Feel the Fire (Reba McEntire album)

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Feel the Fire
Studio album by
Reba McEntire
Released1980
StudioSound Stage Studios and Selby Sound, Nashville, TN.
GenreCountry
Length30:10
LabelMercury
ProducerJerry Kennedy
Reba McEntire chronology
Out of a Dream
(1979) 		Feel the Fire
(1980) 		Heart to Heart
(1981)
Singles from Feel the Fire
  1. "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven"
    Released: May 1980
  2. "I Can See Forever in Your Eyes"
    Released: October 1980
  3. "I Don't Think Love Ought to Be That Way"
    Released: February 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Billboard(unrated)[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Feel the Fire is the third studio album by American country music singer Reba McEntire, released in 1980 through Mercury Records. Its first single release, "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven", was her first top ten hit.[4]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven"
2:45
2."Tears on My Pillow"
2:33
3."I Don't Think Love Ought to Be That Way"
2:40
4."Long Distance Lover"
  • Pauline Lee
  • Robert Rosenberg
3:53
5."If I Had It My Way"
2:44
6."I Can See Forever in Your Eyes"Bob DiPiero2:44
7."Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)"
2:55
8."My Turn"
3:15
9."Look at the One (Who's Been Lookin' at You)"
  • MacRae
  • Wanda Mallette
  • Morrison
2:51
10."Suddenly There's a Valley"
3:29

Personnel[edit]

Vocals[edit]

Musicians[edit]

Strings

  • Marvin Chantry, Virginia Christensen and Gary Vanosdale – viola
  • George Binkley III, Connie Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Lennie Haight, Sheldon Kurland, Wilfred Lehmann Dennis Molchan, Samuel Terranova and Stephanie Woolf – violin
  • John Catchings and Roy Christensen – cello
  • Cindy Reynolds – harp
  • Bergen White – string arrangements

Production[edit]

  • Dennis Carney – photography
  • Lee Groitzsch – assistant engineer
  • Bob Heimall – art direction
  • Jerry Kennedy – producer
  • Brent King – engineer
  • Red Steagall – management
  • Woodland Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) – mastering location
  • Hank Williams – mastering
  • Stephanie Zuras – design

Charts[edit]

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1980 "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven"[5] Hot Country Singles & Tracks 8
"I Can See Forever in Your Eyes"[5] Hot Country Singles & Tracks 18
1981 "I Don't Think Love Oughta Be That Way"[5] Hot Country Singles & Tracks 13

References[edit]

  1. ^ Feel the Fire at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Review: Reba McEntire – Feel the Fire" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 42. 18 October 1980. p. 66. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 460.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 225.
  5. ^ a b c "Reba McEntire – Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com.
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