Rumor Has It (Reba McEntire album)

Infobox Album
Name = Rumor Has It
Type = Album
Artist = Reba McEntire


Released = August 17, 1990
Genre = Country
Length = 38:23
Label = MCA
Producer = Tony Brown
Reba McEntire
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ajftxqw5ldhe link]
Last album = "Reba Live"
(1989)
This album = "Rumor Has It"
(1990)
Next album = "For My Broken Heart"
(1991)

Rumor Has It was an album released in 1990 by Reba McEntire. The album continued her streak of late-80s success. The album features one of her signature songs, "Fancy". Written and originally recorded in 1969 by Bobbie Gentry, Reba's version has since surpassed Gentry's in popularity. CMT ranked "Fancy" at No. 26 on its list of the 100 Greatest Country Songs. Additionally, they ranked the video at No. 35 on their list of 100 Greatest Country Videos. Despite this acclaim, initially the song wasn't one of McEntire's larger radio hits. It peaked outside of the Top 5 at No. 8. The album peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard country album chart and No. 39 on the Billboard 200, becoming her first album to enter the mainstream top 40. It is currently certified triple platinum by the RIAA.

The album also contained a TV theme song - though not the last TV theme song McEntire would record. The track "I'm Gonna Climb That Mountain High" was featured in the opening credits of an early 90s sitcom on ABC called Delta starring Delta Burke, who played an aspiring country singer. Reba also made a guest appearance on the short-lived sit-com.

Track listing

#"I'm Gonna Climb That Mountain High" (Don Schlitz, Reba McEntire) 2:55
#"Rumor Has It" (Bruce Burch, Vern Dant, Larry Shell) 3:47
#"Waitin' for the Deal to Go Down" (Bobby Fischer, Austin Roberts, Charlie Black) 3:18
#"You Lie" (Fischer, Roberts, Black) 3:59
#"Now You Tell Me" (Donny Kees, Shawna Harrington) 3:40
#"Fancy" (Bobbie Gentry) 4:59
#"Fallin' Out of Love" (Jon Ims) 4:37
#"This Picture" (S. Alan Taylor, Lisa Palas) 3:27
#"You Remember Me" (Jesse Winchester) 4:27
#"That's All She Wrote" (Joe Chemay, John Hobbs) 3:28

Production

*Produced By Tony Brown & Reba McEntire for Reba McEntire Productions
*Mixed By John Guess
*Second Engineer: Jessie Noble
*Mastered By Glenn Meadows & John Guess
*Digital Editing By Milan Bogdan

Musicians

*Drums, Percussion: Larrie Londin
*Bass: Michael Rhodes, Edgar Meyer
*Guitars: Steve Gibson, Dann Huff, Steve Fishell
*Keyboards, Synthesizer: John Jarvis, Matt Rollings, Kirk Capello

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles – Billboard (North America)