Three Chords and The Truth
Album by Sara Evans
Released	September 30, 1997
Recorded
Genre	Country
Length
Label	RCA
Producer(s)	Pete Anderson
Professional reviews
Sara Evans chronology
{{{Last album}}}	Three Chords and The Truth (1997)	No Place That Far (1998)

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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 awards such as an Academy of Country Music Nomination for "Top New Female Vocalist." The video for the title track was nominated for "Country Video of the Year" by the 1998 Music Video Production Association and for "Best New Clip" at the 1997 Billboard Music Video Awards. In addition, Evans was named one of Country America's "Ten To Watch In 1998/Top 10 New Stars Of 1998." At this time Sara Evans was still an unknown artist to the general public so to catch the eye of so many critics and be nominated for so many awards was a major compliment to Evans herself. The Washington Post is the largest and oldest newspaper in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. ... Billboard can refer to: Billboard magazine Billboard (advertising) Billboard antenna In 3D computer graphics, to billboard is to rotate an object so that it faces the viewer. ... The Dallas Morning News is the major daily newspaper serving the Dallas, Texas area. ... The Academy of Country Music (ACM) was founded in 1964 in Nashville, Tennessee. ...

Reception

At a time when singers such as Shania Twain and Faith Hill were becoming major crossover stars country music seemed to be leaning more in the pop direction. Unfortunatly for Evans, Shania Twain's massive selling Come on Over was released the same year Three Chords and The Truth was. Despite having much critical acclaim and haing been nominated for so many awards Three Chords and The Thruth sold poorly. It debuted at #56 on the Top Country Albums chart. Her lead single "True Lies," which was intended to make Evans a star, was ignored by country radio and only got to #59 on the country charts. Such a low performance on radio angered many country traditionalists who saw country music headed in the wrong direction. Once the failure of "True Lies" had quickly entered and exited the charts Evans tried to release a new single, the title track "Three Chords and The Truth." This time the single included a music video and was hoping to get better airplay, she did but not by much. "Three Chords and The Truth" only got to #44. The next single "Shame About That" only got to #48. It was her only album not to recieve RIAA certification. Shania Twain, OC (born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who has been very successful in the country and pop music genres, setting several sales records for female artists and for country artists. ... Audrey Faith Perry, later known as Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967 in Jackson, Mississippi), is an American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her much-publicized marriage to country singer Tim McGraw. ... Come on Over can refer to: a 1976 album named Come on Over by Olivia Newton-John a 1990 album named Come on Over by Tyrone Davis a 1997 album named Come on Over by Shania Twain This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with RIAA Single certification. ...

Realizing the failure of her debut, Evans went back in the studio to record a new album leaning toword a more country pop and a larger fanbase. Though Three Chords and The Truth was a commercial failure, it has been prised by many critics claming it to be one of her better albums.

One of the reasons for the failure is that country radio was not interested in the type of country that Evans album had consisted of. Country radio was playing more country pop songs than traditional county (a trend that would continue until Gretchen Wilson's Here for the Party (2004)).Sara eventually realized the change in radio play and her future albums would reflect that. Up until Real Fine Place (2005) many fans and critics believe Three Chords and The Truth was her only "traditional country" album. Gretchen Wilson on the cover of her first album Gretchen Renee Wilson (born 26 June, 1973 in Pocahontas, Illinois) is an American country music singer. ... Here for the Party is the 2004 debut album by US country music singer Gretchen Wilson. ... Real Fine Place is a country music album by singer songwriter Sara Evans. ...

Track Listing

1. "True Lies (Sara Evans song)"
2. "Shame About That"
3. "Three Chords and the Truth (Sara Evans song)"
4. "If You Ever Want My Lovin'"
5. "Imagine That"
6. "Even Now"
7. "I Don't Wanna See the Light"
8. "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail"
9. "Unopened"
10. "Walk Out Backwards"
11. "The Week the River Raged"

References

http://www.saraevans.com/pages/music/noplace.htm