Read My Mind (album)

Read My Mind
Studio album by Reba
Released April 26, 1994
Genre Country
Length 38:10
Label MCA
Producer Tony Brown & Reba McEntire
Reba chronology
Greatest Hits Volume Two (1993) Read My Mind (1994) Oklahoma Girl (1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Read My Mind is the eighteenth studio album by American country singer Reba McEntire, released on April 26, 1994. It was preceded by the first single, "Why Haven't I Heard From You" which peaked at No. 5 on the country chart. The album's second single, "She Thinks His Name Was John", was the first country song to address the topic of AIDS. Due to the subject matter, some radio stations shied away from putting it into heavy rotation. The third single, "Till You Love Me" became McEntire's first song to chart on the Billboard Hot 100. "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" the album's fourth single, topped the country singles chart. The album peaked at No. 2 on both the country album chart and the Billboard 200 and is certified 3 times platinum by the RIAA.[2] The album was released at perhaps the peak of McEntire's pop culture affectiveness, with a release of this album (described on an MCA Records billboard as "Another MCA Masterpiece..."), an autobiography, and NBC Television special later in the year.

The album debuted at #5 on the Billboard Top 200 albums for the week of May 14, 1994 and peaked at #2 for the week of May 21, 1994. It ended in the charts at #199 for the week of January 13, 1996.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Everything That You Want"  Randy Sharp, Jack Wesley Routh4:24
2."Read My Mind"  Keith Thomas, Melissa Coleman, Todd Moore3:59
3."I Won't Stand in Line"  Sharp, Steve Diamond3:57
4."I Wish That I Could Tell You"  Tony Martin, Van Stephenson, Reese Wilson3:19
5."She Thinks His Name Was John"  Sandy Knox, Steve Rosen4:22
6."Why Haven't I Heard from You"  Knox, T.W. Hale3:27
7."And Still"  Liz Hengber, Tommy Lee James3:27
8."The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"  Mark D. Sanders, Kim Williams, Ed Hill3:50
9."I Wouldn't Wanna Be You"  Sharp, Jeff Silbar3:34
10."Till You Love Me"  Bob DiPiero, Gary Burr3:50

Personnel

Melissa Coleman - background vocals

  • Linda Davis - background vocals
  • Vince Gill - background vocals
  • Chris Rodriguez - background vocals
  • Lang Scott - background vocals
  • Harry Stinson - background vocals
  • Mark Heimermann - background vocals
  • Christopher Harris - background vocals
  • Donna McElroy - background vocals
  • Yvonne Hodges - background vocals
  • Lisa Bevill - background vocals
  • Michael Mellett - background vocals
  • Ashley Cleveland - background vocals
  • Robert Bailey - background vocals
  • Vicki Hampton - background vocals
  • Lisa Glasgow - background vocals
  • Kim Fleming - background vocals

Charts

Album

Chart (1994) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200[3] 2
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[3] 2
Canadian Top Country Albums[4] 1
Canadian Albums Chart[5] 12

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country
[6]
US CAN Country
1994 "Why Haven't I Heard from You" 5 101[7] 4[8]
"She Thinks His Name Was John" 15 101[9] 11[10]
"Till You Love Me" 2 78[11] 8[12]
1995 "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" 1 1[13]
"And Still" 2 1[14]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Certifications and sales

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[2] 3× Platinum 3,000,000^

^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

Preceded by
The Hits
by Garth Brooks
RPM Country Albums number-one album
February 20–26, 1995
Succeeded by
The Hits
by Garth Brooks
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