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Reba Live (1989)

Where the lyrics of Reba Live take you, and where it was really made.

Reba McEntire's only live album to date was released with no singles, yet it still won a country award at the American Music Awards.

Key places

Recorded at McCallum Theatre (1989)

Recording site McCallum Theatre — The album's recording is linked to McCallum Theatre in Palm Desert, which is listed as the recording venue. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Reba Live: live album by American country singer Reba McEntire
• Released August 30, 1989
• Her only live album to date
• Draws mainly on material from her MCA recordings

Background

• Includes several covers: "Respect", "Jolene", "Mama Tried", "Night Life" and "Sweet Dreams"
• No singles were released from the album
• Won the Favorite Country Album award at the American Music Awards

Recording

• The recording is linked to McCallum Theatre, Palm Desert
• Line-up: Kirk Cappello on keyboards and backing vocals, Michael Thomas on electric guitars
• Glen Duncan on acoustic guitar, fiddle, mandolin and backing vocals, Joe McGlohon on acoustic guitar and saxophone
• Steve Marshall on bass guitar, Vic Mastrianni on drums, Suzy Wills on backing vocals
• Reba McEntire on lead vocals
• Producers: Jimmy Bowen and Reba McEntire

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

• Released August 30, 1989
• Reba's only live album to date
• Built mainly from material recorded for MCA
• Includes several covers: "Respect", "Jolene", "Mama Tried", "Night Life" and "Sweet Dreams"
• Released with no singles

Reappraisal

• Won the Favorite Country Album award at the American Music Awards

Records

• Producers: Jimmy Bowen and Reba McEntire
• Assistant producer: Kirk Cappello
• Recording engineers: Bill "Dog" Dooley, Gary Long, Tim McColm and Brently Walton
• Bob Bullock handled overdub recording, mixing and digital editing
• Milan Bogdan handled digital editing
• Glenn Meadows handled mastering
• Mark Eshelman and Jessie Noble were project coordinators
• Mickey Braithwaite handled art direction and design; Beth Gwinn took the photography

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Reba Live is Reba McEntire's only live album to date.
• The album was released with no singles.
• Its covers include "Respect", "Jolene", "Mama Tried", "Night Life" and "Sweet Dreams".
• The album won the Favorite Country Album award at the American Music Awards.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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