''For My Broken Heart'' is the seventeenth studio album by American

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singer

Reba McEntire Reba Nell McEntire ( ; born March 28, 1955), or simply Reba, is an American country music, country singer and actress. Dubbed "Honorific nicknames in popular music, The Queen of Country", she has sold more than 75 million records worldwide. Sin ...

, 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

– 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 mo ...

– 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. Rollings won the 'Best Traditional Pop ...

– keyboards * Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar * Michael Thompson – electric guitar * Steve Fishell –

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– steel guitar *

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player, composer, guitarist, and mandolinist whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Mu ...

–

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– bass guitar *

Larrie Londin Ralph Gallant (October 15, 1943 − August 24, 1992), known professionally as Larrie Londin, was an American drummer and session musician. According to journalist James Byron Fox, "If not the best known, Larrie is one of the most listened to dr ...

– 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 (1, 6) *

Linda Davis Linda Kaye Scott (née 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, Dav ...

– backing vocals *

Vince Gill Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He played in a number of local bluegrass music, bluegrass bands in the 1970s, and from 1978 to 1982, he achieved his first mainstream attention after ta ...

– backing vocals * Harry Stinson – 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)