The Way That I Am is the second album by American country music singer Martina McBride

Martina McBride

Martina McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter. McBride has been called the "Céline Dion of Country Music" for her big-voiced ballads and soprano range....

, released in 1993 on RCA Records

RCA Records

RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

. It was certified Gold on 9/7/1994 and Platinum on 5/15/1995 by the R.I.A.A.. This was her breakthrough album, producing her first Top 5 hit in "My Baby Loves Me

My Baby Loves Me (Just the Way That I Am)

Martina McBride covered the song in 1993 under the title of "My Baby Loves Me". Her rendition was released in July 1993 as the first single from her 1993 album The Way That I Am and peaked at #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and reached number-one on the Canadian RPM Country...

", which was previously released as a single by Canadian singer Patricia Conroy

Patricia Conroy

Patricia Conroy is a Canadian country music singer. In her career, she has released five studio albums and a one compilation album. Several of her singles have charted on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart, most notably her number one hits "Somebody's Leavin'" and "What Else Can I Do" from 1994...

 from her 1992 album Bad Day for Trains

Bad Day for Trains

Bad Day for Trains is the second studio album by Canadian country music singer/songwriter Patricia Conroy, and was released in 1992 by Warner Music Canada...

. McBride's version was a #2 on the Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 charts. Also released from this album were "Life #9" at #6, "Independence Day" at #12, "Heart Trouble" at #21, and finally, "Where I Used to Have a Heart" at #49. Although never released as a single, "Strangers" was reprised on McBride's Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits (Martina McBride album)

-Album:-Singles:...

album in 2001.

Track listing

Production

• Produced By Martina McBride, Ed Seay & Paul Worley
  Paul Worley
  Paul Worley is an American record producer and session guitarist, known primarily for his work in country music. Formerly a vice president at Sony BMG, he later joined the staff of Warner Bros. Records' Nashville division as chief creative officer...
  
  
• Assistant Producer: Anthony Martin
• Mixed By Ed Seay
• Engineered By Anthony Martin, Clarke Schneider & Ed Seay
• Mastered By Denny Purcell

Album

Chart (1993)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	14
U.S. Billboard 200	106
Canadian RPM Country Albums	8

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...	CAN Country RPM (magazine) RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
1993	"My Baby Loves Me"	2	1
1994	"Life #9"	6	8
	"Independence Day"	12	14
	"Heart Trouble"	21	32
1995	"Where I Used to Have a Heart"	49	—