Reba McEntire - Have I Got A Deal For You (1985)

This is Reba McEntire's dazzling roots-tinged sequel to My Kind of Country and her debut collaboration with superstar Nashville producer Jimmy Bowen. It also marks the singer's first time out as coproducer of her own material. These changes, combined with the fact that McEntire was in the final years of a tumultuous marriage, explain the pathos she brings to songs like "'She's Single Again," "The Great Divide," and "Only in My Mind." --Bob Allen