Reba McEntire has introduced a brand new, expanded version of her celebrated covers compilation, Beginning Over, in celebration of the album’s thirtieth anniversary.
Launched on October 3, 1995, the unique Beginning Over was a tribute to McEntire’s roots, compiling her renditions of songs by artists she had admired rising up. It featured covers of timeless hits like Dolly Parton’s “Starting Over Again,” The Supremes’ “You Keep Me Hanging On,” Jimmy Webb’s “By The Time I Get To Phoenix” and lots of extra. The brand new version, due out in January, additionally options three never-before-heard tracks: “Heat Wave,” “Misty Blue,” and “Tulsa Time.”
Upon its launch, Beginning Over debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Nation Albums chart, and went on to go Platinum with over a million data offered. It additionally coincided with the twentieth anniversary of Reba’s first document deal, which she celebrated the identical yr with a tv particular.
Probably the most enduring tracks on Beginning Over additionally occurred to be one in every of its few collaborative ones—”On My Personal,” which McEntire sang with Trisha Yearwood, Linda Davis and Martina McBride. The track marked the formidable nation artists’ first launch collectively, and likewise served as Beginning Over’s lead single. Though it’s the one observe with options, McEntire collaborated with a bunch of veteran Nashville session musicians on the album, together with pianist Steve Nathan, drummer Carlos Vega, and guitarists Larry Byrom, Dann Huff, and Mac McAnally.
The brand new version of Beginning Over is the second new reissue announcement from McEntire in as many months. In September, she introduced that her career-spanning biggest hits assortment The Hits—which options classics like “I’m A Survivor” and her first No. 1 hit, “Can’t Even Get The Blues”—would see its first vinyl launch. McEntire launched her most up-to-date album of latest music, Stronger Than The Fact, in 2019.
Order Reba McEntire’s Beginning Over (thirtieth Anniversary Version) on vinyl now.
