Starting Over (Reba McEntire album)
Starting Over | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | October 3, 1995 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 41:10 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Tony Brown, Reba McEntire, Michael Omartian (exec.) | |||
Reba McEntire chronology | ||||
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Singles from Starting Over | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Los Angeles Times | [2] |
The Guardian | [3] |
Starting Over is the twentieth studio album by American
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The album featured only one Top 10 single, "Ring On Her Finger, Time On Her Hands", which had been previously a Top Ten country hit for Greenwood in the mid-1980s; McEntire's rendition was a Top Ten hit as well upon its 1996 release, reaching No. 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The third single, "Starting Over Again" was composed by Summer and her husband Bruce Sudano, and had originally been a number one hit for Parton in 1980; McEntire's version reached the top-twenty. The fourth and final single, a cover of the Supremes' hit "You Keep Me Hangin' On", was not released to country radio, but did reach number 2 on Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play chart.
The debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Country Albums chart for the week of October 21, 1995, selling 101,000 copies. It stayed at No. 1 for two consecutive weeks and remained in the Top Ten for 19 weeks. It debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart for the week of October 21, 1995, and remained in the Top Ten for two weeks.
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | " By The Time I Get to Phoenix" | Jimmy Webb | 3:59 |
Personnel
- Reba McEntire – lead vocals
Musicians
- Wurlitzer electric piano
- Michael Omartian – acoustic piano, keyboards, arrangements, string arrangements
- Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Dann Huff – electric guitar
- Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
- Terry Crisp – steel guitar
- Leland Sklar – bass guitar
- Carlos Vega – drums
- Tom Roady – percussion
- Rob Hajacos – fiddle
- Chris Hicks – saxophone
- The Nashville String Machine– strings
Backing vocalists
- Bob Bailey
- Karla Bonoff
- Lisa Cochran
- Linda Davis
- Vicki Hampton
- Martina McBride
- Michael Mellett
- Kim Richey
- Chris Rodriguez
- Wendy Waldman
- Trisha Yearwood
Production
- Tony Brown – producer
- Reba McEntire – producer
- Michael Omartian – associate producer
- Terry Christian – engineer (1, 4, 5–8, 10), overdub recording
- Steve Tillisch – engineer (2, 3, 9)
- Grant Greene – assistant engineer (1, 4, 5–8, 10), overdub recording
- Pete Martinez – assistant engineer (2, 3, 9)
- King Williams – overdub assistant
- John Guess – mixing
- Derek Bason – mix assistant
- Marty Williams – mastering
- Cindy Owen – art direction, design
- Mark Tucker – photography
- Narvel Blackstock – management
Studios
- Recorded at Emerald Sound Studios, Sixteenth Avenue Sound and Javelina Recording Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
- Mixed and Mastered at The Work Station (Nashville, Tennessee).
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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Singles
Year | Single | Peak chart positions | ||
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US Country [14] |
US Dance
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CAN Country | ||
1995 | "On My Own" | 20 | — | 22[16] |
"Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" | 9 | — | 14[17] | |
1996 | "Starting Over Again" | 19 | — | 26[18] |
"You Keep Me Hangin' On" | — | 2 | — |
Certifications and sales
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[4] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- AllMusic
- ^ Lewis, Randy (October 1, 1995). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
- ^ Glaister, Dan (October 20, 1995). "Pop Releases". The Guardian.
- ^ a b "American album certifications – Reba Mc Entire – Starting Over". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco 1974–2003, (Record Research Inc.), page 172.
- ^ "RPM Top Albums for October 30, 1995". RPM. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ "RPM Country Albums for November 6, 1995". RPM. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1996". Billboard. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
- ^ "Reba McEntire Album & Song Chart History: Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ "Reba McEntire Album & Song Chart History: Dance/Club Play Songs". Billboard. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ "RPM Country Tracks for October 30, 1995". RPM. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ "RPM Country Tracks for February 5, 1996". RPM. Retrieved February 9, 2011.
- ^ "RPM Country Tracks for June 3, 1996". RPM. Retrieved February 9, 2011.