Starting Over (Reba McEntire album)

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 and Patti LaBelle.

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.

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.

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.

Personnel

 * Reba McEntire – lead vocals

Musicians
 * Steve Nathan – keyboards, synthesizers, Wurlitzer electric piano
 * Michael Omartian – acoustic piano, keyboards, arrangements, string arrangements
 * Larry Byrom – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Dann Huff – electric guitar
 * Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar
 * Terry Crisp – steel guitar
 * Leland Sklar – bass guitar
 * Carlos Vega – drums
 * Tom Roady – percussion
 * Rob Hajacos – fiddle
 * Chris Hicks – saxophone
 * The Nashville String Machine – strings

Backing vocalists
 * Bob Bailey
 * Karla Bonoff
 * Lisa Cochran
 * Linda Davis
 * Vicki Hampton
 * Martina McBride
 * Michael Mellett
 * Kim Richey
 * Chris Rodriguez
 * Wendy Waldman
 * Trisha Yearwood

Production
 * Tony Brown – producer
 * Reba McEntire – producer
 * Michael Omartian – associate producer
 * Terry Christian – engineer (1, 4, 5–8, 10), overdub recording
 * Steve Tillisch – engineer (2, 3, 9)
 * Grant Greene – assistant engineer (1, 4, 5–8, 10), overdub recording
 * Pete Martinez – assistant engineer (2, 3, 9)
 * King Williams – overdub assistant
 * John Guess – mixing
 * Derek Bason – mix assistant
 * Marty Williams – mastering
 * Cindy Owen – art direction, design
 * Mark Tucker – photography
 * Narvel Blackstock – management

Studios
 * Recorded at Emerald Sound Studios, Sixteenth Avenue Sound and Javelina Recording Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
 * Mixed and Mastered at The Work Station (Nashville, Tennessee).