Behind The Scene couldn't maintain the success of Unlimited. When "There Ain't No Future In This" and "Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)" failed to break the top...
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Behind the Scene was her last album for Mercury, featuring strong songs like "Love Isn't Love ('Til You Give It Away)," "Nickel Dreams" and her own "Reasons." ~ Keith...
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The Best of Reba McEntire contains ten of her biggest hits from the early '80s, which were all recorded for Mercury Records. These hit singles -- including "(You Lift Me) Up...
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Feel The Fire 1/1/1980, Yahoo! Music, Brian Mansfield
"(You Lift Me) Up To Heaven" is arguably McEntire's finest performance on Mercury Records, and this album contained two other hits: "I Can See Forever In Your Eyes" and "I...
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In March 1991, seven members of McEntire's touring band died in a plane crash, and their spirits permeate McEntire's best album, hiding in the shadows of songs like "Is...
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Only the quietly moving "If I Had Only Known" might be considered a tribute to the members of McEntire's band who died in a 1990 plane crash, but the tragedy creeps into...
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Reba McEntire's first collection of hits on MCA Records draws entirely from the beginning of her string of Top Ten hits in the mid-'80s. Greatest Hits cover her singles from...
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Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 collects Reba McEntire's biggest hits of the late '80s, including the number one singles "You Lie," "For My Broken Heart," and her biggest hit, "Is...
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Neither of this album's two singles, "Have I Got A Deal for You" and "Only In My Mind," got higher than No. 5, but it's not a bad record overall. Have I Got A Deal for You...
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"Today All Over Again" became McEntire's first top 5 hit in 1981, and Heart To Heart also contained a cover of the Platters' "Only You (And You...
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It's Your Call 12/15/1992, Yahoo! Music, Brian Mansfield
McEntire likes songs about women who get the short end of the stick, but her flair for melodrama gets the best of her on this album, and her female characters come off more...
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McEntire possesses one of the most undeniably emotional voices in country music -- one well-phrased word in her Oklahoma accent can start hearts breaking. The overwhelming...
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McEntire's first album for MCA got her away from the strings and choruses that Mercury producer Jerry Kennedy favored, but the album's two singles, "Just A Little Love" and...
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Merry Christmas to You is (naturally) a traditional Christmas album for Reba McEntire, mostly featuring textured acoustic guitar and light percussion (several selections...
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McEntire's celebration of the back-to-basics movement in country has many country shuffles. These are her purest country performances and most straightforward production. ~...
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McEntire's output for Mercury Records is well-represented by The Best Of Reba McEntire and Oklahoma Girl, so if you're only a casual fan, you don't really need the albums....
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Reba McEntire's 1978 album Out of a Dream, reissued in its entirety on this budget-line CD, steps away from the hard country leanings of her first album and toward the more...
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Read My Mind 4/26/1994, Yahoo! Music, Brian Mansfield
Four of the songs from this album made the top 5 ("And Still," "The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter," "Till You Love Me" and "Why Haven't I Heard From You"). But the album's...
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This 1994 album, Read My Mind, is another wonderful offering of songs performed by the gifted country singer Reba McEntire. Half of the tunes on this album became hits. Many...
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In which McEntire covers "Respect," apparently figuring that Aretha Franklin wasn't the only singer who should have the "Miss Re" designation. The rest of the album isn't as...
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Without the accompanying glitz of her presence, McEntire's live album, recorded after the release of Reba, falls flat. Covers of classics by Bob Wills, Merle Haggard, Willie...
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Live is a predictable but enjoyable live set featuring 19 of Reba McEntire's biggest hits and best-known songs, plus a selection of covers ("Mama Tried," "San Antonio Rose,"...
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Rumor Has It 9/4/1990, Yahoo! Music, Brian Mansfield
McEntire's first album with producer Tony Brown gives her voice its proper dramatic context with Bobbie Gentry's "Fancy," and includes a couple of her better ballads--"Rumor...
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It features "Fallin' out of Love," "You Lie, " "Climb that Mountain High, " and other hits. ~ All Music Guide, All Music...
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Sweet Sixteen 5/1/1989, Yahoo! Music, Brian Mansfield
McEntire's remake of the Everly Brothers' "Cathy's Clown" turned out far better than it seems like it would, and "'Til Love Comes Again," "Little Girl" and "Walk On" all did...
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Recorded as McEntire went through the process of divorce from first husband Charlie Battles, it's understandably heavy on songs about breakups and the uncertainty of the...
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McEntire's had two No. 1 singles while she was on Mercury. Both of those, "Can't Even Get The Blues" and "You're The First Time I've Thought About Leaving," are included...
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The chart-topping title cut highlights What Am I Gonna Do About You, which also features the number one hit "One Promise Too Late." ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music...
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Whoever's In New England contains two of McEntire's best-known country-pop hits, the title track and "Little Rock," but the atypically straightforward country elsewhere...
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This is the album that elevated McEntire from pretty good country singer to megastar. A number of the melodies have pop sensibilities, but the production is decidedly...
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Reba McEntire 1/1/1977, Yahoo! Music, Brian Mansfield
The last three songs of McEntire's first album tell you everything you need to know about the singer's musical direction: "Why Can't He Be You," a hit for Patsy Cline; Roger...
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The average listener of Reba McEntire's first album will most likely have one of two minds about it. On the one hand, fans of McEntire's later recordings might reject this...
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Country singing star Reba McEntire was born and raised in Oklahoma, so Oklahoma Girl seemed a fitting title when producers began putting this album together, picking songs...
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American Legends: Best of the Early Years is a decent Reba McEntire retrospective encompassing her earliest tracks recorded for Mercury in the '80s, including "(You Lift Me)...
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Starting Over 10/3/1995, Yahoo! Music, Brian Mansfield
For the 20th anniversary of signing her first record contract, McEntire decided to record an entire album of songs by her biggest influences, which range from pop (Donna...
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Starting Over isn't quite a rebirth for Reba McEntire; rather, it's a tribute to her formative influences. Consisting of nothing but covers of a selection of her favorite...
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Citing her as one of country's "smartest business women," Reba McEntire's new bio notes "her proper place as one of the trailblazing women of the music...
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McEntire dropped producer Tony Brown, who had recorded her for five years, taking top production credit on this album above John Guess. She also recorded the album with her...
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What If It's You doesn't offer any new tricks from Reba McEntire, but it is nevertheless an excellent reminder of her deep talents as a vocalist. The album is slightly...
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Reba McEntire's second Christmas album is a departure from 1988's Merry Christmas to You -- Secret of Giving features more down-to-earth, pop-country tracks that reflect her...
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It hasn't been hard to notice that Reba McEntire's usually reliable stream of number one hits has slowed lately. But So Good Together re-examines McEntire's artistry and...
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The grand dame of country music delivers a potent greatest-hits album -- her third -- and her 27th album overall. She had 31 huge hits from which to choose that hadn't...
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Four years seems to have done Reba McEntire some good. On her first studio album in four years, she resurrects her passion for country music that seemed to have been missing...
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This six tracks on this discount-priced compilation are from the two previous Christmas albums released by Reba (who gave up using her last name on her records in 1998),...
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