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{{Infobox album
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| name = Rebecca Lynn Howard
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Rebecca Lynn Howard
| type = studio
| Type = studio
| artist = [[Rebecca Lynn Howard]]
| cover = RebeccaLynnHoward2000.jpg
| Artist = [[Rebecca Lynn Howard]]
| Cover = RebeccaLynnHoward2000.jpg
| alt =
| Released = May 2, 2000
| released = May 2, 2000
| Recorded =
| recorded = 1999
| Genre = [[country music|Country]]
| venue =
| studio = [[Javelina Studios|Javelina]] (Nashville, Tennessee)
| Length =
| Label = [[Universal Music Group Nashville|MCA Nashville]]
| genre = [[country music|Country]]
| length = 42:14
| Producer = [[Mark Wright (record producer)|Mark Wright]]
| label = [[Universal Music Group Nashville|MCA Nashville]]
| This album = '''''Rebecca Lynn Howard'''''<br />(2000)
| producer = [[Mark Wright (record producer)|Mark Wright]]
| Next album = ''[[Forgive (album)|Forgive]]''<br />(2002)
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| next_title = [[Forgive (album)|Forgive]]
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| misc = {{Singles
| name = Rebecca Lynn Howard
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| single1 = [[When My Dreams Come True]]
| single1date = June 28, 1999<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds: Country|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|page=76|date=June 25, 1999|issue=1305}}</ref>
| single2 = [[Out Here in the Water]]
| single2date = February 7, 2000<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds: Country|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|page=70|date=February 4, 2000|issue=1336}}</ref>
| single3 = [[I Don't Paint Myself into Corners]]
| single3date = August 21, 2000<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds: Country|magazine=[[Radio & Records]]|page=146|date=August 18, 2000|issue=1364}}</ref>
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'''''Rebecca Lynn Howard''''' (originally titled ''When My Dreams Come True'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rebecca Lynn Howard – ''When My Dreams Come True'' (CD, Advance, Album, Promo) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/3394924-Rebecca-Lynn-Howard-When-My-Dreams-Come-True |access-date=August 16, 2024 |website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref> is the debut studio album by American [[country music]] singer-songwriter [[Rebecca Lynn Howard]], released May 2, 2000 via [[MCA Nashville]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Discography on Allmusic.com|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rebecca-lynn-howard-mn0000347741/discography|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2 August 2013}}</ref> Before this, she had recorded an entire full-length album under the [[Rising Tide Records|Rising Tide Nashville]] label, which went unreleased due to the label's bankruptcy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rebecca Lynn Howard – ''Advance Album'' (CD, Advance, Album, Promo) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/19438855-Rebecca-Lynn-Howard-Advance-Album |access-date=August 16, 2024 |website=[[Discogs]]}}</ref> She then went to [[Decca Nashville]], which also closed.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Price |first=Deborah Evans |date=April 1, 2000 |title=Label Difficulties Behind, Howard Makes Her MCA Debut |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ww4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Rebecca+Lynn&pg=PA65 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media]] |page=65 |via=[[Google Books]] |volume=112 |issue=14 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> In early 1999, she would get a deal with MCA Nashville Records, a deal which would last until 2004 when she left the label following yet another unreleased album.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Stark |first=Phyllis |date=February 28, 2004 |title=Nashville Scene: Goldstone Moves to Emerging Music Marketing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hA8EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Rebecca+Lynn&pg=PA45 |access-date=August 16, 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media]] |page=45 |via=[[Google Books]] |volume=116 |issue=9 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref> The album was initially planned to be released on September 7, 1999.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 7, 1999 |title=A Quick List of Country's New Album Releases |work=[[Radio & Records]] |page=64 |issue=1307}}</ref>

Unusual for a debut artist at the time, Howard co-wrote all but two tracks on the album. The record was produced by [[Mark Wright (record producer)|Mark Wright]]. ''Rebecca Lynn Howard'' received a positive reception from music critics, with praise going towards Howard's vocals and songwriting. Three official singles were released, none of which became successful. The highest-charting, "Out Here in the Water", only peaked at number 54 on the US [[Hot Country Songs]] chart. "[[I Don't Paint Myself into Corners]]" and "Melancholy Blue" would be recorded by label-mate [[Trisha Yearwood]] on her 2001 studio album [[Inside Out (Trisha Yearwood album)|''Inside Out'']], with the former becoming a charting single for her in 2002. The album would reach a minute peak of number 54 on the [[Top Country Albums]] chart.<ref name="BB2">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/rebecca-lynn-howard/chart-history/clp/ |title=Billboard Top Country Albums |last= |first= |date=19 May 2000 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=23 January 2020 |quote=}}</ref>

