Behind the Scene

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Behind the Scene | type = studio | artist = Reba McEntire | cover = BehindTheScene.jpg | alt = | released = August 15, 1983 | recorded = | venue = | studio = Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN | genre = Country | length = 28:19 | label = Mercury | producer = Jerry Kennedy | prev_title = Unlimited | prev_year = 1982 | next_title = Just a Little Love | next_year = 1984 | misc= {{singles | name = Behind the Scene | type = studio | single1 = Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have) | single1date = June 1983 | single2 =There Ain't No Future in This | single2date = November 1983 }} }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = Allmusic |rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r93169|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]</ref> }}

'''''Behind the Scene''''' is the sixth studio album by American country music artist Reba McEntire, released on August 15, 1983. It includes the singles "Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)", which was a top ten hit and "There Ain't No Future in This". It was her last album for Mercury Records before leaving for MCA Nashville in 1984. McEntire felt the need for change in record labels at the time as an opportunity to gain more independence in the material she recorded.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sennhauser|first1=Morgan|title=What Happened to Reba McEntire – See What She's Doing Now – The Gazette Review|url=http://gazettereview.com/2016/03/happened-reba-mcentire-see-shes-now/|website=The Gazette Review|access-date=6 November 2016|date=4 March 2016}}</ref>

==Track listing== {{Track listing | collapsed = | title1 = Love Isn't Love ('Til You Give It Away) | writer1 = Don Roth, Timmy Tappan | length1 = 3:09 | title2 = Is It Really Love | writer2 = Rita Gannon, Donald Hare | length2 = 2:54 | title3 = Reasons | writer3 = Reba McEntire | length3 = 2:06 | title4 = Nickel Dreams | writer4 = Donny Lowery, Mac McAnally | length4 = 2:55 | title5 = One Good Reason | writer5 = Bob DiPiero, Johnny MacRae | length5 = 2:59 | title6 = You Really Better Love Me After This | writer6 = Bill Rice, Sharon Vaughn | length6 = 3:50 | title7 = There Ain't No Future in This | writer7 = Rice, Vaughn | length7 = 2:34 | title8 = Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have) | writer8 = Don King, Dave Woodward | length8 = 2:37 | title9 = I Sacrificed More Than You'll Ever Lose | writer9 = James Benton, Beverly J. Carlton | length9 = 2:37 | title10 = Pins and Needles | writer10 = Janis Carnes, Rick Carnes, Chip Hardy | length10 = 2:15 }}

== Personnel == * Reba McEntire – lead and backing vocals * David Briggs – keyboards * David John Boyle – guitars * Ray Edenton – guitars, banjo, mandolin * Dale Sellers – guitars * Pete Wade – guitars * Chip Young – guitars * Bobby Thompson – banjo * Weldon Myrick – steel guitar * Billy Puett – fiddle * Buddy Spicher – fiddle * Mike Leech – bass guitar * Jerry Carrigan – drums, percussion * Gene Chrisman – drums, percussion * Bergen White – alto flute, flute * Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals * Dorris King – backing vocals * Trish Williams – backing vocals

'''The Nashville String Machine''' * Carl Gorodetzky – string arrangements * Bergen White – string arrangements * George Binkley III, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Mark Feldman, Daniel Furth, Lennie Haight, Phyllis Hiltz, Dennis Molchan, Walter Schwede, Gary Vanosdale and Pamela Vanosdale – string performers

=== Production === * Jerry Kennedy – producer * Lee Groitzsch – engineer, mixing * Brent King – assistant engineer * Tim Kish – assistant engineer * Hank Williams – mastering * Bill Barnes – art direction, graphics * Deb Mahalanobis – design * Mario Casilli – photography

== Charts ==

=== Album === {| class="wikitable" ! Chart (1983) ! Peak<br />position |- | U.S. ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums | align="center"| 36 |}

=== Singles === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Single ! colspan="2"| Peak positions |- style="font-size:smaller;" ! width="50"| US Country<br /><ref>[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p1724/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Charts & Awards]</ref> ! width="50"| CAN Country |- | rowspan="2"| 1983 | align="left"| "Why Do We Want (What We Know We Can't Have)" | 7 | 45 |- | align="left"| "There Ain't No Future in This" | 12 | 33 |}

== References == {{reflist}}

Category:1983 albums Category:Reba McEntire albums Category:Mercury Nashville albums Category:Albums produced by Jerry Kennedy