For My Broken Heart
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For My Broken Heart is the eighteenth album, released in 1991 by American country music singer Reba McEntire
. It was the first album recorded after an airplane crash which killed most of the members of her 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 was led off by its title track, which was followed by "Is There Life Out There." "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia", originally a 1972 hit for Vicki Lawrence
, was also accompanied by a video when it was released as the album's third single. It became her highest charting album on The Billboard 200 at that time, peaking at #13. It is also one of McEntire's biggest-selling studio albums - selling 5 million copies.
The album debuted at #4 for the week of October 19, 1991. It peaked at #3 for the week of November 2, 1991. It stayed at #3 for 7 consecutive weeks. It stayed in the Top Ten for 20 consecutive weeks.
Backing vocals, "For My Broken Heart" and "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia": Vicki Hampton, Yvonne Hodges, Bob Bailey, Kim Fleming
Reba McEntire
Reba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...
. It was the first album recorded after an airplane crash which killed most of the members of her 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 was led off by its title track, which was followed by "Is There Life Out There." "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia", originally a 1972 hit for Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence
Vicki Lawrence is an American actress, comedienne, and Billboard Hot 100 #1 singer, who was frequently a game show panelist in the 1970s and 1980s...
, was also accompanied by a video when it was released as the album's third single. It became her highest charting album on The Billboard 200 at that time, peaking at #13. It is also one of McEntire's biggest-selling studio albums - selling 5 million copies.
The album debuted at #4 for the week of October 19, 1991. It peaked at #3 for the week of November 2, 1991. It stayed at #3 for 7 consecutive weeks. It stayed in the Top Ten for 20 consecutive weeks.
Track listing
- "For My Broken HeartFor My Broken Heart (song)"For My Broken Heart" is the title of a country music song written by Keith Palmer and Liz Hengber. It was recorded by American singer Reba McEntire on her 1991 studio album For My Broken Heart, from which it was released in September as the album's lead-off single. The song was a Number One hit...
" (Liz HengberLiz HengberLiz Hengber is an American songwriter and musician based in Nashville, Tennessee. Hengber was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from New Milford High School in New Milford, New Jersey in 1977. She graduated from the Theatre Department of the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in 1981...
, Keith PalmerKeith Palmer (singer)Keith Palmer was an American country music artist. In 1991, Palmer released an album for Epic Records which produced two singles: "Don't Throw Me in the Briarpatch" and "Forgotten but Not Gone," both of which entered the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...
) - 4:18 - "Is There Life Out ThereIs There Life Out There"Is There Life Out There" is the title of a country music song written by Susan Longacre and Rick Giles. It was recorded by American singer Reba McEntire on her 1991 album For My Broken Heart, from which it was released in early 1992 as the album's second single...
" (Susan Longacre, Rick Giles) - 3:52 - "Bobby" (Reba McEntire, Don SchlitzDon SchlitzDonald Alan "Don" Schlitz, Jr. is a country music songwriter. For his songwriting efforts, Schlitz has earned two Grammys, as well as four ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year awards...
) - 4:37 - "He's in Dallas" (Donny Kees, Richard Ross, Johnny MacRae) - 3:05
- "All Dressed Up (with Nowhere to Go)" (Lisa Palas, Biff Fink, Ira Rogers) - 3:13
- "The Night the Lights Went Out in GeorgiaThe Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" is a Southern Gothic song written by songwriter Bobby Russell and performed in 1972 by his then-wife Vicki Lawrence...
" (Bobby RussellBobby RussellBobby Russell was an American singer and songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he charted five singles on the Hot Country Songs charts, including the crossover pop hit "Saturday Morning Confusion." Russell was also married to singer and actress Vicki Lawrence from 1972 to 1974.-Career:Russell wrote...
) - 4:17 - "Buying Her Roses" (Joe Doyle, Rick Peoples) - 2:52
- "The Greatest Man I Never KnewThe Greatest Man I Never Knew"The Greatest Man I Never Knew" is a single by American country music artist Reba McEntire. Released in July 1992, it was the fourth and final single from her album, For My Broken Heart. The song reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1992.The song debuted at...
" (Richard LeighRichard Leigh (songwriter)Richard Leigh is an American country music songwriter and singer. He is best known for penning "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" . In 1978 he received a Grammy Award for "Best Country Song" for the popular song...
, Layng Martine, Jr.Layng Martine, Jr.Layng Martine, Jr. is a singer and songwriter. He is notable for writing several songs, including "Rub It In", a Number One hit for Billy "Crash" Craddock in 1974, which became the long-running TV commercial "Plug It In" for Johnson & Johnson's Glade Plug-ins air freshening product...
) - 3:14 - "I Wouldn't Go That Far" (Dana McVickerDana McVickerDana McVicker is an American country music artist. She recorded for Capitol Records Nashville in 1988, releasing a self-titled album and charting four singles on the U.S. country charts. McVicker was also nominated for Best New Female Artist at the 1988 Academy of Country Music awards, losing to...
, Bruce Burch, Vip Vipperman) - 3:26 - "If I Had Only Known" (Jana Stanfield, Craig Morris) - 4:00
Personnel
- Reba McEntireReba McEntireReba Nell McEntire is an American country music artist and actress. She began her career in the music industry as a high school student singing in the Kiowa High School band , on local radio shows with her siblings, and at rodeos. As a solo act, she was invited to perform at a rodeo in Oklahoma...
- vocals - Larrie LondinLarrie LondinRalph Gallant, better known by his stage name Larrie Londin , was an American drummer and session musician. Londin played with a wide range of artists including Journey and Steve Perry....
- drums - Leland SklarLeland SklarLeland "Lee" Bruce Sklar is an American musician, singer-songwriter and film score composer. A prominent bass guitarist, Sklar has contributed to thousands of albums as a session musician...
- bass - Michael ThompsonMichael Thompson (guitarist)Michael Thompson is an American guitarist and songwriter.Thompson achieved enduring modest success with his 1989 melodic rock/AOR group Michael Thompson Band but is most noted for his work as a popular session guitarist on the recordings of some of the most popular musical artists of the 1980s,...
- electric guitar - Steve Gibson - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Matt RollingsMatt RollingsMatt Rollings is an American composer, musician and record producer. He plays piano, organ, and keyboards.Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, he has worked with many artists, not all country...
- keyboards - John Barlow Jarvis - keyboards
- Mark O'ConnorMark O'ConnorMark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition...
- mandolin, fiddle - Steve Fishell - steel guitar
- John HugheyJohn HugheyJohn Hughey was an American musician. He was known for his work as a session pedal steel guitar player for various country music acts, most notably Vince Gill and Conway Twitty...
- steel guitar - Vince GillVince GillVincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
- backing vocals - Harry Stinson - backing vocals
- Linda DavisLinda DavisLinda Kaye Davis is an American country music singer. Before beginning a career as a solo artist, she charted three minor country singles as one half of the duo Skip & Linda. In her solo career, Davis has recorded five major-label studio albums and more than 15 singles...
- backing vocals
Backing vocals, "For My Broken Heart" and "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia": Vicki Hampton, Yvonne Hodges, Bob Bailey, Kim Fleming
Album
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 13 |
| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 3 |
| Canadian Top Country Albums | 1 |
| Canadian Albums Chart | 78 |
Certifications/sales
Singles
| Year | Song | Chart positions |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales... |
CAN Country | ||
| 1991 | "For My Broken Heart" | 1 | 1 |
| 1992 | "Is There Life Out There" | 1 | 1 |
| "The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia" | 12 | 7 | |
| "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" | 3 | 1 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||