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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = My Kind of Country | | name = My Kind of Country
Type = studio | | type = studio
Artist = ] | | artist = ]
Cover = RebaMcEntireMyKindofCountry.jpg | | cover = RebaMcEntireMyKindofCountry.jpg
Released = 1984 | | alt =
| released = October 15, 1984
Recorded = |
| recorded = July 1984
Genre = ] |
Length = 25:37 | | venue =
Label = ] | | studio = The Mill (Nashville, TN).
Producer = ] | | genre = ]
| length = 28:14
| Reviews = *] {{Rating|4.5|5}} |
| label = ]
Last album = '']'' <br /> (1984) |
| producer = ]
This album = '''''My Kind of Country''''' <br /> (1984) |
| prev_title = ]
Next album = '']'' <br /> (1985)|}}
| prev_year = 1984
| next_title = ]
| next_year = 1985
| misc = {{singles
| name = My Kind of Country
| type = studio
| single1 = ]
| single1date = September 1984
| single2 = ]
| single2date = January 1985
}}
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = ]
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/my-kind-of-country-mw0000197885 |title=My Kind of Country - Reba McEntire |last=Ruhlmann |first=William |website=] |access-date=February 3, 2018}}</ref>
|rev2 = '']''
|rev2score = B+<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/christgausrecord00chri |url-access=registration |title=Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s |last=Christgau |first=Robert |date=1990 |publisher=Pantheon Books |isbn=9780679730156 |pages= |language=en}}</ref>
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'''''My Kind of Country''''' is the eighth (1984) (see ]) ] album by American singer ]. It was her second album for ]. ''My Kind of Country'' peaked at #13 on ]'s (North America) Country Music Albums chart. Two tracks from the album rose to #1 on the Country Singles chart: "]" and "]." '''''My Kind of Country''''' is the eighth studio album by American ] singer ], released October 15, 1984. It was her second studio album for ]. ''My Kind of Country'' peaked at No. 13 on ]'s (North America) Country Music Albums chart. Two tracks from the album rose to No. 1 on the Country Singles chart: "]" and "]".


The track "It's Not Over (If I'm Not over You)" was later recorded by ] on two of his albums, first as a solo recording on his 1992 album '']'', and again in 1997 on his album '']''. The latter recording, which featured ] and ] on backing vocals, was issued as a single in 1998. The track "It's Not Over (If I'm Not over You)" was first recorded by ] and released in 1982, and later recorded by the singer ] on his 1992 album '']'', with backing vocals from ] and ]. It reappeared on his 1997 album '']'', from which it was released as a single in 1998.


==Track listing== ==Track listing==
{{tracklist
#"]" (John Moffat) - 2:42
| title1 = ]
#"That's What He Said" (Rick Carnes, Janis Carnes) - 2:30
| writer1 = John Moffat
#"I Want to Hear It from You" (]) - 2:21
| length1 = 2:42
#"It's Not Over (If I'm Not over You)" (Larry Kingston, Mark Wright) - 3:10
| title2 = That's What He Said
#"]" (], Chick Rains) - 3:34
| writer2 = Rick Carnes, Janis Carnes
#"Everything but My Heart" (Graham Lyle, ]) - 3:10
| length2 = 2:30
#"Don't You Believe Him" (]) - 2:19
| title3 = I Want to Hear It from You
#"Before I Met You" (J. William Denny, Joe "Cannonball" Lewis, Chuck Seitz) - 2:29
| writer3 = ]
#"He's Only Everything" (Billy Deaton, ]) - 3:19
| length3 = 2:21
#"You've Got Me (Right Where You Want Me)" (George Richey, ]) - 2:41
| title4 = ]
| writer4 = Larry Kingston, ]
| length4 = 3:10
| title5 = ]
| writer5 = ], Chick Rains
| length5 = 3:34
| title6 = Everything but My Heart
| writer6 = ], ]
| length6 = 3:10
| title7 = Don't You Believe Him
| writer7 = ]
| length7 = 2:19
| title8 = Before I Met You
| writer8 = J. William Denny, Joe "Cannonball" Lewis, Chuck Seitz
| length8 = 2:29
| title9 = He's Only Everything
| writer9 = Billy Deaton, ]
| length9 = 3:19
| title10 = ]
| writer10 = ], ]
| length10 = 2:41
}}


