Starting Over (Reba McEntire album)

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Starting Over
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 3, 1995
Genre Country
Length41:10
Label MCA
Producer Tony Brown, Reba McEntire, Michael Omartian (exec.)
Reba McEntire chronology
Oklahoma Girl
(1994)
Starting Over
(1995)
What If It's You
(1996)
Singles from Starting Over
  1. "On My Own"
    Released: August 1995
  2. "Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands"
    Released: November 1995
  3. "Starting Over Again"
    Released: March 1996
  4. "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
    Released: April 1996
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Starting Over is the twentieth studio album by American country music artist Reba McEntire on October 3, 1995. It was a tribute to her roots and influences, featuring cover versions of songs by artists whom she admired growing up. Among the artists being covered were Dolly Parton, Donna Summer, Linda Ronstadt, The Supremes, Lee Greenwood, Crystal Gayle and Patti LaBelle.

Contents

McEntire called on Trisha Yearwood, Martina McBride and Linda Davis to join her for "On My Own", the album's first single. Additionally, a CBS television special entitled Reba: Celebrating 20 Years featured McEntire performing songs from the album in concert interspersed with footage of her returning home to her family in Oklahoma. The special was eventually released separately on video. The album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard country albums chart and at No. 5 on the Billboard 200. It was certified Platinum by the RIAA three months after its release. [4]

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.

Love to Infinity produced remixes of the track "You Keep Me Hangin' On" that were released to dance clubs in the US. As a result, this song spent two weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart, McEntire's only hit on this survey. [5]

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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Talking in Your Sleep" Roger Cook, Bobby Wood4:20
2."Please Come to Boston" Dave Loggins 4:37
3."On My Own" (with Linda Davis, Martina McBride and Trisha Yearwood) Carole Bayer Sager, Burt Bacharach 4:31
4."I Won't Mention It Again"Cameron L. Mullins, Carolyn Jean Yates4:11
5."You're No Good"Clint Ballard Jr.3:30
6."Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands"Don Goodman, Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy 4:10
7."Five Hundred Miles Away From Home" Bobby Bare, Charlie Williams, Hedy West4:21
8."Starting Over Again" Bruce Sudano, Donna Summer 4:07
9."You Keep Me Hangin' On" Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Edward Holland Jr. 3:22
10."By The Time I Get to Phoenix" Jimmy Webb 3:59

Personnel

Musicians

Backing vocalists

Production

Studios

Charts

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positions
US Country
[15]
US Dance
[16]
CAN Country
1995"On My Own"2022 [17]
"Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands"914 [18]
1996"Starting Over Again"1926 [19]
"You Keep Me Hangin' On"2

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [4] Platinum1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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