Reba 1's

Infobox Album | Name = Reba #1's
Type = compilation
Artist = Reba McEntire


Released = November 22, 2005
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 2:03:46
Label = MCA
Producer = Various
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jiftxqwdldte link]
Last album = "Room to Breathe"
(2003)
This album = "Reba's #1s"
(2005)
Next album = ""
(2007) |

Reba #1's is a double-disc compilation album released in 2005 celebrating Reba McEntire's thirty years in the music industry. It is the first compilation of her career to include tracks from her early Mercury Records years along with her MCA recordings. The album features all of Reba's number one hits spanning her career. The thirty-five track compilation features twenty-two Billboard number one hits, eleven other number ones and two new tracks, "You're Gonna Be" (re-titled "You're Gonna Be (Always Loved by Me)" and "Love Needs a Holiday", which respectively reached #33 and #60 on the Hot Country Songs charts. Both of the new tracks were accompanied by videos. The album debuted and peaked at number four on the Billboard country album chart and number twelve on the Billboard 200. It has been certified 2× Multi-platinum by the RIAA.

The album's total figure of 33 includes all major United States country music charts. 22 of the 33 songs reached No. 1 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart, with the remainder having topped either the country charts of "Radio & Records" or "Gavin Report". The compilation and the two new tracks were produced by McEntire and Buddy Cannon.

Track listing

Disc 1

#"You're Gonna Be" (Danny Orton, Dennis Matkosky) - 3:55¹
#"Can't Even Get the Blues" (Thomas W. Damphler, Rick Carnes) - 2:30
#"You're the First Time I've Thought About Leaving" (Dickey Lee, Kerry Chater) - 2:54
#"How Blue" (John Moffat) - 2:43
#"Somebody Should Leave" (Harlan Howard, Chick Rains) - 3:34
#"Whoever's in New England" (Kendal Fraceschi, Quentin Powers) - 3:25
#"Little Rock" (Pat McManus, Bob DiPiero, Gerry House) - 3:08
#"What Am I Gonna Do About You" (Doug Gilmore, Bob Simon, Jim Allison) - 3:31
#"One Promise Too Late" (Dave Loggins, Don Schlitz, Lisa Silver) - 3:29
#"The Last One to Know" (Matraca Berg, Jane Mariash) - 3:18
#"Love Will Find Its Way to You" (Loggins, J. D. Martin) - 3:39
#"I Know How He Feels" (Rick Bowles, Will Robinson) - 3:20
#"New Fool at an Old Game" (Steve Bogard, Rick Giles, Sheila Stephen) - 3:51
#"Cathy's Clown" (Don Everly) - 3:04
#"Walk On" (Steve Dean, Lonnie Williams) - 3:17
#"You Lie" (Bobby Fischer, Charlie Black, Austin Roberts) - 4:01
#"Rumor Has It" (Bruce Burch, Vern Dant, Larry Shell) - 3:47

Disc 2

#"Love Needs a Holiday" (Tim Mensy, Tony Haselden) - 3:14¹
#"For My Broken Heart" (Liz Hengber, Keith Palmer) - 4:20
#"Is There Life out There" (Susan Longacre, Rick Giles) - 3:55
#"The Greatest Man I Never Knew" (Richard Leigh, Layng Martine, Jr.) - 3:16
#"It's Your Call" (Hengber, Shawna Harrington-Burkhart, Bruce Burch) - 3:11
#"The Heart Won't Lie" (Kim Carnes, Donna Terry Weiss) - 3:23
#*duet with Vince Gill
#"Does He Love You" (Sandy Knox, Billy Stritch) - 4:21
#*duet with Linda Davis
#"Till You Love Me" (DiPiero, Gary Burr) - 3:52
#"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" (Mark D. Sanders, Kim Williams, Ed Hill) - 3:52
#"And Still" (Hengber, Tommy Lee James) - 3:30
#"Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands" (Don Goodman, Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy) - 4:15
#"The Fear of Being Alone" (Walt Aldridge, Bruce Miller) - 3:04
#"How Was I to Know" (Cathy Majeski, Sunny Russ, Stephony Smith) - 3:42
#"If You See Him/If You See Her" (James, Terry McBride, Jennifer Kimball) - 3:59
#"Forever Love" (Hengber, Deanna Bryant, Sunny Russ) - 3:54
#"What Do You Say" (Michael Dulaney, Neil Thrasher) - 3:32
#"I'm a Survivor" (Shelby Kennedy, Phillip White) - 3:09
#"Somebody" (Dave Berg, Sam Tate, Annie Tate) - 3:51

¹Previously unreleased.

Personnel

The following musicians performed on "You're Gonna Be" and "Love Needs a Holiday".
*Bruce Bouton – steel guitar
*Spady Brannan – bass guitar
*Perry Coleman – background vocals on "Love Needs a Holiday")
*Eric Darken – percussion
*Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar
*Tommy Harden – drums
*Jim Kimball – acoustic guitar
*Jerry McPherson – electric guitar
*Greg Morrow – extra drums on "Love Needs a Holiday")
*Jimmy Nichols – piano, background vocals
*Larry Paxton – extra bass guitar on "Love Needs a Holiday")
*Tammy Rogers King – fiddle on "Love Needs a Holiday"
*Doug Sisemore – keyboards
*Jennifer Wrinkle – background vocals on "You're Gonna Be"

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)