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''For My Broken Heart'' is the seventeenth studio album by American
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singer Reba McEntire, released on October 1, 1991. It was the first studio album recorded after an
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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
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, 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 chart at that time, peaking at number 13. It is also one of McEntire's biggest-selling studio albums - selling 4 million copies. The album debuted at number 4 for the week of October 19, 1991. It peaked at number 3 for the week of November 2, 1991. It stayed at number 3 for 7 consecutive weeks. It stayed in the Top Ten for 20 consecutive weeks. It was the first album by a female country artist to be certified 2× platinum by the RIAA.


Track listing


Personnel

* Reba McEntire – lead and backing vocals *
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 ...
– keyboards *
Matt Rollings Matt Rollings is a Grammy Award-winning American composer, keyboard player and record producer. Known mainly for playing in Lyle Lovett's Large Band, Rollings has worked with many artists, not all country. Matt won the 'Best Traditional Pop Voc ...
– keyboards * Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Michael Thompson – electric guitar * Steve Fishell – steel guitar *
John Hughey John Hughey (December 27, 1933 – November 18, 2007) 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. A member of the Steel Gu ...
– steel guitar *
Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player and composer whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Musician Of The Year awards ...
fiddle, mandolin *
Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. Sklar rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coaleced into a group in its own right, The Section. This group of musicians so frequ ...
– bass guitar * Larrie Londin – drums * Bob Bailey – backing vocals (1, 6) * Kim Fleming – backing vocals (1, 6) * Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (1, 6) * Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals (1, 6) * Pamela Quinlan – backing vocals *
Linda Davis Linda Kaye Davis (born November 26, 1962) is an American country music singer. Before beginning a career as a solo artist, she had three minor country singles in the charts as one half of the duo Skip & Linda. In her solo career, Davis has recor ...
– backing vocals *
Vince Gill Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music singer, songwriter and musician. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman of the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s and as a solo artist ...
– backing vocals *
Harry Stinson Harry Stinson (born June 3, 1953 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian real estate developer from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He is president of Stinson Properties, Inc. He has been called Toronto's "condo king". Biography Stinson's most significant ...
– backing vocals


Production

* Tony Brown – producer * Reba McEntire – producer * John Guess – recording, mixing, mastering * Marty Williams – assistant engineer, mastering * Jessie Noble – project coordinator * Mickey Braithwaite – art direction, design * Jim McGuire – photography


Charts


Weekly charts


Year-end charts


Singles


Certifications and sales


References

{{Authority control 1991 albums Reba McEntire albums MCA Records albums Albums produced by Tony Brown (record producer)