Ten Thousand Angels is the debut studio album by American country music artist Mindy McCready, released on April 30, 1996, by BNA Records. The album peaked at No. 5 on the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and produced four singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The first single, which was the title track, reached No. 6, and was followed by McCready's only No. 1 hit, "Guys Do It All the Time". Following this single was "Maybe He'll Notice Her Now", featuring backing vocals from Richie McDonald, the lead singer of the band Lonestar. This peaked at No. 18. "A Girl's Gotta Do (What a Girl's Gotta Do)" was the final single, reaching No. 4 in 1997.

Track listing

Personnel Mindy McCready – lead vocals Richard "Spady" Brannan – bass guitar Kathy Burdick – backing vocals Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar Paul Franklin – steel guitar Sonny Garrish – steel guitar Rob Hajacos – fiddle Tom Hemby – acoustic guitar John Hobbs – piano Dann Huff – electric guitar Mary Ann Kennedy – mandolin, backing vocals Paul Leim – drums Terry McMillan – harmonica Jimmy Nichols – piano, keyboards, synthesizer strings, backing vocals Don Potter – acoustic guitar Norro Wilson – backing vocals Richie McDonald – backing vocals (track 4)

Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine; Carl Gorodetzky, concert master. String arrangements by Ronn Huff

Production Produced by David Malloy Engineers: Kevin Beamish, Tonya Ginnetti, David Malloy, Jimmy Nichols, Warren Peterson, J. Gary Smith Assistant engineers: Mark Beronulli, Mark Hagen, Joe Hayden, Mel Jones, King Williams Mixing: Kevin Beamish Digital editing: Carlos Grier Mastering: Denny Purcell, Jonathan Russell

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1996) Peakposition Canadian Country Albums (RPM) Note: The week Ten Thousand Angels went number one has not been archived, so the issue is based on its last week chart performance. 1

Year-end charts Chart (1996) Position Canadian Country Albums (RPM) 17 US Billboard 200 137 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 20 Chart (1997) Position Canadian Country Albums (RPM) 33 US Billboard 200 144 US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 16

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