== Critical reception ==
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r476619|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r476619|pure_url=yes}}|title=''Rebecca Lynn Howard'' review|last=Vleck|first=Philip Van|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=August 16, 2024}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
| noprose = yes
}}''Rebecca Lynn Howard'' received a mostly favorable reception from music critics. In a mixed review for [[AllMusic]], Philip Van Vleck criticized the album's more [[Pop music|pop]]-sounding songs and some of Howard's writing while praising "Was It as Hard to Be Together" as being the "only genuine country ballad" on the album. Phyllis Stark of [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] gave the album a positive review, noting how at times Howard's [[vibrato]] is reminiscent of [[Dolly Parton]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Stark |first=Phyllis |date=May 13, 2000 |editor-last=Paoletta |editor-first=Michael |title=Reviews & Previews: Albums |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JQ8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Rebecca+Lynn |access-date=August 16, 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media]] |pages=26–27 |via=[[Google Books]] |volume=112 |issue=20 |issn=0006-2510}}</ref>
}}

'''''Rebecca Lynn Howard''''' is the self-titled debut album by [[United States|American]] [[country music]] artist [[Rebecca Lynn Howard]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Discography on Allmusic.com|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rebecca-lynn-howard-mn0000347741/discography|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2 August 2013}}</ref> Released in 2000, it features the singles "When My Dreams Come True", "Out Here in the Water", and "I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners". The song "Melancholy Blue" and "I Don't Paint Myself Into Corners" were later recorded by [[Trisha Yearwood]] on her 2001 album ''[[Inside Out (Trisha Yearwood album)|Inside Out]]''; Yearwood's rendition of the latter was released as a single in 2001.
== Commercial performance ==
''Rebecca Lynn Howard'' debuted and peaked at number 54 on the US [[Top Country Albums]] chart with 2,500 copies sold first week.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Jessen |first=Wade |date=May 20, 2000 |title=Country Corner |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PA8EAAAAMBAJ&q=Rebecca+Lynn |access-date=August 16, 2024 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |publisher=[[Nielsen Business Media]] |page=60 |via=[[Google Books]] |volume=112 |issue=21 |issn=0006-2510 |quote=...debut begins at No. 54 with 2,500 scans.}}</ref> It spent only one week before falling off.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
#"Heartsounds" (Marty Dodson, Rebecca Lynn Howard) – 3:19
| headline = ''Rebecca Lynn Howard'' track listing
#"I Don't Paint Myself into Corners" ([[Trey Bruce]], Howard) – 4:59
| total_length = 42:14
#"Out Here in the Water" ([[Robin Lee Bruce]], T. Bruce, Howard) – 3:26
| all_music = [[Mark Wright (record producer)|Mark Wright]]
#"Melancholy Blue" ([[Tom Douglas (songwriter)|Tom Douglas]], Howard) – 3:38
| title1 = Heartsounds
#"You're Real" (Dodson, Howard) – 3:46
| length1 = 3:19
#"Was It as Hard to Be Together" (Howard, [[Carl Jackson]]) – 3:46
| writer1 = {{hlist|Rebecca Lynn Howard|[[Marty Dodson]]}}
#"Move Me" (Dodson, Howard) – 2:46
| title2 = [[I Don't Paint Myself into Corners]]
#"You're Not a Memory Yet" (Howard, [[Melba Montgomery]], [[Jerry Salley]]) – 3:22
| length2 = 4:59
#"Believe It or Not" (Dodson, Ron Harbin, Howard) – 3:47
| writer2 = {{hlist|R. Howard|[[Trey Bruce]]}}
#"When My Dreams Come True" (T. Bruce, J.D. Martin) – 3:16
| title3 = [[Out Here in the Water]]
#"Jesus, Daddy and You" (Dodson, Howard, Kim Williams) – 3:54
| length3 = 3:26
#"Tennessee in My Windshield" (Howard, Williams) – 2:15
| writer3 = {{hlist|R. Howard|T. Bruce|[[Robin Lee Bruce]]}}
| title4 = Melancholy Blue
| length4 = 3:38
| writer4 = {{hlist|[[Tom Douglas (songwriter)|Tom Douglas]]|[[Harlan Howard]]}}
| title5 = You're Real
| length5 = 3:46
| writer5 = {{hlist|R. Howard|Dodson}}
| title6 = Was It as Hard to Be Together
| length6 = 3:46
| writer6 = {{hlist|R. Howard|[[Carl Jackson]]}}
| title7 = Move Me
| length7 = 2:46
| writer7 = {{hlist|R. Howard|Dodson}}
| title8 = You're Not a Memory Yet
| length8 = 3:22
| writer8 = {{hlist|R. Howard|[[Melba Montgomery]]|[[Jerry Salley]]}}
| title9 = Believe It or Not
| length9 = 3:47
| writer9 = {{hlist|R. Howard|Dodson|Ron Harbin}}
| title10 = [[When My Dreams Come True]]
| length10 = 3:16
| writer10 = {{hlist|T. Bruce|J.D. Martin}}
| title11 = Jesus, Daddy and You
| length11 = 3:54
| writer11 = {{hlist|R. Howard|Dodson|[[Kim Williams (songwriter)|Kim Williams]]}}
| title12 = Tennessee in My Windshield
| length12 = 2:15
| writer12 = {{hlist|R. Howard|Williams}}
}}


