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Love Somebody (2015)

Where the lyrics of Love Somebody take you, and where it was really made.

The album debuted at number one on the country albums chart but entered the US Billboard 200 at number three.

Key places

Recording at Starstruck Studios, Nashville (2015)

Recording site Nashville — Discogs credits list Starstruck Studios in Nashville as a recording location for several tracks on the album. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Love Somebody: 29th studio album by American country singer Reba McEntire
• Released April 14, 2015 by Nash Icon
• First studio album since All the Women I Am (2010)
• Produced by McEntire with Tony Brown, James Stroud, and Doug Sisemore
• Also released on LP

Background

• October 2014: Nash Icon signing announced; a new album was already in progress
• Eleven tracks had already been produced at that point
• Lead single Going Out Like That debuted on the Hot Country Songs chart; release set for April 2015
• February 13, 2015: release date, title and track listing announced
• McEntire worked again with Allison Jones at Nash Icon Records, part of the Big Machine Label group
• The team listened to thousands of songs to pick the tracks
• The album has 12 songs; a Target exclusive version adds two extra tracks

Recording

• Tony Brown, James Stroud, and Doug Sisemore produced individual tracks
• Chuck Ainlay and Julian King credited with recording
• Chris Lord-Alge and Chuck Ainlay credited with mixing on different tracks
• Starstruck Studios in Nashville credited as a recording location

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com · 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

• Debuted at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart
• Her twelfth number one album on that chart
• Debuted at number three on the US Billboard 200
• Lead single Going Out Like That released January 6, 2015, charted within the top 30 of Country Airplay
• Released April 14, 2015 by Nash Icon, her first studio album since All the Women I Am in 2010
• Also available on vinyl LP

Records

• Sold 62,469 copies in the US at debut
• Sold 307,800 copies in the US as of March 2018
• Her fifteenth album to reach a #1 chart slot

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The LP was sold at Cracker Barrel stores nationwide from October 2016, promoted with her new Christmas CD
• Pray for Peace was not included on the LP version
• A Target exclusive version of the album carried two extra tracks

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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