She’s known as the Queen of Country and she’s won every award there is (well, except that Emmy, which we’re still mad about). She recently scored her 56th top 10 hit, the most of any female artist. If you read the news you know she’s working on a new TV show, and she keeps fit with pilates. And today she releases her 31st album.
So what motivates Reba McEntire to keep writing songs and making records? We sat down with Reba to get to the scoop on her new album Keep On Loving You – here she is in her own words.
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REVIEW OF REVIEWS
Performed by anyone else, “Strange,’’ the ready-and-raring first single from Reba McEntire’s new and 31st album, would make you pity the protagonist whose man has just left her. But this is Reba McEntire, so instead of a hanky she’s waving a victory flag. “Strange, I oughta be in bed with my head in the pillow cryin’/ Over us/ But I ain’t/ Ain’t love strange,’’ she sings with serious attitude on the defiant chorus.
The song, with the top of the country charts dead in its sights, is a snapshot of McEntire’s mindset on “Keep on Loving You’’: No matter how bad it gets, her sass and her spirit keep her afloat. It’s a sturdy and at times exuberant country album with big production and McEntire’s even bigger voice leading the charge on low-key ballads (“I Keep on Lovin’ You’’), rocking kiss-offs (“Strange’’), and her signature story songs about ordinary lives (“Maggie Creek Road’’).
TRACKLIST
1. Strange
2. Just When I Thought I’d Stopped Loving You
3. I Keep On Lovin’ You
4. I Want A Cowboy
5. Consider Me Gone
6. But Why
7. Pink Guitar
8. She’s Turning 50 Today
9. Eight Crazy Hours (In The Story Of Love)
10. Nothing To Lose
11. Over You
12. Maggie Creek Road
13. I’ll Have What She’s Having
VIDEOS
BEST SHOTS
photo credit: Kittysocks
photo credit: Kittysocks
