Rebecca Lynn Howard (album)

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Rebecca Lynn Howard
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ReleasedMay 2, 2000
Recorded1999
Studio Javelina (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country
Length42:14
Label MCA Nashville
Producer Mark Wright
Rebecca Lynn Howard chronology
Rebecca Lynn Howard
(2000)
Forgive
(2002)
Singles from Rebecca Lynn Howard
  1. "When My Dreams Come True"
    Released: June 28, 1999 [1]
  2. "Out Here in the Water"
    Released: February 7, 2000 [2]
  3. "I Don't Paint Myself into Corners"
    Released: August 21, 2000 [3]

Rebecca Lynn Howard (originally titled When My Dreams Come True) [4] is the debut studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Rebecca Lynn Howard, released May 2, 2000 via MCA Nashville. [5] Before this, she had recorded an entire full-length album under the Rising Tide Nashville label, which went unreleased due to the label's bankruptcy. [6] She then went to Decca Nashville, which also closed. [7] In early 1999, she would get a deal with MCA Nashville Records, a deal which would last until 2004 when she left the label following yet another unreleased album. [8] The album was initially planned to be released on September 7, 1999. [9]

Contents

Unusual for a debut artist at the time, Howard co-wrote all but two tracks on the album. The record was produced by Mark Wright. Rebecca Lynn Howard received a positive reception from music critics, with praise going towards Howard's vocals and songwriting. Three official singles were released, none of which became successful. The highest-charting, "Out Here in the Water", only peaked at number 54 on the US Hot Country Songs chart. "I Don't Paint Myself into Corners" and "Melancholy Blue" would be recorded by label-mate Trisha Yearwood on her 2001 studio album Inside Out, with the former becoming a charting single for her in 2002. The album would reach a minute peak of number 54 on the Top Country Albums chart. [10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rebecca Lynn Howard received a mostly favorable reception from music critics. In a mixed review for AllMusic, Philip Van Vleck criticized the album's more pop-sounding songs and some of Howard's writing while praising "Was It as Hard to Be Together" as being the "only genuine country ballad" on the album. Phyllis Stark of Billboard gave the album a positive review, noting how at times Howard's vibrato is reminiscent of Dolly Parton. [12]

Commercial performance

Rebecca Lynn Howard debuted and peaked at number 54 on the US Top Country Albums chart with 2,500 copies sold first week. [13] It spent only one week before falling off.

Track listing

All music is composed by Mark Wright

Rebecca Lynn Howard track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heartsounds"
3:19
2."I Don't Paint Myself into Corners"
4:59
3."Out Here in the Water"
3:26
4."Melancholy Blue"3:38
5."You're Real"
  • R. Howard
  • Dodson
3:46
6."Was It as Hard to Be Together"
3:46
7."Move Me"
  • R. Howard
  • Dodson
2:46
8."You're Not a Memory Yet"3:22
9."Believe It or Not"
  • R. Howard
  • Dodson
  • Ron Harbin
3:47
10."When My Dreams Come True"
  • T. Bruce
  • J.D. Martin
3:16
11."Jesus, Daddy and You"
3:54
12."Tennessee in My Windshield"
  • R. Howard
  • Williams
2:15
Total length:42:14

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. [14]

Musicians

String section on "Melancholy Blue": Kristin Wilkinson, John Catchings, Donald Christian Teal, David Davidson

String section on "Believe It or Not": The Nashville String Machine

Technical

Charts

Chart (2000)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [15] 54

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