Reba (album)

Reba
Studio album by Reba McEntire
Released April 18, 1988
Studio Sound Stage Studios and Emerald Sound, Nashville, TN
Genre Country
Length 35:46
Label MCA
Producer
Reba McEntire chronology
Merry Christmas to You
(1987)Merry Christmas to You1987		 Reba
(1988)		 Sweet Sixteen
(1989)Sweet Sixteen1989
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Reba is the thirteenth studio album by American country singer Reba McEntire, released on April 18, 1988. Gone were the honky tonk stable steel guitars and fiddles of My Kind of Country and Have I Got a Deal for You, to be replaced by a highly produced and orchestrated Bakersfield-like sound. This did not diminish the album's sales, as it was her third #1 country album, and two of its tracks, I Know How He Feels and New Fool at an Old Game, reached #1 on the Billboard country singles charts. A remake of an old jazz vocal standard made famous by Ella Fitzgerald, Sunday Kind of Love, reached the #5 spot. Also covered was Respect, a song made famous by Aretha Franklin.

The album debuted at #20 for the week of May 21, 1988 on the Country Albums chart, and peaked at #1 for the week of June 11, 1988. The album stayed at #1 for 6 consecutive weeks.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."So, So, So Long"Lisa Palas, Alan Taylor3:40
2."Sunday Kind of Love"Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Louis Prima, Stan Rhodes3:00
3."New Fool at an Old Game"Steve Bogard, Rick Giles, Sheila Stephen3:49
4."You're the One I Dream About"Pamela Brown, Teresa Jackson3:38
5."Silly Me"Ben Weisman, Roberts Etoll4:14
6."Respect"Otis Redding2:39
7."Do Right by Me"Bogard, Giles3:37
8."I Know How He Feels"Rick Bowles, Will Robinson3:20
9."Wish I Were Only Lonely"Bogard, Giles3:56
10."Everytime You Touch Her"Pam Rose, Pat Bunch, Mary Ann Kennedy3:52

Personnel

Charts

Album

Chart (1988) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[2] 1
U.S. Billboard 200 118

Singles

Year Song Chart positions[3]
US Country CAN Country
1988 "Sunday Kind of Love" 5 9
"I Know How He Feels" 1 1
"New Fool At An Old Game" 1 1

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[4] Platinum 1,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Reba McEntire - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Billboard chart positions > singles". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  4. ↑ "American album certifications – Reba Mc Entire – Reba". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
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