''Forgive'' is the second studio album by American

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artist

Rebecca Lynn Howard Rebecca Lynn Howard (born April 24, 1979) is an American country music artist. She has charted seven singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs charts, and has released three studio albums. Her highest-charting single, "Forgive", peaked at N ...

. The album was released in September 2002 by

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. The only single released from the project, the title track, peaked at number 12 on the ''

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chart, and was her only Top 40 country hit. Songwriter

Trey Bruce Trey Edwin Bruce is an American songwriter. Bruce has written ten Number One singles on the ''Billboard''. "Look Heart, No Hands", "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" and "Whisper My Name" by Randy Travis, and "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" by Dia ...

produced 11 of the album's 12 tracks, working with Mark Wright on the title track, while Steve Fishell produced "Jesus and Bartenders". "Jesus and Bartenders" was later recorded by

Daryle Singletary Daryle Bruce Singletary (March 10, 1971 – February 12, 2018) was an American country music singer. Between 1995 and 1998, he recorded for Giant Records, for which he released three studio albums: ''Daryle Singletary'' in 1995, '' All Because o ...

, who released it in 2008 as a single from his album '' Straight from the Heart''. It was originally recorded by

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on his album ''Murder on Music Row''.

Track listing

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. ;Musicians on all tracks except "Jesus and Bartenders" *

– programming * Pat Buchanan – electric guitar * Lisa Cochran – background vocals * J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, gut string guitar *

Melodie Crittenden Melodie Crittenden (born 1968) is an American country and Christian music artist. Her first album was recorded at the age of nine in Norman, Oklahoma, and was titled ''Melodie Sings''. She traveled around Oklahoma with her family band "The Crit ...

– background vocals * Tony Harrell – piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Mellotron, accordion, Wurlitzer electric piano * Wes Hightower – background vocals * Steve Hinson – steel guitar, Dobro *

– lead vocals *

Greg Morrow Greg Morrow is an American drummer, percussionist, session musician, mixing engineer, and vocalist. Biography Morrow was born in Ripley, Tennessee and raised in Memphis. At age 11, Morrow and his band performed on a local TV show, and he par ...

– drums * Alison Prestwood – bass guitar * Chris Rodriguez – background vocals *

Brian Siewert Brian D. Siewert, alternatively credited with or without his middle initial, is an American public speaker, multiple Emmy Award-winning concert and television composer, producer, songwriter, musician, arranger and visual artist. He has worked on ' ...

– synthesizer * Marty Slayton – background vocals * Michael Spriggs – acoustic guitar, bouzouki *

Neil Thrasher Joe Neil Thrasher Jr. (born July 13, 1965) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Between 1995 and 1997, he and Kelly Shiver comprised the duo Thrasher Shiver, which recorded a studio album for Asylum Records in 1996 and charted two ...

– background vocals *

Jonathan Yudkin Jonathan Yudkin is an American multi-instrumentalist who is a proficient player of banjo, violin, mandolin, and other stringed instruments. He is a Nashville-based session musician, record producer, arranger, and band leader. Biography Growin ...

– mandolin, fiddle, Jew's harp, banjo, cello, viola, harp, orchestra bells Strings on "Forgive": Carolyn Bailey, Christopher Farrell, Lynn Peithman, Alison Gooding, Erin Hall, Beverly Duker, Shu-Zheng Yang, Julia Tanner, David Reneau, Denise Baker, Melinda Bootz, and Jeremy Williams ;Musicians on "Jesus and Bartenders" *

Kenny Aronoff Kenny Aronoff (born March 7, 1953) is an American session drummer. Early life Aronoff grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts He developed an interest in music at an early age and gravitated to the drums as "drumming was one hundred percent ene ...

– drums *

Dan Dugmore Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying B ...

– acoustic guitar * Steve Fishell – steel guitar *

Johnny Hiland Johnny Hiland is a legally blind American musician/guitarist. Early life Hiland grew up in Maine, with an eye disease called nystagmus. He started playing guitar at age 2, played his first talent show at age 5, performed on Dick Stacey's Jamb ...

– lead guitar *

John Barlow Jarvis John Barlow Jarvis (born January 2, 1954 in Pasadena, California)Paul Kingsbury, editor"The Encyclopedia of Country Music: The Ultimate Guide to the Music" 2004 is an American songwriter, composer, session pianist and recording artist. Before mov ...

– piano * Michael Joyce – bass guitar * Troy Lancaster – electric guitar *

Rick Vito Richard Francis (Rick) Vito (born October 13, 1949, in Darby, Pennsylvania, United States) is an American guitarist and singer. He was part of Fleetwood Mac between 1987 and 1991. Vito took over as lead guitarist after Lindsey Buckingham left t ...

– electric guitar * Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle ;Technical *

Chuck Ainlay Chuck Ainlay is an American record producer and audio engineer. He has worked with Mark Knopfler on much of Knopfler's solo work, in addition to some Dire Straits material. He has 4 Grammy Awards and 5 nominations. Along with Knopfler and Bob ...

– recording ("Jesus and Bartenders" only) * Trey Bruce – production (except "Jesus and Bartenders") * David Buchanan – recording (except "Jesus and Bartenders") * Steve Fishell – production ("Jesus and Bartenders" only) * Kelly Geidt – production coordination * Todd Gunnerson – recording assistant (except "Forgive" and "Jesus and Bartenders") * Erik Jaskowiak – recording assistant ("Jesus and Bartenders" only) * Heather Kennel – production coordination * Brian Siewert – string arrangement on "Forgive" * Joey Turner – recording assistant ("Forgive" only) * Jon Van Nest – mixing * Ronnie Thomas – editing * Hank Williams – mastering * Mark Wright – production ("Forgive" only)

Track listing

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References