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For My Broken Heart (1991)

Where the lyrics of For My Broken Heart take you, and where it was really made.

This album was the first Reba McEntire recorded after a plane crash killed most of her touring band.

Key places

Recorded in Nashville (1991)

Recording site Nashville — The album was recorded at Emerald Sound Studios and Masterfonics in Nashville, Tennessee. The point marks the city center, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• For My Broken Heart: 17th studio album by American country singer Reba McEntire
• Released October 1, 1991
• Title track leads off the album, followed by "Is There Life Out There"
• Ten tracks, including "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" as the third single

Background

• Released after an airplane crash that killed most members of McEntire's touring band
• McEntire's album notes describe the record as a form of healing for all broken hearts, and the songs were chosen with that in mind
• "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" was originally a 1972 hit for Vicki Lawrence

Recording

• Recorded at Emerald Sound Studios and Masterfonics in Nashville, Tennessee
• Tony Brown produced the album
• John Guess handled recording, overdub recording, mixing and mastering

Cover

• Mickey Braithwaite credited for art direction and design
• Jim "Señor" McGuire credited for photography
• The cover is a fold-out lyric sheet

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born March 28, 1955 in McAlester, Oklahoma; raised on a ranch in Chockie, Oklahoma.
• Third of four children of Clark and Jacqueline McEntire; her father was a three-time world steer roping champion.
• With her siblings she formed the trio the Singing McEntires, performing at local events and dance halls.
• Studied elementary education and music at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

Career

• Country singer Red Steagall heard her at a 1974 rodeo and helped her sign with PolyGram/Mercury Records in 1975.
• Her breakout came with the 1984 MCA album My Kind of Country, which produced two number-one country singles.
• The album Whoever's in New England won a Grammy Award and topped the Billboard country albums chart.
• After a 1991 plane crash that killed eight band members, she released For My Broken Heart, her best-selling album.
• Sold more than 75 million records worldwide; 24 of her singles reached number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.
• Starred in the sitcom Reba (six seasons) and in the NBC sitcom Happy's Place.

Members

• Solo artist; her siblings Pake and Susie were early members of the Singing McEntires.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Debuted at number 4 on the Billboard 200 for the week of October 19, 1991
• Peaked at number 3 for the week of November 2, 1991
• Stayed at number 3 for 7 consecutive weeks
• Stayed in the Top Ten for 20 consecutive weeks

Reappraisal

• No critic review is quoted in the source material for this album

Records

• Became McEntire's highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 at that time, peaking at number 13
• Among McEntire's biggest-selling studio albums, with 4 million copies sold
• First album by a female country artist certified 2× platinum by the RIAA

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The album followed an airplane crash that killed most members of McEntire's touring band.
• "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" was a 1972 hit for Vicki Lawrence before McEntire's version.
• The album became her highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 at that time.
• The record was released as a healing project for all broken hearts, according to McEntire's own album notes.
• The cover is a fold-out lyric sheet.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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