My Kind of Country (Reba McEntire album)

My Kind of Country
Studio album by Reba McEntire
Released	October 15, 1984
Recorded	July 1984
Studio	The Mill (Nashville, TN).
Genre	Country
Length	28:14
Label	MCA
Producer	Harold 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
"How Blue" Released: September 1984 "Somebody Should Leave" Released: January 1985

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	B+ [2]

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". ^[3]

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"How Blue"	John Moffat	2:42
2.	"That's What He Said"	Rick Carnes, Janis Carnes	2:30
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 Wright	3:10
5.	"Somebody Should Leave"	Harlan Howard, Chick Rains	3:34
6.	"Everything but My Heart"	Graham Lyle, Troy Seals	3:10
7.	"Don't You Believe Him"	Nat Stuckey	2:19
8.	"Before I Met You"	J. William Denny, Joe "Cannonball" Lewis, Chuck Seitz	2:29
9.	"He's Only Everything"	Billy Deaton, Faron Young	3:19
10.	"You've Got Me (Right Where You Want Me)"	George Richey, Connie Smith	2:41

Personnel

• Guitar: Kenny Bell, Jimmy Capps, Jerry Douglas, Ray Edenton, Greg Galbraith,
  Brent Rowan, Bobby Thompson, Paul Worley.
• Steel guitar: Sonny Garrish, Doyle Grisham
• Bass: Joe Osborn, Larry Paxton, Bob Wray
• Keyboards: David Briggs, Mitch Humphries
• Drums: Eddie Bayers, Jerry Kroon
• Fiddle: Johnny Gimble, Mark O'Connor
• Backing Vocals: Craig Bickhardt, Buddy Cannon, Ted Hewitt, Wendy Waldman

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1984–1985) Peak position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [4] 13

Year-end charts Chart (1985) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [5] 33

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions
		US Country [6]	CAN Country [7]
1984	"How Blue"	1	6
1985	"Somebody Should Leave"	1	8

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [8]	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. "My Kind Of Country". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
4. "Reba McEntire Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
5. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 9, 2021.
6. "Reba McEntire - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com.
7. "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". www.collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 7 November 2016. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
8. "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.