Born to Fly

Born to Fly
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 10, 2000
Recorded1999–2000
StudioThe Money Pit and Seventeen Grand Recording (Nashville, Tennessee); The Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length52:04
LabelRCA Nashville
ProducerSara Evans
Paul Worley
Sara Evans chronology
No Place That Far
(1998)
Born to Fly
(2000)
Restless
(2003)
Singles from Born to Fly
  1. "Born to Fly"
    Released: June 26, 2000
  2. "I Could Not Ask for More"
    Released: February 12, 2001
  3. "Saints & Angels"
    Released: September 3, 2001
  4. "I Keep Looking"
    Released: March 18, 2002
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic[1]

Born to Fly is the third studio album by American country music artist Sara Evans. It was released in October 2000 via RCA Records Nashville. The album produced four singles with its title track, "I Could Not Ask for More" (a cover of an Edwin McCain song), "Saints & Angels", and "I Keep Looking", all of which reached within the Top 20 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The title track reached number one, "I Could Not Ask for More" and "I Keep Looking" both broke the Top 5 at numbers 2 and 5 respectively, and "Saints & Angels" peaked at number 16. Born to Fly has been Evans' highest-selling album to date, having been certified 2× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for U.S. sales of two million copies. The album was also one of the most successful of the year. Evans was nominated for five CMA Awards: Album of the Year; song, single, and music video (for the title-track); and Female Vocalist of the Year. She won her first CMA award for music video of the year. The international version of the album includes a bonus track, "You", which was later released in North America as a bonus track on her 2005 album Real Fine Place. Born to Fly was a defining album for Evans. Her earlier albums had more of a neotraditional country sound, while all of her later albums had a more crossover-friendly country pop sound, similar to Martina McBride and Faith Hill.

  1. ^ Jurek, Thom. "Born to Fly review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2011.