Reba (album)
Released April 18, 1988
Studio Sound Stage Studios and Emerald Sound, Nashville, TN
Genre Country
Length 35:46
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
1. “So, So, So Long” Lisa Palas, Alan Taylor 3:40
2. “Sunday Kind of Love” Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Louis Prima, Stan Rhodes 3:00
3. “New Fool at an Old Game” Steve Bogard, Rick Giles, Sheila Stephen 3:49
4. “You’re the One I Dream About” Pamela Brown, Teresa Jackson 3:38
5. “Silly Me” Ben Weisman, Roberts Etoll 4:14
6. “Respect” Otis Redding 2:39
7. “Do Right by Me” Bogard, Giles 3:37
8. “I Know How He Feels” Rick Bowles, Will Robinson 3:20
9. “Wish I Were Only Lonely” Bogard, Giles 3:56
10. “Everytime You Touch Her” Pam Rose, Pat Bunch, Mary Ann Kennedy 3:52
Personnel
Reba McEntire – lead and background vocals, production
Russ Kunkel – drums, percussion
Paul Leim – drums
Wayne Nelson – bass
Michael Rhodes – bass
Mike Lawler – synthesizer
Matt Rollings – piano, synthesizer
John Barlow Jarvis – piano, DX-7, synthesizer
Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar, mandolin, bouzouki
Pam Rose – acoustic guitar, background vocals
Steve Gibson – electric guitar
Dann Huff – electric guitar
George Marinelli – electric guitar
Terry Crisp – electric guitar
George Marinelli – mandolin
Kirk “Jelly Roll” Johnson – harmonica
Joe McGlohon – saxophone
Linda Davis – background vocals
Vince Gill – background vocals
Vicki Hampton – background vocals
Suzy Hoskins – background vocals
Mary Ann Kennedy – background vocals
Donna McElroy – background vocals
Yvonne Hodges – background vocals
Jamie D. Robbins – background vocals
Chris Rodriguez – background vocals
Harry Stinson – background vocals
Jimmy Bowen – production
John Guess – mixing
Mark J. Coddington – engineering
Marty Williams – engineering
Glenn Meadows – mastering
Milan Bogdan – digital editing
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