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Rumor Has It (1990)

Where the lyrics of Rumor Has It take you, and where it was really made.

The album's "Fancy", a Bobbie Gentry cover, became one of McEntire's signature songs, yet on the country charts it peaked only at No. 8.

Key places

Nashville recording studios (1990)

Recording site Nashville — The recording location is listed as Emerald Sound Studios and Masterfonics in Nashville, Tennessee. The point is set at the city centre, not the exact studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Rumor Has It: sixteenth studio album by American country artist Reba McEntire
• Released 4 September 1990 by MCA Records
• Lead single "You Lie" released 25 August 1990
• Singles: "You Lie", "Rumor Has It", "Fancy", "Fallin' Out of Love"
• Ten-track album, including a cover of Bobbie Gentry's "Fancy"

Background

• "You Lie" reached number one on the Hot Country Songs and Canada Country Tracks charts
• The album continued McEntire's run of success at the time
• It was McEntire's first collaboration with record producer Tony Brown
• "You Lie" and "Waitin' For the Deal to Go Down" were earlier recorded by Cee Cee Chapman on her 1988 album Twist of Fate

Recording

• Credits list John Guess as recording and mixing engineer, Marty Williams as sound engineer, and Glenn Meadows as mastering engineer
• Recording location listed as Emerald Sound Studios and Masterfonics in Nashville, Tennessee
• The map point is set at Nashville's city centre, not the studio building

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

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 No. 17 on Billboard's Top Country Albums for the week of 29 September 1990
• Rose to No. 3 the following week, then peaked at No. 2
• Stayed in the Top 10 for 26 weeks

Reappraisal

• CMT ranked "Fancy" at No. 27 on its 100 Greatest Country Songs list in 2003
• Rolling Stone ranked McEntire's version of "Fancy" at No. 65 on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time list in 2024
• "Fancy" was not one of McEntire's larger radio hits despite its acclaim, peaking outside the Top 5 at No. 8

Records

• Billboard Top Country Albums: peak No. 2
• Billboard 200: peak No. 39, her first album to enter the mainstream top 40
• RIAA: certified triple platinum
• "Fancy" certified double platinum; about 760,000 digital copies sold in the US as of November 2019

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• "Climb That Mountain High" was used in the opening credits of the early 1990s ABC sitcom Delta, in which McEntire also made a guest appearance
• The album was selected by the Library of Congress for the National Recording Registry in 2026
• "Fancy" peaked outside the Top 5 at No. 8, even though it is one of McEntire's signature songs
• Rolling Stone ranked McEntire's version of "Fancy" at No. 65 in 2024
• Cee Cee Chapman had earlier recorded "You Lie" and "Waitin' For the Deal to Go Down" on her 1988 album Twist of Fate

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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