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Have I Got a Deal for You (1985)

Where the lyrics of Have I Got a Deal for You take you, and where it was really made.

The singer's only self-written single to date, "Only in My Mind", was one of this album's two best-charting singles.

Key places

Recorded at Emerald Sound Studios (1985)

Recording site Nashville — The album was recorded at Emerald Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee. The point is placed at city centre, not at the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recorded at The Castle in Franklin (1985)

Recording site Sound Kitchen — Part of the album was recorded at The Castle in Franklin. The point is placed at city centre, not at the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Ninth studio album by American country music artist Reba McEntire
• Released June 10, 1985, by MCA Nashville
• Continues the same style of music as her previous album My Kind of Country, which was a big seller
• Track listing: 10 songs, including the title track
• Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, and at The Castle in Franklin
• Produced by Jimmy Bowen and Reba McEntire

Background

• Predecessor My Kind of Country had two #1 Billboard country hits
• This album's highest-charting singles: the #6 title song and the #5 "Only in My Mind"
• "Only in My Mind" was her first and only self-written single to date

Recording

• Musicians: John Hobbs on keyboards, Larry Byrom, Billy Joe Walker Jr., and Reggie Young on guitars
• Weldon Myrick on steel guitar, Emory Gordy Jr. on bass guitar, Matt Betton on drums
• Johnny Gimble on fiddle
• Vocals by Reba McEntire, with backing vocals by Pake McEntire
• Mastering by Glenn Meadows at Masterfonics in Nashville, Tennessee

Cover

• Art direction by Jeff Adamoff and Vartan Kurjian, design by Andy Engel, photography by Lisa Powers

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born March 28, 1955 in McAlester, Oklahoma; raised on a ranch in Chockie, Oklahoma.
• Third of four children of Clark and Jacqueline McEntire; her father was a three-time world steer roping champion.
• With her siblings she formed the trio the Singing McEntires, performing at local events and dance halls.
• Studied elementary education and music at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Career

• Country singer Red Steagall heard her at a 1974 rodeo and helped her sign with PolyGram/Mercury Records in 1975.
• Her breakout came with the 1984 MCA album My Kind of Country, which produced two number-one country singles.
• The album Whoever's in New England won a Grammy Award and topped the Billboard country albums chart.
• After a 1991 plane crash that killed eight band members, she released For My Broken Heart, her best-selling album.
• Sold more than 75 million records worldwide; 24 of her singles reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
• Starred in the sitcom Reba (six seasons) and in the NBC sitcom Happy's Place.

Members

• Solo artist; her siblings Pake and Susie were early members of the Singing McEntires.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Released June 10, 1985, by MCA Nashville
• Continues the style of My Kind of Country, which was a big seller
• The predecessor had two #1 Billboard country hits, while this album's singles peaked lower
• Highest-charting singles: the #6 title song and the #5 "Only in My Mind"
• "Only in My Mind" was her first and only self-written single to date

Records

• Title song "Have I Got a Deal for You": #6 on the highest-charting singles list
• "Only in My Mind": #5 on the highest-charting singles list
• Predecessor My Kind of Country: two #1 Billboard country hits
• Album chart positions and certifications are not given in the source

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album opens with "I'm in Love All Over", written by Don King and J. D. Martin.
• "She's the One Loving You Now" was co-written by McEntire, David Anthony, and Leigh Reynolds.
• "Red Roses (Won't Work Now)" was written by Jimbeau Hinson and David Lee Murphy.
• "Whose Heartache Is This Anyway" was written by Wayland Holyfield and Jim McBride.
• The track listing includes 10 songs in total.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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