Rebecca Lynn Howard (album)

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]

  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.