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What If It's You (1996)

Where the lyrics of What If It's You take you, and where it was really made.

Reba McEntire's 1996 album was the first she made without session musicians, and it still reached #1 on the Billboard country albums chart.

Key places

Recorded at Starstruck Studios in Nashville (1996)

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Album story

Overview

• What If It's You: 21st studio album by American country artist Reba McEntire
• Released November 5, 1996
• Peaked at #1 on the Billboard country albums chart and #15 on the Billboard 200
• Certified 2× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA
• Produced by Reba McEntire and John Guess
• Ten tracks, including How Was I to Know, The Fear of Being Alone, What If It's You and I'd Rather Ride Around with You

Background

• First album on which McEntire did not use session musicians
• Recorded with her touring band instead
• Management credited to Narvel Blackstock for Starstruck Entertainment
• Personnel: Paul Hollowell (acoustic piano), Doug Sisemore (keyboards), Biff Watson (acoustic guitars), Kent Wells (electric guitars)
• Terry Crisp on steel guitar, Larry Franklin on fiddle and mandolin, Chopper Anderson on bass, Scott Hawkins on drums and percussion

Recording

• Recording and mixing credited to John Guess
• Recording assistants: Derek Bason, Scott Ahaus, Patrick Murphy
• Mastered by Marty Williams at The Work Station in Nashville, Tennessee
• Recording location listed as Starstruck Studios in Nashville

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.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

• Peaked at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart
• Peaked at #15 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart
• Released as McEntire's twenty-first studio album
• Released November 5, 1996

Records

• How Was I to Know reached #1 on the Billboard country chart
• The Fear of Being Alone reached #2 on the Billboard country chart
• I'd Rather Ride Around with You reached #2 on the Billboard country chart
• What If It's You reached #15 on the Billboard country chart
• Four singles were released from the album
• Certified 2× Multi-Platinum by the RIAA

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• First album on which McEntire did not use session musicians; she relied on her touring band instead
• Recording and mixing were handled by John Guess, who also produced the album with McEntire
• Management credited to Narvel Blackstock for Starstruck Entertainment
• Mastering by Marty Williams at The Work Station in Nashville, Tennessee
• How Was I to Know was written by Cathy Majeski, Sunny Russ and Stephony Smith

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

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