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
Compiled from liner notes.<Ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title=Rebecca Lynn Howard |artist=Rebecca Lynn Howard |year=2000 |type=CD booklet |publisher=MCA Nashville |id=088 170 091 2}}</ref>
Compiled from liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Rebecca Lynn Howard |first=Rebecca Lynn |last=Howard |year=2000 |type=CD booklet |publisher=MCA Nashville |id=088 170 091 2}}</ref>

===Musicians===
===Musicians===
* [[Robin Lee Bruce]] — background vocals
* [[Robin Lee Bruce]] — background vocals
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*[[Chad Cromwell]] — drums
*[[Chad Cromwell]] — drums
*[[Steve Cropper]] — electric guitar
*[[Steve Cropper]] — electric guitar
* Eric Darken — percussion
* [[Eric Darken]] — percussion
*[[Dan Dugmore]] — acoustic guitar
*[[Dan Dugmore]] — acoustic guitar
* [[Stuart Duncan]] — fiddle
* [[Stuart Duncan]] — fiddle
* Shannon Forrest — drums
* [[Shannon Forrest]] — drums
* Larry Franklin — fiddle
* [[Larry Franklin (musician)|Larry Franklin]] — fiddle
* [[Paul Franklin (musician)|Paul Franklin]] — steel guitar
* [[Paul Franklin (musician)|Paul Franklin]] — steel guitar
* Wes Hightower — background vocals
* Wes Hightower — background vocals
* [[Rebecca Lynn Howard]] — lead vocals
* [[Jim Horn]] — saxophone
* [[Jim Horn]] — saxophone
* Rebecca Lynn Howard — vocals
* Rebecca Lynn Howard — vocals
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* [[Brent Mason]] — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* [[Brent Mason]] — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* [[Buddy Miller]] — background vocals
* [[Buddy Miller]] — background vocals
* Greg Morrow — drums
* [[Greg Morrow]] — drums
* Steve Natham — piano, keyboards
* [[Steve Nathan]] — piano, keyboards
* Michael Rhodes — bass guitar
* [[Michael Rhodes (musician)|Michael Rhodes]] — bass guitar
* [[Brent Rowan]] — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* [[Brent Rowan]] — acoustic guitar, electric guitar
* Biff Watson — acoustic guitar
* [[Biff Watson]] — acoustic guitar


[[String section]] on "Melancholy Blue": Kristin Wilkinson, John Catchings, Donald Christian Teal, David Davidson
[[String section]] on "Melancholy Blue": Kristin Wilkinson, John Catchings, Donald Christian Teal, David Davidson
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* Mark Wright — production
* Mark Wright — production


==Charts==
==Chart performance==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Chart (2000)
! Chart (2000)
! Peak<br />position
! Peak<br />position
|-
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|54|artist=Rebecca Lynn Howard}}
| U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums
| align="center"| 54
|}
|}

==References==
== References ==
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Revision as of 02:21, 15 November 2024

Rebecca Lynn Howard
Studio album by
Rebecca Lynn Howard
ReleasedMay 2, 2000
Recorded1999
StudioJavelina (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length42:14
LabelMCA Nashville
ProducerMark Wright
Rebecca Lynn Howard chronology
Rebecca Lynn Howard
(2000) 		Forgive
(2002)
Singles from Rebecca Lynn Howard
  1. "When My Dreams Come True"
    Released: June 28, 1999[1]
  2. "Out Here in the Water"
    Released: February 7, 2000[2]
  3. "I Don't Paint Myself into Corners"
    Released: August 21, 2000[3]

Rebecca Lynn Howard (originally titled When My Dreams Come True)[4] is the debut studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Rebecca Lynn Howard, released May 2, 2000 via MCA Nashville.[5] Before this, she had recorded an entire full-length album under the Rising Tide Nashville label, which went unreleased due to the label's bankruptcy.[6] She then went to Decca Nashville, which also closed.[7] In early 1999, she would get a deal with MCA Nashville Records, a deal which would last until 2004 when she left the label following yet another unreleased album.[8] The album was initially planned to be released on September 7, 1999.[9]

