The Last One to Know

The Last One to Know
Studio album by Reba McEntire
Released	September 7, 1987
Studio	Emerald Sound Studios, Sound Stage Studios Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	33:09
Label	MCA
Producer	Jimmy Bowen Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire chronology
Reba McEntire's Greatest Hits (1987) The Last One to Know (1987) Merry Christmas to You (1987)
Singles from The Last One to Know
"The Last One to Know" Released: August 1987 "Love Will Find Its Way to You" Released: December 1987

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	(favorable)[2]

The Last One to Know is the twelfth studio album by American country music artist Reba McEntire, released on September 7, 1987, by MCA Nashville. The title track and Love Will Find Its Way to You were both Number One singles from the album. It was also her first album to chart on the Billboard 200, in addition to peaking at #3 on Top Country Albums. "Just Across the Rio Grande" was also covered by Holly Dunn the following year in Across the Rio Grande.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Last One to Know"	Matraca Berg Jane Mariash	3:10
2.	"The Girl Who Has Everything"	Larry Bastian Dewayne Blackwell	3:07
3.	"Just Across the Rio Grande"	Don Cook Chick Rains	4:09
4.	"I Don't Want to Mention Any Names"	Larry Cordle Lisa Palas	2:36
5.	"Someone Else"	Pat Bunch Mary Ann Kennedy Pam Rose	3:40
6.	"What You Gonna Do About Me"	Michael P. Heeney David Scarlett	3:24
7.	"I Don't Want to Be Alone"	Reba McEntire	2:41
8.	"The Stairs"	Pamela Brown David Roberts	3:01
9.	"Love Will Find Its Way to You"	Dave Loggins J. D. Martin	3:32
10.	"I've Still Got the Love We Made"	Michael Garvin Tom Shapiro Chris Waters	3:11

Personnel

Vocals

• Suzy Hoskins – harmony vocals
• Reba McEntire – lead and harmony vocals

Musicians

• John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano, Yamaha DX7
• Richard Bennett – electric guitar
• Bill Cooley – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• David Hungate – bass guitar
• Russ Kunkel – drums
• Donnie LaValley – dobro, steel guitar
• Fred Newell – electric guitar
• Don Potter – acoustic guitar
• Leland Sklar – bass guitar
• Ricky Solomon – fiddle, mandolin

Production

• Chuck Ainlay – mixing
• Milan Bogdan – digital editing
• Bob Bullock – overdub recording
• Jimmy Bowen – producer
• Mark J. Coddington – second engineer
• Katherine DeVault – design
• Tim Kish – second engineer
• Simon Levy – art direction
• Russ Martin – second engineer
• Reba McEntire – producer
• Jim McGuire – photography
• Glenn Meadows – mastering
• Jessie Noble – project coordinator
• Ann Payne – styling
• Willie Pevear – overdub recording
• Steve Tillisch – overdub recording
• Ron Treat – recording engineer
• Marty Williams – second engineer

Studios

• Recorded at Emerald Sound Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Mixed at Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
• Mastered at Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)

Charts

Album

Chart (1987)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	3
U.S. Billboard 200	102

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions[3]
		US Country	CAN Country
1987	"The Last One to Know"	1	2
1988	"Love Will Find Its Way to You"	1	1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[4]	Platinum	1,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Rolling Stone review
3. "Billboard chart positions > singles". allmusic. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
4. "American album certifications – Reba Mc Entire – The Last One to Know". Recording Industry Association of America.