Born to Fly

Infobox Album
Name = Born to Fly
Type = studio
Artist = Sara Evans


Released = October 10, 2000
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 49:51
Label = RCA
Producer = Sara Evans, Paul Worley
Reviews =
*Allmusic (4.5/5) [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:judjylo3xpbb link]
*"Rolling Stone" (mixed) [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/saraevans/albums/album/88268/review/6067736/born_to_fly link]
Last album = "No Place That Far"
(1998)
This album = "Born To Fly"
(2000)
Next album = "Restless"
(2003)
Misc =Singles
Name = Born to Fly
Type = Studio
Single 1 = Born to Fly
Single 1 date = July 4, 2000
Single 2 = I Could Not Ask For More
Single 2 date = April 13, 2001
Single 3 = Saints & Angels
Single 3 date = 2002
Single 4 = I Keep Looking
Single 4 date = 2002

"Born to Fly" is a country music album by Sara Evans, released October 10, 2000. It is her highest-selling album to date, having earned 2× Multi-Platinum certification by the RIAA for U.S. sales of two million copies. The lead single, "Born to Fly," reached number one on January 19, 2001. The album was one of the most successful of the year. Evans was nominated for seven CMA awards: Album, song, single, music video, and female vocalist of the year. She won her first CMA award for music video of the year, "Born to Fly."

Production

Her previous album "No Place That Far" had produced her first number one single. But the other two singles from that album charted quite low. It was evident that "Born to Fly" would be a deciding factor in her career. Sara first sat down with songwriters Marcus Hummon and Darrell Scott and together they wrote the title track, "Born To Fly", basing it on Sara's life. Sara then wrote "I Keep Looking" with songwriters Tom Shapiro and Tony Martin (with whom she also wrote "No Place That Far"). Sara then stated she knew "something magical was happening." She eventually heard the song "I Could Not Ask for More" (originally recorded by Edwin McCain) and recorded it knowing it had a big potential to become a hit. However, her favorite song on the album is "Saints & Angels," written by Victoria Banks.

Track listing

#"Born to Fly" (Sara Evans, Marcus Hummon, Darrell Scott) – 5:36
#"Saints & Angels" (Victoria Banks) – 4:24
#"I Could Not Ask for More" (Diane Warren) – 4:49
#"I Keep Looking" (Evans, Tom Shapiro, Tony Martin) – 4:36
#"I Learned That from You" (Tony Lane, Jess Brown) – 5:09
#"Let's Dance" (Evans, Randy Scruggs) – 4:05
#"Why Should I Care" (Evans, Shapiro, Martin) – 3:46
#"Four-Thirty" (Hillary Lindsey, Bill Lloyd) – 4:32
#"Show Me the Way to Your Heart" (Evans, James LeBlanc) – 3:54
#"You Don't" (Evans, Aimee Mayo, Ron Harbin) – 5:11
#"Every Little Kiss" (Bruce Hornsby) – 6:04

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