Sincerely (The Forester Sisters album)

Sincerely
Studio album by The Forester Sisters
Released	1988
Genre	Country
Label	Warner Nashville
Producer	Wendy Waldman (tracks 3, 6, 7, 9) Jim Ed Norman (tracks 1, 4, 5, 10) Barry Beckett & James Stroud (tracks 2 & 8)
The Forester Sisters chronology
You Again (1987) Sincerely (1988) Come Hold Me (1990)
Singles from Sincerely
"Letter Home" Released: June 25, 1988 "Sincerely" Released: October 1988 "Love Will" Released: February 18, 1989

Sincerely is the fourth studio album by the American country music group The Forester Sisters. It was released in 1988 via Warner Records Nashville.

Content

Three singles charted from the album: "Letter Home", the title track, and "Love Will". These all made top-ten on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1988.^[1]

"These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye" was later a top-ten hit for Doug Stone in 1991.^[2]

Critical reception

Rating it 4 out of 5 stars, Jan Walker of The Orlando Sentinel said that "there's a confident sound to each of the 10 songs on the album, a showcase for the seemingly effortless natural harmony of four sibling voices."^[3] William Ruhlmann of AllMusic reviewed the album with favor as well, stating that "Already the possessors of a wonderful vocal harmony style, The Foresters hit a peak when they hooked up with writer/producer Wendy Waldman for this album, cutting her 'Letter Home' and other strong material".^[4]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I've Just Seen a Face"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	2:21
2.	"Love Will"	Don Pfrimmer, Byron Gallimore	3:34
3.	"Letter Home"	Wendy Waldman	3:37
4.	"These Lips Don't Know How to Say Goodbye"	Harlan Howard	3:30
5.	"Sincerely"	Harvey Fuqua, Alan Freed	3:54
6.	"Things Will Grow"	Don Schlitz	3:14
7.	"Some People"	Carol Chase	3:47
8.	"On the Other Side of the Gate"	Susan Longacre, Russell Smith	2:36
9.	"You Love Me"	Matraca Berg, Ronnie Samoset	3:27
10.	"A Matter of Time"	Karen Staley	3:26

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5]	30

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2017). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2017. Record Research, Inc. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-89820-229-8.
2. Whitburn, p. 348
3. Jan Walker (August 7, 1988). "Forester Sisters". The Orlando Sentinel. p. 4. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
4. William Ruhlmann. "Sincerely". AllMusic. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
5. "The Forester Sisters Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 23, 2020.