Timeless is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Martina McBride. The album is an 18-track collection of classic country cover songs. Major artists whose songs were covered include Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash, Don Gibson, Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens, Ray Price, Hank Snow, Hank Williams, Tammy Wynette and many others. The album debuted at No. 1 on the country album chart and No. 3 on the Billboard 200. The album became McBride's fastest-selling of her career and gave her her best debut sales week with 185,000 copies sold in its first week. In the U.S., the album was certified gold and platinum on December 12, 2005 by the RIAA. Track listing Personnel Martina McBride – lead vocals, harmony vocals Gordon Mote – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond B3 organ Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitars, dobro, mandolin Marty Schiff – acoustic guitar Paul Worley – acoustic guitar Stuart Duncan – mandolin, fiddle Paul Franklin – dobro, steel guitar Larry Paxton – electric bass, upright bass, tic-tac bass Glenn Worf – electric bass, upright bass Eddie Bayers – drums Jonathan Yudkin – strings (11), string arrangements (11) Lisa Cochran – harmony vocals Melodie Crittenden – harmony vocals Jon Mark Ivey – harmony vocals Marabeth Jordan – harmony vocals John Wesley Ryles – harmony vocals Russell Terrell – harmony vocals Bergen White – harmony vocals, vocal arrangements Guest Vocals Dan Tyminski – vocals (2) Rhonda Vincent – vocals (2) Dolly Parton – harmony vocals (12) Dwight Yoakam – harmony vocals (13) The Nashville String Machine Dennis Burnside – string arrangements and conductor Carl Gorodetzky – contractor Anthony LaMarchina and Sarighani Reist – cello Jim Grosjean, Gary Vanosdale and Kristin Wilkinson – viola David Angell, Janet Askey, David Davidson, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Cate Myer, Pamela Sixfin, Christian Teal, Alan Umstead, Cathy Umstead, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale and Karen Winklemann – violin Production Martina McBride – producer John McBride – recording, mixing, management John Netti – recording assistant, mix assistant Vance Powell – recording assistant, mix assistant Lowell Reynolds – recording assistant, mix assistant David Robinson – recording assistant, mix assistant Michael Dumas – vocal recording for Dwight Yoakam (13) Richard Dodd – mastering at RichardDodd.com (Nashville, Tennessee) Paige Connors – production coordinator S. Wade Hunt – art direction, design Andrew Eccles – photography Sam Erickson – studio photography Claudia Fowler – wardrobe stylist Earl Cox – hair stylist Mary