Ten Thousand Angels

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

Personnel

 * 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
 * Mindy McCready - lead vocals
 * 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