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Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire
Studio album by Reba McEntire
Released	August 15, 1977
Recorded	January 22, 1976 – April 13, 1977
Studio	Woodland (Nashville, Tennessee); U.S. Recording (Nashville, Tennessee);
Length	31:30
Label	Mercury
Producer	Jerry Kennedy; Glenn Keener;
Reba McEntire chronology
Singles from Reba McEntire
	"I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand"; Released: April 1976; "(There's Nothing Like the Love) Between a Woman and a Man"; Released: January 1977; "Glad I Waited Just for You"; Released: July 1977;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Reba McEntire is the debut studio album by American country music singer Reba McEntire. It was released on August 15, 1977, by Mercury Records.^[3] It featured her first single "I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand", as well as a cover of the Hot hit "Angel in Your Arms", the Patsy Cline hit "Why Can't He Be You", and the Jennifer Warnes hit "Right Time of the Night". Three of the album's singles cracked the Billboard Country charts,^[4] but the album was not a commercial success, failing to chart.^[5]

McEntire signed with Mercury in November 1975 under producer Glenn Keener, who recorded one song with her in January 1976 in Nashville: "I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand". Keener laid a sophisticated production style on the song, with lush strings and vocal chorus.^[1] "I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand", was released as a single, climbing the country charts in May 1976 to peak at number 88.^[6] Coincidentally, McEntire married in June, 1976 and graduated from college in December, 1976. Mercury fired Keener during a period of downsizing, and McEntire was shifted to producer Jerry Kennedy.^[1] Kennedy supervised further recording sessions in September 1976 and April 1977. The second single, "(There's Nothing like the Love) Between a Woman and a Man", peaked at number 86 in March 1977, and the third single, "Glad I Waited Just For You" charted at number 88 in August at the same time as the album was released. None of these singles nor the album provided McEntire with royalty income—her advances and the label's production expenses were greater than sales receipts. McEntire saw her first royalty payment from the album in 1988, years after she left Mercury.^[1]

In a retrospective review, MusicHound criticized the album, saying this was "the sad sound of a naive 22-year-old singer overwhelmed by clunky, reverb-heavy production that employs backing singers with the subtlety of the cavalry."^[7] AllMusic praised the album, writing that it "rewards" the listener, even though fans of McEntire's contemporary sound would likely consider it too old-fashioned.^[2] Against her wishes, McEntire's next five albums with Mercury continued this heavy style of production.^[1] She began to take control of her sound after signing with MCA in 1983, delivering her most personal statement, My Kind of Country, in 1984.^[8]

Reba McEntire was re-issued on CD and cassette tape in 1993 and released digitally in 2012.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date^[1]	Length
1.	"Glad I Waited Just for You"	Bucky Jones Royce Porter	April 13, 1977	2:55
2.	"One to One"	Bill Rice Jerry Foster	September 10, 1976	2:40
3.	"Angel in Your Arms"	Terry Woodford Clayton Ivey Tom Brasfield	April 13, 1977	2:51
4.	"I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand"	Layng Martine Jr.	January 22, 1976	2:59
5.	"I've Waited All My Life for You"	Rice Foster	September 16, 1976	2:59
6.	"I Was Glad to Give My Everything to You"	Ruby Hice Danny Hice	September 16, 1976	2:10

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"Take Your Love Away"	Randy Sharp	April 12, 1977	2:24
2.	"(There's Nothing like the Love) Between a Woman and a Man"	Hice Hice	September 16, 1976	2:54
3.	"Why Can't He Be You"	Hank Cochran	April 12, 1977	3:34
4.	"Invitation to the Blues"	Roger Miller	April 13, 1977	3:27
5.	"Right Time of the Night"	Peter McCann	April 12, 1977	2:37

Personnel

Reba McEntire – lead and backing vocals
Bobby Emmons – acoustic piano, organ
Hargus "Pig" Robbins – acoustic piano, organ
Tommy Allsup – guitar
Harold Bradley – guitar
Ray Edenton – guitar
Leon Rhodes – guitar
Pete Wade – guitar
Chip Young – guitar
Lloyd Green – steel guitar
Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
Bob Moore – bass
Buddy Harman – drums, percussion
Charlie McCoy - harmonica
Johnny Gimble – fiddle
Billy Puett – saxophone
Bergen White – string and flute arrangements, backing vocals
Byron Bach – strings
Brenton Banks – strings
George Binkley III – strings
John Catchings – strings
Marvin Chantry – strings
Roy Christensen – strings
Virginia Christensen – strings
Carl Gorodetzky – strings
Lennie Haight – strings
Martin Katahn – strings
Sheldon Kurland – strings
Steven Maxwell Smith – strings
Chris Teal – strings
Gary Vanosdale – strings
Stephanie Woolf – strings
Janie Fricke – backing vocals
Hoyt Hawkins – backing vocals
Ginger Holladay – backing vocals
Mary Holladay – backing vocals
Prissy Hubbard – backing vocals
The Jordanaires – backing vocals
Millie Kirkham – backing vocals
Neal Matthews – backing vocals
Louis Dean Nunley – backing vocals
Gordon Stoker – backing vocals
Ray C. Walker – backing vocals
Trish Williams – backing vocals

Production

Jerry Kennedy – production (tracks 1–3, 5–11)
Glenn Keener – production (track 4)
Larry Maglinger – engineer
Lynn Peterzell – engineer
Tom Sparkman – engineer
Cam Mullins – mixing
Bergen White – mixing
MC Rather – mastering
Jim Schubert – artwork
Jim McGuire – photography

Charts

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1976	"I Don't Want to Be a One Night Stand"	Country Singles	88
1977	"(There's Nothing Like the Love) Between a Woman and a Man"	Country Singles	86
1977	"Glad I Just Waited for You"	Country Singles	88
1978	"One to One"	Country Singles	-