It's Your Call

1992 studio album by Reba McEntire

It's Your Call

Studio album by

Reba McEntire

Released

December 15, 1992

Studio

Emerald Sound Studios and Masterfonics (Nashville, TN).

Genre

Country

Length

35:02

Label

MCA

Producer

Tony Brown
Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire chronology

For My Broken Heart
(1991)

It's Your Call
(1992)

Greatest Hits Volume Two
(1993)

Singles from It's Your Call

"Take It Back"
Released: October 1992
"The Heart Won't Lie"
Released: February 1993
"It's Your Call"
Released: May 1993

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	C+^[2]
Entertainment Weekly	B^[3]
The Guardian	(favorable)^[4]
Los Angeles Times	^[5]
Music Week	^[6]
Orlando Sentinel	^[7]

It's Your Call is the eighteenth studio album by American country music artist Reba McEntire, released in December 1992. It contains the song "The Heart Won't Lie", which featured Vince Gill and which was later ranked at #18 on CMT's list of the 100 Greatest Country Duets. The album also includes a re-recording of the song "Baby's Gone Blues", which was recorded in 1987 by Patty Loveless for her album If My Heart Had Windows.

The album peaked at #1 on the country album chart and #8 on the Billboard 200, selling 104,000 copies in its first week, becoming her first top 10 album on that chart. It is certified 3× Multi-platinum by the RIAA.^[8]

McEntire referred to the album as a "second chapter to For My Broken Heart" (her previous album, released in 1991).^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's Your Call"	Bruce Burch, Shawna Harrington-Burkhart, Liz Hengber	3:04
2.	"Straight from You"	Gary Harrison, Tim Mensy	2:35
3.	"Take It Back"	Kristy Jackson	3:17
4.	"Baby's Gone Blues"	Pat Bunch, Mary Ann Kennedy, Pam Rose	4:15
5.	"The Heart Won't Lie" (duet with Vince Gill)	Kim Carnes, Donna Weiss	3:20
6.	"One Last Good Hand"	Gary Burr, John Jarrard	3:29
7.	"He Wants to Get Married"	Sandy Knox, Anthony Little	3:51
8.	"For Herself"	Harrington-Burkhart, Liz Hengber, Reba McEntire	3:59
9.	"Will He Ever Go Away"	Gerry House, Will Robinson	3:17
10.	"Lighter Shade of Blue"	Max D. Barnes, Skip Ewing, Troy Seals	3:24

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.^[9]

Reba McEntire – lead vocals, backing vocals
John Barlow Jarvis – pianos, synthesizers
Matt Rollings – pianos, synthesizers
Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
George Marinelli, Jr. – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandolin
Terry Crisp – steel guitar (1, 2)
Michael Rhodes – bass guitar
Paul Leim – drums
Joe McGlohon – saxophone (3)
Linda Davis – backing vocals
Vince Gill – backing vocals, lead vocals (5)
Vicki Hampton – backing vocals
Mary Ann Kennedy – backing vocals
Donna McElroy – backing vocals
Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals
Jamie D. Robbins – backing vocals
Pam Rose – backing vocals
Harry Stinson – backing vocals

Production

Tony Brown – producer
Reba McEntire – producer
John Guess – recording engineer, overdub recording, mixing
Marty Williams – second engineer, overdub recording
Glenn Meadows – digital editing, mastering
Jessie Noble – project coordinator
Mickey Braithwaite – art direction, design
Jim McGuire – photography
Narvel Blackstock – management
Starstruck Entertainment – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1992–1993)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (RPM)^[10]	59
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)^[11]	1
US Billboard 200^[12]	8
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[13]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1993)	Position
US Billboard 200^[14]	19
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[15]	5

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)^[16]	Platinum	100,000^{^}
United States (RIAA)^[8]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US Country ^[17]	US	CAN Country
1992	"Take It Back"	5	—	1^[18]
1993	"The Heart Won't Lie" (with Vince Gill)	1^[19]	—	1^[20]
1993	"It's Your Call"	5	110^[21]	5^[22]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

References

^ AllMusic review
^ Christgau, Robert (November 23, 1993). "Turkey Shoot". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved July 5, 2013.
^ Nash, Alanna (December 18, 1992). "It's Your Call". Entertainment Weekly.
^ Sweeting, Adam (January 15, 1993). "Music: Dennis Without Menace". The Guardian.
^ Lewis, Randy (December 27, 1992). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 21, 2023.
^ Faux, Karen (January 16, 1993). "Market Preview: Country" (PDF). Music Week. p. 7. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
^ Gettelman, Parry (December 25, 1992). "Reba McEntire". Orlando Sentinel.
^ ^a ^b "American album certifications – Reba Mc Entire – Your Call". Recording Industry Association of America.
^ ^a ^b It's Your Call (CD liner notes). Reba McEntire. MCA Records. 1992. MCAD-10673.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "RPM Top Albums for February 13, 1993". RPM. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
^ "RPM Country Albums for March 13, 1993". RPM. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
^ "Reba McEntire Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved October 24, 2021.
^ "Canadian album certifications – Reba McEntire – It's Your Call". Music Canada.
^ "Reba McEntire Album & Song Chart History: Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
^ "RPM Country Tracks for March 6, 1993". RPM. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
^ "Country Songs for April 10, 1993". Billboard. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
^ "RPM Country Tracks for April 24, 1993". RPM. Retrieved February 10, 2011.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ "RPM Country Tracks for August 7, 1993". RPM. Retrieved February 10, 2011.