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Read My Mind (1994)

Where the lyrics of Read My Mind take you, and where it was really made.

The second single was the first country song to address AIDS, and some radio stations shied away from playing it in heavy rotation.

Key places

Recorded in Nashville (1994)

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

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Album story

Overview

• Read My Mind: nineteenth studio album by American country artist Reba McEntire
• Released April 26, 1994 by MCA Records
• Preceded by the first single "Why Haven't I Heard From You", which peaked at No. 5 on the country chart
• Second single "She Thinks His Name Was John" was the first country song to address AIDS
• Third single "Till You Love Me" became McEntire's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100
• Fourth single "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" topped the country singles chart

Background

• Released at perhaps the peak of McEntire's pop culture popularity
• Same year: an autobiography and an NBC Television special
• MCA billboard for the album described it as "Another MCA Masterpiece..."

Recording

• Recorded at Emerald Sound Studios and Masterfonics in Nashville, Tennessee
• Produced by Tony Brown, with Reba McEntire also credited as producer
• John Guess: recording engineer, mixing, overdub recording
• Derek Bason: recording assistant, mix assistant, overdub assistant
• Glenn Meadows: mastering

Cover

• Photography by Peter Nash
• Art direction and design by Cindy Owen

Sources: en.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

• Charlotte Dillon of AllMusic wrote that it is one of the few albums on which all the songs are good and deserve repeated listening

Records

• Peaked at No. 2 on the country album chart and the Billboard 200
• Certified 3 times platinum by the RIAA
• More than three million copies sold in the United States
• "Why Haven't I Heard From You" peaked at No. 5 on the country singles chart
• "Till You Love Me" was McEntire's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100
• "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" topped the country singles chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · es.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Some radio stations shied away from putting the AIDS-themed second single into heavy rotation because of its subject.
• "Why Haven't I Heard From You" was released with a picturesque video.
• "Till You Love Me" was written by Bob DiPiero and Gary Burr.
• The album's track listing includes "Everything That You Want", written by Randy Sharp and Jack Wesley Routh.

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

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