# Everybody Knows (Trisha Yearwood album)

Professional ratings :
| Review scores ||
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Chicago Tribune | |
| Robert Christgau | B |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| Q | |
| (The New) Rolling Stone Album Guide | |
Everybody Knows is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Trisha Yearwood, containing country pop-styled ballads.
The album reached #6 on the Billboard country albums chart. The album produced the fourth Billboard country Number One hit of her career in "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)", as well as a #3 in its title track, and a #36 in "I Need You".The album was also nominated for the CMA Album of the Year award.

## Track listing

* "I Want to Live Again" (Tom Shapiro, George Teren) – 3:05
* "It's Alright" (Gary Nicholson, Jamie O'Hara) – 3:13
* "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" (Larry Gottlieb, Kim Richey, Angelo Petraglia) – 3:42
* "I Need You" (Jess Brown, Wendell Mobley) – 3:42
* "Little Hercules" (Craig Carothers) – 4:49
* "Under the Rainbow" (Matraca Berg, Randy Scruggs) – 4:15
* "Everybody Knows" (Berg, Gary Harrison) – 3:14
* "Hello, I'm Gone" (Kevin Welch) – 3:42
* "Maybe It's Love" (Beth Nielsen Chapman, Annie Roboff) – 5:01
* "A Lover Is Forever" (Steve Goodman, J. Fred Knobloch) – 3:44

### International edition

* "I Want to Live Again" (Tom Shapiro, George Teren) – 3:05
* "It's Alright" (Gary Nicholson, Jamie O'Hara) – 3:13
* "Even A Cowboy Can Dream" (Craig Bickhardt, Barry Alfonso) – 4:06
* "Believe Me Baby (I Lied)" (Larry Gottlieb, Kim Richey, Angelo Petraglia) – 3:42
* "I Need You" (Jess Brown, Wendell Mobley) – 3:42
* "Little Hercules" (Craig Carothers) – 4:49
* "Under the Rainbow" (Matraca Berg, Randy Scruggs) – 4:15
* "Everybody Knows" (Berg, Gary Harrison) – 3:14
* "Hello, I'm Gone" (Kevin Welch) – 3:42
* "Find a River" (Fred Tackett) – 3:31
* "The Chance I Take" (Tom Littfield, Rick Rowell) – 3:31
* "Maybe It's Love" (Beth Nielsen Chapman, Annie Roboff) – 5:01
* "A Lover Is Forever" (Steve Goodman, J. Fred Knobloch) – 3:44

## Personnel

* Trisha Yearwood – lead vocals, harmony vocals (1, 3, 5)
* Matt Rollings – organ (1, 3), acoustic piano (2, 4–9)
* Steve Nathan – organ (2, 6), keyboards (4, 8, 9)
* Fats Kaplin – accordion (8)
* Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – acoustic guitar (1–9)
* Biff Watson – acoustic guitar (1, 3)
* Bobby All – acoustic guitar (2, 7)
* Steuart Smith – acoustic guitar (5)
* J. Fred Knobloch – acoustic guitar (10)
* Brent Mason – electric guitars (1–4, 6–9), gut string guitar (9)
* Dan Dugmore – steel guitar (1, 4), 12-string guitar (3)
* Paul Franklin – steel guitar (2, 5–9), Hawaiian guitar (6)
* Leland Sklar – bass (1, 3, 4)
* Dave Pomeroy – bass (2, 5–9)
* Eddie Bayers – drums (1–8)
* Owen Hale – drums (9)
* Tom Roady – tambourine (1, 3)
* Sam Bacco – claves (2), marimba (2), shakers (2), cymbals (5), dumbek (5), congas (7)
* Rob Hajacos – fiddle (1, 2, 6, 8)
* Aubrey Haynie – fiddle (7)
* Kirk "Jelly Roll" Johnson – harmonica (10)
* Garth Fundis – harmony vocals (1, 8)
* Cindy Richardson – harmony vocals (1)
* Dennis Wilson – harmony vocals (1)
* Raul Malo – harmony vocals (2)
* Kim Richey – harmony vocals (3)
* Andrea Zonn – harmony vocals (4, 7)
* Matraca Berg – harmony vocals (6, 7)
* Harry Stinson – harmony vocals (6, 7)
* Mac McAnally – harmony vocals (7)
* Becky Priest – harmony vocals (8)
* Vince Gill – harmony vocals (9)
The Nashville String Machine (Tracks 4, 5 & 9)
* Charles Cochran – string arrangements (4)
* Kristin Wilkinson – string arrangements (5, 9)
* John Catchings – cello
* Richard Grosjean, Gary Vanosdale and Kristin Wilkinson – viola
* David Angell, David Davidson, Connie Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Lee Larrison, Pamela Sixfin, Alan Umstead and Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – violin
String Trio (Track 10)
* John Catchings – cello
* Kristin Wilkinson – viola, arrangements
* David Davidson – violin

## Production

* Garth Fundis – producer
* Chuck Ainlay – recording, mixing
* Dave Sinko – recording
* Ken Hutton – additional recording, recording assistant
* Carl Meadows – recording assistant
* Mark Ralston – recording assistant, mix assistant
* Alan Schulman – recording assistant
* Graham Lewis – mix assistant
* Don Cobb – digital editing
* Carlos Grier – digital editing
* Denny Purcell – mastering
* Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
* Scott Paschall – production assistant
* Beth Middleworth – art direction, design
* Trisha Yearwood – art direction
* Russ Harrington – photography
* Norma Jean Roy – booklet photography
* Mary Beth Felts – make-up
* Sheri McCoy – stylist
* Maria Smoot – hair stylist
* Karen & Co. – management

## Charts
### Singles

| Year | Single | Chart Positions | Chart Positions |
| Year | Single | US Country | CAN Country |
| 1996 | "Believe Me Baby (Lied)" | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | "Everybody Knows" | 3 | 1 |
| 1997 | "I Need You" | 36 | 41 |

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| United States (RIAA) | Gold | 500,000$^^$ |
| $^^$ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |||