For My Broken Heart

Infobox Album | Name = For My Broken Heart
Type = Album
Artist = Reba McEntire


Released = October 1, 1991
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 36:41
Label = MCA
Producer = Tony Brown
Reba McEntire
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3jfuxqw5ldhe link]
Last album = "Rumor Has It"
(1990)
This album = "For My Broken Heart"
(1991)
Next album = "It's Your Call"
(1992) |

For My Broken Heart was the first album recorded after an airplane crash which killed most of the members of Reba McEntire's touring band. The album is, as McEntire states in the album's notes, "a form of healing for all our broken hearts" and the songs were chosen to that effect. The album broke ground for female artists in country music, as it was the first album recorded by a female in country music to be certified double-platium (selling 2 million copies) by the RIAA. The title track was initially intended to be a duet (supposedly with Clint Black), but after the plane crash of 1991 Reba recorded the song as a solo recording. The second single, "Is There Life Out There" caused controversy when the video for the song was almost banned by CMT for excessive dialogue. The video inspired so many women to return to school that Reba was recognized by then President George H.W. Bush's Secretary of Education, Tennesseean Lamar Alexander. "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia", originally a 1972 hit for Vicki Lawrence, was also accompanied by a memorable video when it was released as the album's third single. In 2006, the album was ranked #30 in "CMT's 40 Greatest Albums in Country Music." It became her highest charting album on The Billboard 200 at that time, peaking at #13. It is also McEntire's biggest-selling studio album - selling more than 4 million copies as of early 2007.

Track listing

#"For My Broken Heart" (Liz Hengber, Keith Palmer)
#"Is There Life Out There" (Susan Longacre, Rick Giles)
#"Bobby" (Reba McEntire, Don Schlitz)
#"He's in Dallas" (Donny Kees, Richard Ross, Johnny MacRae)
#"All Dressed Up (with Nowhere to Go)" (Lisa Palas, Biff Fink] , Ira Rogers)
#"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" (Bobby Russell)
#"Buying Her Roses" (Joe Doyle, Rick Peoples)
#"The Greatest Man I Never Knew" (Richard Leigh, Layng Martine Jr.)
#"I Wouldn't Go That Far" (Dana McVicker, Bruce Burch, Vip Vipperman)
#"If I Had Only Known" (Jana Stanfield, Craig Morris)

Personnel

*Reba McEntire - vocals
*Larrie Londin - drums
*Leland Sklar - bass
*Michael Thompson - electric guitar
*Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*Matt Rollings - keyboards
*John Barlow Jarvis - keyboards
*Mark O'Connor - mandolin, fiddle
*Steve Fishell - steel guitar
*John Hughey - steel guitar
*Vince Gill - backing vocals
*Harry Stinson - backing vocals
*Linda Davis - backing vocals

backing vocals for "For My Broken Heart" and "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia": Vicki Hampton, Yvonne Hodges, Bob Bailey, Kim Fleming

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles – Billboard (North America)