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Starting Over (1995)

Where the lyrics of Starting Over take you, and where it was really made.

Reba McEntire's 1995 album was a covers record, and its only Top 10 single was a song that another singer had already made a hit.

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Recording credited to Emerald Sound Studios, Nashville (1995)

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Album story

Overview

• Starting Over: the twentieth studio album by American country music artist Reba McEntire
• Released October 3, 1995
• A tribute to her roots and influences, built from cover versions
• Covers songs by artists she admired while growing up
• Artists covered include Dolly Parton, Donna Summer, Linda Ronstadt, The Supremes, Lee Greenwood, Crystal Gayle and Patti LaBelle
• Tony Brown and McEntire are credited as producers

Background

• "On My Own" was the album's first single, sung with Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride and Linda Davis
• A CBS television special, Reba: Celebrating 20 Years, featured McEntire performing songs from the album in concert
• The concert footage was interspersed with footage of her returning home to her family in Oklahoma
• The special was later released separately on video
• Michael Omartian is credited as associate producer and handled track and string arrangements

Recording

• Recording is credited to Emerald Sound Studios in Nashville, Tennessee
• Engineers Terry Christian and Steve Tillisch worked on different tracks, with assistant engineers Grant Greene and Pete Martinez
• Mixing and mastering took place at The Work Station in Nashville, Tennessee
• Backing vocalists include Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride, Linda Davis, Karla Bonoff, Kim Richey and Wendy Waldman
• McEntire sings lead vocals on all tracks

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Tracklist

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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.

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Reception

At release

• Debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart for the week of October 21, 1995, selling 101,000 copies
• Stayed at No. 1 for two consecutive weeks
• Debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart for the same week
• Remained in the Top Ten of the Top 200 for two weeks

Reappraisal

• "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" had been a Top Ten country hit for Lee Greenwood in the mid-1980s
• McEntire's version was also a Top Ten hit upon its 1996 release, reaching No. 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart
• "Starting Over Again" was written by Donna Summer and Bruce Sudano and had been a number one hit for Dolly Parton in 1980
• McEntire's version of "Starting Over Again" reached the top twenty
• "You Keep Me Hangin' On" was not released to country radio but reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart
• Love to Infinity produced the dance club remixes that brought that success

Records

• Billboard Country Albums: No. 1, with two weeks at the top
• Billboard Top 200: No. 5
• Remained in the Top Ten of the country albums chart for 19 weeks
• Certified Platinum by the RIAA three months after release
• The album's only Top 10 single was "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands"
• "You Keep Me Hangin' On" spent two weeks at No. 2 on the Hot Dance Club Play chart, McEntire's only hit on that survey

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• "On My Own" was the first single, sung with Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride and Linda Davis.
• "You Keep Me Hangin' On" was not sent to country radio, yet reached No. 2 on the dance chart after Love to Infinity's remixes.
• "Starting Over Again" was originally Dolly Parton's 1980 number one, and McEntire's version reached the top twenty.
• "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" was a Greenwood hit in the mid-1980s and a Top Ten hit for McEntire in 1996.
• The CBS special Reba: Celebrating 20 Years mixed concert performances of album songs with footage of her homecoming in Oklahoma.

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

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