Unusual for a debut artist at the time, Howard co-wrote all but two tracks on the album. The record was produced by Mark Wright. Rebecca Lynn Howard received a positive reception from music critics, with praise going towards Howard's vocals and songwriting. Three official singles were released, none of which became successful. The highest-charting, "Out Here in the Water", only peaked at number 54 on the US Hot Country Songs chart. "I Don't Paint Myself into Corners" and "Melancholy Blue" would be recorded by label-mate Trisha Yearwood on her 2001 studio album Inside Out, with the former becoming a charting single for her in 2002. The album would reach a minute peak of number 54 on the Top Country Albums chart.[10]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[11]

Rebecca Lynn Howard received a mostly favorable reception from music critics. In a mixed review for AllMusic, Philip Van Vleck criticized the album's more pop-sounding songs and some of Howard's writing while praising "Was It as Hard to Be Together" as being the "only genuine country ballad" on the album. Phyllis Stark of Billboard gave the album a positive review, noting how at times Howard's vibrato is reminiscent of Dolly Parton.[12]

Commercial performance

Rebecca Lynn Howard debuted and peaked at number 54 on the US Top Country Albums chart with 2,500 copies sold first week.[13] It spent only one week before falling off.

Track listing

All music is composed by Mark Wright

Rebecca Lynn Howard track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Heartsounds"
3:19
2."I Don't Paint Myself into Corners"
4:59
3."Out Here in the Water"
3:26
4."Melancholy Blue"
3:38
5."You're Real"
  • R. Howard
  • Dodson
3:46
6."Was It as Hard to Be Together"
3:46
7."Move Me"
  • R. Howard
  • Dodson
2:46
8."You're Not a Memory Yet"
3:22
9."Believe It or Not"
  • R. Howard
  • Dodson
  • Ron Harbin
3:47
10."When My Dreams Come True"
  • T. Bruce
  • J.D. Martin
3:16
11."Jesus, Daddy and You"
3:54
12."Tennessee in My Windshield"
  • R. Howard
  • Williams
2:15
Total length:42:14

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[14]

Musicians

String section on "Melancholy Blue": Kristin Wilkinson, John Catchings, Donald Christian Teal, David Davidson

String section on "Believe It or Not": The Nashville String Machine

Technical

  • David Campbell — string arrangements on "Believe It or Not", conductor
  • Greg Droman — associate producer, engineering, mixing
  • Kristin Wilkinson — string arrangements on "Melancholy Blue"
  • Hank Williams — mastering
  • Mark Wright — production

Charts

Chart (2000) Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[15] 54

References

  1. ^ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1305. June 25, 1999. p. 76.
  2. ^ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1336. February 4, 2000. p. 70.
  3. ^ "Going for Adds: Country". Radio & Records. No. 1364. August 18, 2000. p. 146.
  4. ^ "Rebecca Lynn Howard – When My Dreams Come True (CD, Advance, Album, Promo)". Discogs. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  5. ^ "Discography on Allmusic.com". Allmusic. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Rebecca Lynn Howard – Advance Album (CD, Advance, Album, Promo)". Discogs. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  7. ^ Price, Deborah Evans (April 1, 2000). "Label Difficulties Behind, Howard Makes Her MCA Debut". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 14. Nielsen Business Media. p. 65. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Stark, Phyllis (February 28, 2004). "Nashville Scene: Goldstone Moves to Emerging Music Marketing". Billboard. Vol. 116, no. 9. Nielsen Business Media. p. 45. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "A Quick List of Country's New Album Releases". Radio & Records. No. 1307. September 7, 1999. p. 64.
  10. ^ "Billboard Top Country Albums". Billboard. 19 May 2000. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  11. ^ Vleck, Philip Van. "Rebecca Lynn Howard review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  12. ^ Stark, Phyllis (May 13, 2000). Paoletta, Michael (ed.). "Reviews & Previews: Albums". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 20. Nielsen Business Media. pp. 26–27. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Google Books.
  13. ^ Jessen, Wade (May 20, 2000). "Country Corner". Billboard. Vol. 112, no. 21. Nielsen Business Media. p. 60. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved August 16, 2024 – via Google Books. ...debut begins at No. 54 with 2,500 scans.
  14. ^ Howard, Rebecca Lynn (2000). Rebecca Lynn Howard (CD booklet). MCA Nashville. 088 170 091 2.
  15. ^ "Rebecca Lynn Howard Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
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