==Personnel== == Personnel ==
* Reba McEntire – lead and backing vocals
*] – ]
* ] – keyboards
*] – ]
* Mitch Humphries – keyboards
*Kenny Bell – ]
* Kenny Bell – acoustic guitar
*] – ]
* ] – acoustic guitar
*] – background vocals
*Jimmy Capps – acoustic guitar * ] – acoustic guitar
* ] – acoustic guitar
*] – ]
*Ray Edentonacoustic guitar * Greg Galbraithelectric guitar
* ] – electric guitar
*Greg Galbraith – ]
* ] – electric guitar
*Sonny Garrish – ]
*] – ] * ] – ]
*] – steel guitar * Sonny Garrish]
* Doyle Grisham – steel guitar
*Ted Hewitt – background vocals
* ] – fiddle
*Mitch Humphries – keyboards
* ] – fiddle
*Jerry Kroon – drums
* ] – bass guitar
*Reba McEntire – ], background vocals
* Larry Paxton – bass guitar
*] – fiddle
*] ] * Bob Wray bass guitar
* ] – drums
*Larry Paxton – bass guitar
* Jerry Kroon – drums
*Brent Rowan – lead guitar
* ] – backing vocals
*Bobby Thompson – acoustic guitar
*Wendy Waldmanbackground vocals * ]backing vocals
*] – lead guitar * ] – backing vocals
* ] – backing vocals
*Bob Wray – bass guitar


==Production== == Production ==
*Harold Shedd: Producer * Harold Shedd – producer
* Jim Cotton – first engineer, overdub recording
*Bob Bullock: Overdubs, Second Engineer
* Bob Bullock – second engineer, overdub recording
*George W. Clinton: Overdubs, Second Engineer
* George W. Clinton – second engineer, overdub recording
*Paul Goldberg: Overdubs, Second Engineer
* Paul Goldberg – second engineer, overdub recording
*Tim Kish: Overdubs, Second Engineer
* Tim Kish – second engineer, overdub recording
*Joe Scaife: Overdubs, Second Engineer
* Joe Scaife – second engineer, overdub recording
*Jim Cotton: Engineer, Overdubs
* Ron Treat – mixing, overdub recording
*Glenn Meadows: Mixing
* Glenn Meadows – mastering
*Ron Treat: Overdubs, Mixing
* Simon Levy – art direction, design
* Alan Messer – photography


'''Studios'''
==Charts==
* Recorded at The Music Mill (Nashville, Tennessee).
] (North America)
* Mixed and Overdubbed at GroundStar Laboratories (Nashville, Tennessee).
{| class="wikitable" style="margin-top: 0" width="550px"
* Mastered at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).
!style="text-align: left"|Year

!style="text-align: left"|Chart
== Charts ==
!style="text-align: left"|Position
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}

=== Weekly charts ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|- |-
! scope="col"| Chart (1984–1985)
|]
! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position
|Top Country Albums
|13
|- |-
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|13|artist=Reba McEntire|rowheader=true|access-date=June 9, 2021}}
|} |}
{{col-2}}


=== Year-end charts ===
==References==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
*{{cite album-notes |title=My Kind of Country |bandname=Reba McEntire |year=1984 |format=CD |publisher=MCA Records |publisherid=MCAD-31108}}
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1985)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1985/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985|magazine=Billboard|access-date=June 9, 2021}}</ref>
| 33
|}
{{col-end}}

=== Singles ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2"| Year
! rowspan="2"| Single
! colspan="2"| Peak positions
|- style="font-size:smaller;"
! width="50"| ]<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|title=Reba McEntire - Chart history {{!}} Billboard|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/364742/reba+mcentire/chart?f=357|website=www.billboard.com}}</ref>
! width="50"| ]<ref name="canada">{{cite web|title=Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=gmrhouli7kvfvaeu848ka389j0&q1=Reba+McEntire&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20|website=www.collectionscanada.gc.ca|access-date=November 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155011/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=gmrhouli7kvfvaeu848ka389j0&q1=Reba+McEntire&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20|archive-date=7 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 1984
| align="left"| "How Blue"
| 1
| 6
|-
| 1985
| align="left"| "Somebody Should Leave"
| 1
| 8
|}

== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=My Kind of Country|artist=Reba Mc Entire|type=album|award=Gold}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=yes}}

== References ==
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* {{cite AV media notes |title=My Kind of Country |others=Reba McEntire |year=1985 |type=CD |publisher=MCA Records |id=MCAD-31108}}
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Latest revision as of 17:37, 14 February 2024

1984 studio album by Reba McEntire
My Kind of Country
Studio album by Reba McEntire
ReleasedOctober 15, 1984
RecordedJuly 1984
StudioThe Mill (Nashville, TN).
GenreCountry
Length28:14
LabelMCA
ProducerHarold Shedd
Reba McEntire chronology
Just a Little Love
(1984)
My Kind of Country
(1984)
The Best of Reba McEntire
(1985)
Singles from My Kind of Country
  1. "How Blue"
    Released: September 1984
  2. "Somebody Should Leave"
    Released: January 1985
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Christgau's Consumer GuideB+

My Kind of Country is the eighth studio album by American country music singer Reba McEntire, released October 15, 1984. It was her second studio album for MCA Records. My Kind of Country peaked at No. 13 on Billboard's (North America) Country Music Albums chart. Two tracks from the album rose to No. 1 on the Country Singles chart: "How Blue" and "Somebody Should Leave".

The track "It's Not Over (If I'm Not over You)" was first recorded by Vern Gosdin and released in 1982, and later recorded by the singer Mark Chesnutt on his 1992 album Longnecks & Short Stories, with backing vocals from Alison Krauss and Vince Gill. It reappeared on his 1997 album Thank God for Believers, from which it was released as a single in 1998.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."How Blue"John Moffat2:42
2."That's What He Said"Rick Carnes, Janis Carnes2:30
3."I Want to Hear It from You"Fred Carter Jr.2:21
4."It's Not Over (If I'm Not Over You)"Larry Kingston, Mark Wright3:10
5."Somebody Should Leave"Harlan Howard, Chick Rains3:34
6."Everything but My Heart"Graham Lyle, Troy Seals3:10
7."Don't You Believe Him"Nat Stuckey2:19
8."Before I Met You"J. William Denny, Joe "Cannonball" Lewis, Chuck Seitz2:29
9."He's Only Everything"Billy Deaton, Faron Young3:19
10."You've Got Me (Right Where You Want Me)"George Richey, Connie Smith2:41

Personnel

Production

  • Harold Shedd – producer
  • Jim Cotton – first engineer, overdub recording
  • Bob Bullock – second engineer, overdub recording
  • George W. Clinton – second engineer, overdub recording
  • Paul Goldberg – second engineer, overdub recording
  • Tim Kish – second engineer, overdub recording
  • Joe Scaife – second engineer, overdub recording
  • Ron Treat – mixing, overdub recording
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering
  • Simon Levy – art direction, design
  • Alan Messer – photography

Studios

  • Recorded at The Music Mill (Nashville, Tennessee).
  • Mixed and Overdubbed at GroundStar Laboratories (Nashville, Tennessee).
  • Mastered at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984–1985) Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 13

Year-end charts

Chart (1985) Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 33

Singles

Year Single Peak positions
US Country CAN Country
1984 "How Blue" 1 6
1985 "Somebody Should Leave" 1 8

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) Gold 500,000

Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. Ruhlmann, William. "My Kind of Country - Reba McEntire". AllMusic. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1990). Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s. Pantheon Books. pp. 265. ISBN 9780679730156.
  3. "Reba McEntire Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  4. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  5. "Reba McEntire - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com.
  6. "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  7. "American album certifications – Reba Mc Entire – My Kind of Country". Recording Industry Association of America.
  • My Kind of Country (CD). Reba McEntire. MCA Records. 1985. MCAD-31108.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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