For My Broken Heart (CD)

As one of the best-selling female country artists of the 20th century, Reba McEntire purveyed a pop-flavored brand of country music that--by the mid '90s--propelled the singer out of the world of country and into the mainstream. McEntire has been featured on Broadway, appeared in numerous films, and written two books, and beginning in 2001 she became the star of her own successful sitcom, REBA. As a musical artist, however, it is her unmistakable voice and her talent for choosing just the right material that will always be her greatest assets.

• Category:  Music  »  Country  »  Contemporary Country
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: October 1, 1991
• Label: MCA Records (USA)
• UPC: 008811040024
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106608493
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #21051 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #82892 in Country (See Top 100 Country Bestsellers)
• #203 in Contemporary Country (See Top 100 Contemporary Country Bestsellers)

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Personnel: Reba McEntire (vocals); Michael Thompson (electric guitar); Steve Gibson (acoustic & electric guitar); Steve Fishell, John Hughey (steel guitars); Matt Rollings (keyboards); John Barlow Jarvis (keyboards); Mark O'Connor (mandolin, fiddle); Steve Fishell, John Hughey (steel guitars); Leland Sklar (bass); Larrie London (drums); Vince Gill, Harry Stinson, Linda Davis, Vicki Hampton, Yvonne Hodges, Bob Bailey, Kim Fleming (background vocals).

In 1990, a plane crash took the lives of several members of Reba McEntire's backing band. McEntire, who was not on the plane, was devastated by the tragedy, and 1991's FOR MY BROKEN HEART is an album-length elegy for her friends and partners. Although only the final track, "If I Had Only Known," directly addresses the accident, a sense of heartbreak and loss permeates the entire album. Songs like the tender ballad "For My Broken Heart" and "Bobby" (her only co-writing credit on the entire album) feature some of McEntire's most heartfelt and emotional singing. In this context, even the cover of "The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia," although easily the lightest song on the album, doesn't sound nearly as campy as it otherwise might. In a career filled with hit singles, FOR MY BROKEN HEART might be Reba McEntire's most personal album-length statement.

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