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All the Women I Am
Studio album by Reba McEntire
Released	November 9, 2010
Recorded	2010
Studio	Starstruck Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Length	37:56
Label	Starstruck/Valory
Producer	Dann Huff
Reba McEntire chronology
Keep On Loving You (2009) All the Women I Am (2010) Love Somebody (2015)
Singles from All the Women I Am
"Turn On the Radio" Released: July 19, 2010 "If I Were a Boy" Released: January 24, 2011 "When Love Gets a Hold of You" Released: April 11, 2011 "Somebody's Chelsea" Released: August 29, 2011

All the Women I Am is the twenty-eighth studio album by American country music singer Reba McEntire. It was released November 9, 2010, through the Valory Music Group, a division of Big Machine Records. Its first single is "Turn On the Radio", which was released in July and debuted at #54 and peaked at #1 in January 2011. The second single "If I Were a Boy" and was released in January 2011 and re-entered the Billboard Country Charts at #60, peaking at #22 in April 2011. The third single, "When Love Gets a Hold of You", was released on April 11, 2011, peaking at #40 in six weeks. McEntire's fourth single from the album was "Somebody's Chelsea," which peaked at #44. The album was produced by Dann Huff. As of 2012 it is her 1st studio album since 1984's Just a Little Love not to be certified.

Background

The title of the album relates to the many roles that McEntire plays in her life. Asked once in an interview for a ranking, McEntire responded, "Mother first, wife second, and the rest just follow." The album features a cover of American recording artist Beyoncé Knowles' single "If I Were a Boy". McEntire's version became a viral video when she first performed the song on CMT's Unplugged earlier in 2010. Reba's next album was supposed to be a Christmas album but the song 'If I Were a Boy' changed McEntire's mind.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Associated Press	mixed
Billboard	favorable
The Boston Globe	(Positive)
Country Weekly
Roughstock
USA Today
The Washington Post	mixed
Engine 145

Upon its release, All the Women I Am received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

Michael McCall with the Associated Press gave it a mixed review, saying "at age 55, McEntire remains a powerhouse who tends to err by trying harder than necessary to show her range". Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly gave the album four star rating, calling the release " emotionally charged set of songs" and commended her cover of "If I Were A Boy", calling it a "soulful, countrified look at love from a male perspective".

Giving the release a 3½ star rating, Matt Bjorke of Roughstock, saying "All The Woman I Am had the potential to be a missed-opportunity after the first two tracks on the record but the album is saved by a meaty collection of songs that hopefully will find Reba retaining her current resurgence at radio". Allison Stewart with The Washington Post'' compared the album to its predecessor, Keep On Loving You, saying that the album "tries harder, with worse results; McEntire and her collaborators aim for Carrie Underwood and too often wind up with warmed-over Shania Twain". On a positive note, she called her version of "If I Were a Boy" "fantastic". Thom Jurek with Allmusic gave the release a 2½ rating, saying "Everything, from songs and arrangements to production tries hard to sound on the contemporary edge, but comes off as underscoring that Underwood has the corner on this sound ultimately, All the Women I Am falls flat; it feels awkward in its stylistic mimicry, and has no center".

Steve Morse with The Boston Globe called it "one of her best effort", saying "It blends hard-edged, modern country-rock with some profoundly tender ballad singing". Blake Boldt with "Engine 145" gave it a 3½ star rating, saying "Women is a crash course in dealing with emotional hurdles. There’s a great deal of value when McEntire sings about volatile emotions, and she builds a rapport with female listeners by admitting her own frailties".

Commercial performance

The album debuted at number seven on the U.S. Billboard 200, and at number three on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 64,174 copies in its first week of release. The album has sold 347,000 copies in the US as of April 2015.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the album's liner notes.

Musicians

• Reba McEntire – lead vocals
• Charlie Judge – keyboards, synthesizers, synth strings, synth horns, Rhodes piano, clavinet, Hammond B3 organ, programming, string arrangements and conductor (8, 10)
• Gordon Mote – acoustic piano
• Steve Nathan – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
• Jimmy Nichols – acoustic piano, Wurlitzer electric piano
• Tom Bukovac – electric guitar
• J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar
• Dann Huff – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, banjo
• Jerry McPherson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Ilya Toshinsky – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, mandolin
• Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar, dobro
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass guitar
• Shannon Forrest – drums
• Scott Williamson – drums
• David Huff – percussion, programming
• Eric Darken – percussion
• Mark Douthit – saxophone
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle
• Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle
• Carl Gorodetzky – string contractor (8, 10)
• The Nashville String Machine – strings (8, 10)
• Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
• Joanna Janét – backing vocals
• Cherie Oakley – backing vocals
• Angela Primm – backing vocals
• Russell Terrell – backing vocals
• Jenifer Wrinkle – backing vocals

Production notes

• Dann Huff – producer
• Allison Jones – A&R
• Velvet Reid – A&R
• Brent King – recording
• Steve Marcantonio – recording, mixing
• Justin Niebank – recording, mixing
• Mark Hagen – additional recording
• Seth Morton – additional recording
• Steve Blackmon – recording assistant
• Drew Bollman – recording assistant
• Tristan Brock-Jones – recording assistant
• David Huff – digital editing
• Christopher Rowe – digital editing
• Adam Ayan – mastering
• Hank Williams – mastering
• Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
• Whitney Sutton – copy coordinator
• Austin Hale – package design
• Aaron Rayburn – package design
• Josh Shearon – package design
• Russ Harrington – photography
• Justin Nolan Key – photography
• Brett Freedman – hair stylist, makeup
• Terry Gordon – wardrobe

Charts

Release history

Country	Date
United States	November 9, 2010
Canada	November 9, 2010
Australia	November 12, 2010
United Kingdom	February 20, 2012

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• 2010 albums
• Reba McEntire albums
• Big Machine Records albums
• Albums produced by Dann Huff