Ten Thousand Angels

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 – background 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, background vocals
• Paul Leim – drums
• Terry McMillan – harmonica
• Jimmy Nichols – piano, keyboards, synthesizer strings, background vocals
• Don Potter – acoustic guitar
• Norro Wilson – background vocals
• Richie McDonald – background 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