourth Number One hit, "A Real Fine Place to Start", as well as three further Top 40 singles; "Cheatin'", "Coalmine" and "You'll Always Be My Baby". The album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, selling 124,720 copies in its first week.
Making of the Album
Evans was inspired by her single "Suds in the BucketSuds in the Bucket
"Suds in the Bucket" is the title of a song recorded by country singer Sara Evans. It was released in May 2004 as the third single for her album Restless. It became her third number-one single on the US Country charts, and her first since "Born to Fly" in early 2001...
" which became one of the biggest singles of her career. She decided to make this album more of a traditional country album. Sara along with her brother, Matt, and producer Mark Bright, set off to create an album similar to her first album Three Chords and the Truth (1997).
The track "A Real Fine Place to Start" was co-written by Radney Foster
Radney Foster
Radney Foster is an American Texas Country artist. Initially a songwriter in Nashville, Tennessee, Foster made his debut in 1986 alongside Bill Lloyd in the duo Foster & Lloyd...
, who previously recorded it for his 2002 album Another Way to Go
Another Way to Go (Radney Foster album)
Another Way to Go is the fifth full-length album by country music singer-songwriter Radney Foster. It was released in 2002 on Dualtone Records; his second for the label....
. Evans's rendition of the song became a Number One hit on the Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
charts for her in mid-2005. Also released from this album were the songs "Cheatin'", "Coalmine", and "You'll Always Be My Baby", which respectively reached number 9, number 37 and number 13 on the country charts. "Missing Missouri" also reached number 52 based on unsolicited airplay.
"Supernatural" was originally recorded by Susan Ashton
Susan Ashton
Susan Ashton is a best-selling and award-winning American Contemporary Christian Music and country music artist who topped the Christian charts throughout the 1990s...
on her 1999 album Closer.
Track listing
Album
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 3 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 49 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
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| 2005 | "A Real Fine Place to Start A Real Fine Place to Start "A Real Fine Place to Start" is the title of a song written by Radney Foster and George Ducas, and recorded by American country artist Sara Evans. The song, which was released in May 2005, served as the lead-off single to Evans' fifth studio album, Real Fine Place. It reached the top of the U.S.... " |
1 | 38 | ||
| "Cheatin' Cheatin' "Cheatin" is a song recorded by country music artist Sara Evans, released in October 2005 as the second single from her album Real Fine Place. In early 2006, it peaked in the Top 10 on the US Country charts. The song was later included on Evans' Greatest Hits album.-Content:The song, which is a... " |
9 | 69 | |||
| 2006 | "Coalmine" | 37 | — | ||
| "You'll Always Be My Baby You'll Always Be My Baby "You'll Always Be My Baby" is a song recorded by American country artist Sara Evans' for her 2005 studio album Real Fine Place. It was released in 2006 as the fourth and final single, which became a Top 20 hit on the US Country charts... " |
13 | 105 | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||