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In 1984, Reba McEntire redefined her career by recording My Kind of Country, the album that includes the #1 hits “How Blue” and “Somebody Should Leave.” And Reba says her new effort, Stronger Than the Truth, picks up where that pivotal record left off — except it’s even more country.
“It is the most country album I have ever recorded,” the sixteen-time ACM host proclaims. “I went to look for songs that you can dance to, that are reminiscent of the songs that [my siblings] Pake and Susie and I did when we were the Singing McEntires.”
“Cause that’s where we played all the time,” Reba recalls. “Rodeo dances, dance halls and you had to have a song that people could dance to, and that’s what’s on this album.”
The Country Music Hall of Famer feels so strongly about a return to traditional country sounds that she admits to having a bit of an agenda.
“I was hoping that if country music wasn’t planning on heading back to more traditional country, maybe this might give it a little nudge,” Reba confesses. “Because I definitely sure would like to have the old traditional country music back, but with a new flavor that the younger generation of country music artists can put to it — add their touch.”
Stronger Than the Truth comes out today. You can sample its first single, “Freedom,” when Reba performs it Sunday as she hosts the 54th ACM Awards, live from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas beginning at 8 p.m. ET on CBS.
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