All the Women I Am

All the Women I Am
Studio album by Reba
Released	November 9, 2010 (see release history)
Recorded	2010 (Starstruck Studios, Nashville, Tennessee)[1]
Genre	Country
Length	38:06
Label	Starstruck/Valory
Producer	Dann Huff
Reba chronology
Keep On Loving You (2009) All the Women I Am (2010)
Singles from All the Women I Am
"Turn On the Radio" Released: July 19, 2010 "If I Were a Boy" Released: January 24, 2011 "When Love Gets a Hold of You" Released: April 11, 2011 "Somebody's Chelsea" Released: August 29, 2011

All The Women I Am is the twenty-sixth studio album by American country music singer Reba McEntire. The album was released November 9, 2010, through the Valory Music Group, a division of Big Machine Records.^[2][3] Its first single is "Turn On the Radio", which was released in July and debuted at #54 and peaked at #1 in January 2011. The second single "If I Were a Boy" and was released in January 2011 and re-entered the Billboard Country Charts at #60, peaking at #22 in April 2011. The third single, "When Love Gets a Hold of You", was released on April 11, 2011, peaking at #40 in six weeks. McEntire's fourth single from the album was "Somebody's Chelsea," which peaked at #44.^[4][5] McEntire produced the album with Dann Huff.^[3]

Background

The title of the album relates to the many roles that McEntire plays in her life.^[6] Asked once in an interview for a ranking, McEntire responded, "Mother first, wife second, and the rest just follow."^[7] The album features a cover of American recording artist Beyoncé Knowles' single "If I Were a Boy". McEntire's version became a viral video when she first performed the song on CMT's Unplugged earlier in 2010.^[8]

Reception

Commercial

The album debuted at number seven on the U.S. Billboard 200, and at number three on the Top Country Albums chart, selling 64,174 copies in its first week of release.^[9][10]

Critical

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[11]
Associated Press	mixed[12]
Billboard	favorable[13]
The Boston Globe	(Positive)[14]
Country Weekly	[15]
Roughstock	[16]
USA Today	[17]
Washington Post	mixed[18]
The 9513	[19]

Upon its release, All the Women I Am received generally positive reviews from most music critics.^[20] At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 5 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".^[20]

Michael McCall with the Associated Press gave it a mixed review, saying "at age 55, McEntire remains a powerhouse who tends to err by trying harder than necessary to show her range".^[12] Jessica Phillips of Country Weekly gave the album four star rating, calling the release "[an] emotionally charged set of songs" and commended her cover of "If I Were A Boy", calling it a "soulful, countrified look at love from a male perspective".^[15]

Giving the release a 3½ star rating, Matt Bjorke of Roughstock, saying "All The Woman I Am had the potential to be a missed-opportunity after the first two tracks on the record but the album is saved by a meaty collection of songs that hopefully will find Reba retaining her current resurgence at radio".^[16] Allison Stewart with the Washington Post compared the album to its predecessor, Keep On Loving You, saying that the album "tries harder, with worse results; McEntire and her collaborators aim for Carrie Underwood and too often wind up with warmed-over Shania Twain". On a positive note, she called her version of "If I Were a Boy" "fantastic".^[18] Thom Jurek with Allmusic gave the release a 2½ rating, saying "Everything, from songs and arrangements to production tries hard to sound on the contemporary edge, but comes off as underscoring that Underwood has the corner on this sound [...] ultimately, All the Women I Am falls flat; it feels awkward in its stylistic mimicry, and has no center".^[11]

Steve Morse with The Boston Globe called it "one of her best effort", saying "It blends hard-edged, modern country-rock with some profoundly tender ballad singing".^[14] Blake Boldt with "The 9513" gave it a 3½ star rating, saying "Women is a crash course in dealing with emotional hurdles. There’s a great deal of value when McEntire sings about volatile emotions, and she builds a rapport with female listeners by admitting her own frailties".^[19]

Track listing

Personnel

As listed on backing card.^[1]

Musicians

Strings on "The Day She Got Divorced" and "When You Have a Child" performed by the Nashville String Machine; composed, arranged and directed by Charlie Judge, contracted by Carl Gorodetzky.

Technical

• Adam Ayan — mastering
• Drew Bollman — recording assistant
• Tristan Brock-Jones — recording assistant
• Mike "Frog" Griffith — production coordinator
• Mark Hagen — additional recording
• Dann Huff — producer
• David Huff — digital editing
• Brent King — recording
• Steve Marcantonio — recording, mixing
• Seth Morton — additional recording
• Justin Niebank — recording
• Christopher Rowe — digital editing
• Hank Williams — mastering

Charts

Weekly album charts

Year-end charts

Singles

Release history

Country	Date
United States	November 9, 2010[6]
Canada	November 9, 2010[6]
Australia	November 12, 2010[30][31]
United Kingdom	February 20, 2012

References