For My Broken Heart

For the song, see For My Broken Heart (song).

For My Broken Heart
Studio album by Reba McEntire
Released	October 1, 1991
Studio	Emerald Sound Studios and Masterfonics (Nashville, TN).
Genre	Country
Length	36:54
Label	MCA
Producer	Tony Brown Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire chronology
Rumor Has It (1990) For My Broken Heart (1991) It's Your Call (1992)
Singles from For My Broken Heart
"For My Broken Heart" Released: September 30, 1991 "Is There Life Out There" Released: January 28, 1992 "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" Released: April 1992 "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" Released: July 1992

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	link
Calgary Herald	B[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A-link

For My Broken Heart is the seventeenth studio album by American country music singer Reba McEntire, released on October 1, 1991. It was the first studio album recorded after an airplane 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 Vicki Lawrence, 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"For My Broken Heart"	Liz Hengber, Keith Palmer	4:18
2.	"Is There Life Out There"	Susan Longacre, Rick Giles	3:52
3.	"Bobby"	Reba McEntire, Don Schlitz	4:37
4.	"He's in Dallas"	Donny Kees, Richard Ross, Johnny MacRae	3:05
5.	"All Dressed Up (With Nowhere to Go)"	Lisa Palas, Biff Fink, Ira Rogers	3:13
6.	"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia"	Bobby Russell	4:17
7.	"Buying Her Roses"	Joe Doyle, Rick Peoples	2:52
8.	"The Greatest Man I Never Knew"	Richard Leigh, Layng Martine Jr.	3:14
9.	"I Wouldn't Go That Far"	Dana McVicker, Bruce Burch, Vip Vipperman	3:26
10.	"If I Had Only Known"	Jana Stanfield, Craig Morris	4:00

Personnel

• Reba McEntire – lead and backing vocals
• John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
• Matt Rollings – keyboards
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Michael Thompson – electric guitar
• Steve Fishell – steel guitar
• John Hughey – steel guitar
• Mark O'Connor – fiddle, mandolin
• Leland Sklar – 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 (1, 6)
• Linda Davis – backing vocals
• Vince Gill – 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 Chart (1991–92) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[4] 171 Canadian Albums (RPM)[5] 78 Canadian Country Albums(RPM)[6] 1 US Billboard 200[7] 13 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[8] 3

Year-end charts Chart (1991) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9] 71 Chart (1992) Position US Billboard 200[10] 32 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[11] 7 Chart (1993) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[12] 38

Singles

Year	Song	Chart positions[13][14]
		US Country	CAN Country
1991	"For My Broken Heart"	1	1
1992	"Is There Life Out There"	1	1
	"The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia"	12	7
	"The Greatest Man I Never Knew"	3	1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Certifications and sales

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[15]	4× Platinum	4,000,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. King, Frank (October 27, 1991). "Recent Releases". Calgary Herald.
2. "For My Broken Heart Certifications". riaa.org. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
3. "Reba McEntire". 25 October 2019.
4. "Reba McEntire ARIA Chart history (complete) (1988 to 2024)". ARIA. Retrieved July 28, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
5. "RPM Top Albums for November 23, 1991". RPM. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
6. "RPM Country Albums for April 25, 1992". RPM. Retrieved February 12, 2011.
7. "Reba McEntire Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
8. "Reba McEntire Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
9. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
10. "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
11. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
12. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1993". Billboard. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
13. "Billboard chart positions > singles". allmusic. Retrieved July 29, 2009.
14. RPM Archive
15. "American album certifications – Reba Mc Entire – For My Broken Heart". Recording Industry Association of America.