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Stronger Than the Truth (2019)

Where the lyrics of Stronger Than the Truth take you, and where it was really made.

One track on this album, Cactus in a Coffee Can, was first recorded by Jerry Kilgore on his 1999 album Love Trip, before Reba McEntire's version.

Key places

Recording studio in Nashville (2019)

Recording site Sound Emporium Studios — Sound Emporium Studios in Nashville is listed among the recording locations for this album. The point marks the building, so the exact room used is not stated. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Stronger Than the Truth: thirty-second studio album by American country singer Reba McEntire
• Released April 5, 2019, by Big Machine Records
• Nominated for Best Country Album at the 62nd Grammy Awards
• Producers: Buddy Cannon and Reba McEntire

Background

• On September 18, 2018, McEntire posted on Instagram that she was back in the studio
• She told The Boot the album would probably be the most country album she had ever recorded
• She described it as real country, inspired by the music she grew up listening to
• In a press release she cited the response to Sing It Now: Songs of Faith & Hope, which reinforced her love for songs that speak to the heart
• Cactus in a Coffee Can was originally recorded by Jerry Kilgore on his 1999 album Love Trip
• The album was announced February 11, 2019, with pre-orders opening alongside the first promotional single
• The lead single was Freedom, released March 22, 2019

Recording

• Recording and mixing credited to Tony Castle; mastering by Andrew Mendelson at Georgetown Masters in Nashville, Tennessee
• Nashville studios are listed as recording locations, including Sound Emporium Studios

Cover

• Photography credited to Robby Klein; art direction and graphic design by Justin McIntosh

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

• Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic rated the album 4 out of 5 stars and called it a pure, unadorned country album
• Erlewine wrote that the album is flinty even when it's tender
• He said McEntire channels empathetic toughness into songs that play like short stories
• He wrote that the blend of music and message gives the album a lasting emotional resonance

Records

• Debuted at No. 4 on Billboard Top Country Albums
• Debut sales: 20,000 traditional albums, 21,000 in equivalent album units
• Her 27th top 10 on the Top Country Albums chart
• The first of those top 10s came 33 years earlier, on April 19, 1986, with Whoever's in New England
• Sold 57,500 copies in the United States as of March 2020
• Nominated for Best Country Album at the 62nd Grammy Awards

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• McEntire also performed the album's single Freedom at the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards on April 8, 2019.
• The first promotional single, Stronger Than the Truth, was released on February 15, along with the album's pre-order.
• On March 28, the album became available for streaming exclusively on NPR Music's website as part of its First Listen series.
• Cactus in a Coffee Can was originally recorded by Jerry Kilgore on his 1999 album Love Trip, before its appearance here.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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