Reba McEntire (album)
Reba McEntire | ||||
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Released | August 15, 1977 | |||
Recorded | January 22, 1976 – April 13, 1977 | |||
Studio | Woodland Sound Studios and U.S. Recording Studios, Nashville[1] | |||
Genre | Country, Nashville sound | |||
Length | 31:30 | |||
Label | Mercury | |||
Producer | Jerry Kennedy, Glenn Keener | |||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Reba McEntire is the debut studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Reba McEntire. It was released on August 15, 1977, by Mercury Records.[1] It featured her first single "I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand", as well as a cover of the Jennifer Warnes hit "Right Time of the Night", and the Hot hit "Angel in Your Arms". Three of the album's singles cracked the Billboard Country charts,[2] but the album was not a commercial success, failing to chart.[3]
Musically, the album shows McEntire pulled in two different directions, because of two different producers. Half the songs were produced by Jerry Kennedy in a twangy, old-timey country style. The other half were produced by Glenn Keener in a soft country pop format: the "countrypolitan" Nashville sound with lush strings and vocal chorus. McEntire's next five albums with Mercury continued to place her within the Nashville sound. Signing with MCA in 1984, McEntire took control of her sound and joined the new neotraditional country movement.[1]
Reba McEntire was re-issued on CD and cassette tape in 1993 and released digitally in 2012.
Track listing[]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date | Length |
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1. | "Glad I Waited Just for You" | Royce Porter, Bucky Jones | April 13, 1977 | 2:55 |
2. | "One to One" | Jerry Foster, Bill Rice | September 10, 1976 | 2:40 |
3. | "Angel in Your Arms" | Terry Woodford, Clayton Ivey, Tom Brasfield | April 13, 1977 | 2:51 |
4. | "I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand" | Layng Martine Jr. | January 22, 1976 | 2:59 |
5. | "I've Waited All My Life for You" | Foster, Rice | September 16, 1976 | 2:59 |
6. | "I Was Glad to Give My Everything to You" | Ruby Hice, Danny Hice | September 16, 1976 | 2:10 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Recording date | Length |
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1. | "Take Your Love Away" | Randy Sharp | April 12, 1977 | 2:24 |
2. | "(There's Nothing Like the Love) Between a Woman and a Man" | R Hice, D Hice | September 16, 1976 | 2:54 |
3. | "Why Can't He Be You" | Hank Cochran | April 12, 1977 | 3:34 |
4. | "Invitation to the Blues" | Roger Miller | April 13, 1977 | 3:27 |
5. | "Right Time of the Night" | Peter McCann | April 12, 1977 | 2:37 |
Personnel[]
- Reba McEntire – lead and backing vocals
- Bobby Emmons – acoustic piano, organ
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins – acoustic piano, organ
- Tommy Allsup – guitar
- Harold Bradley – guitar
- Ray Edenton – guitar
- Leon Rhodes – guitar
- Pete Wade – guitar
- Chip Young – guitar
- Lloyd Green – steel guitar
- Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
- Bob Moore – bass
- Buddy Harman – drums, percussion
- Charlie McCoy - harmonica
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle
- Billy Puett – saxophone
- Bergen White – string and flute arrangements, backing vocals
- Byron Bach – strings
- Brenton Banks – strings
- George Binkley III – strings
- John Catchings – strings
- Marvin Chantry – strings
- Roy Christensen – strings
- Virginia Christensen – strings
- Carl Gorodetzky – strings
- Lennie Haight – strings
- Martin Katahn – strings
- Sheldon Kurland – strings
- Steven Maxwell Smith – strings
- Chris Teal – strings
- Gary Vanosdale – strings
- Stephanie Woolf – strings
- Janie Fricke – backing vocals
- Hoyt Hawkins – backing vocals
- Ginger Holladay – backing vocals
- Mary Holladay – backing vocals
- Prissy Hubbard – backing vocals
- The Jordanaires – backing vocals
- Millie Kirkham – backing vocals
- Neal Matthews – backing vocals
- Louis Dean Nunley – backing vocals
- Gordon Stoker – backing vocals
- Ray C. Walker – backing vocals
- Trish Williams – backing vocals
Production[]
- Jerry Kennedy – producer
- Glenn Keener – producer
- Larry Maglinger – engineer
- Lynn Peterzell – engineer
- Tom Sparkman – engineer
- Cam Mullins – mixing
- Bergen White – mixing
- MC Rather – mastering
- Jim Schubert – artwork
- Jim McGuire – photography
Charts[]
Singles – Billboard (North America)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1976 | "I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand" | Country Singles | 88 |
1977 | "(There's Nothing Like the Love) Between a Woman and a Man" | Country Singles | 86 |
"Glad I Just Waited for You" | Country Singles | 88 | |
1978 | "One to One" | Country Singles | - |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Reba McEntire at AllMusic
- ^ https://www.billboard.com/music/reba-mcentire/chart-history/CSI/9
- ^ McEntire, Reba; Carter, Tom (2015-04-15). Reba: My Story. Random House Publishing Group. pp. 89–90. ISBN 9780804181181.
- 1977 debut albums
- Reba McEntire albums
- Mercury Nashville albums
- Albums produced by Jerry Kennedy
- 1970s country album stubs