Feel the Fire (Reba McEntire album)

Feel the Fire
Studio album by Reba McEntire
Released October 1980
Studio Sound Stage Studios and Selby Sound, Nashville, TN.
Genre Country
Length 30:10
Label Mercury
Producer Jerry 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: 1980
  2. "I Can See Forever in Your Eyes"
    Released: 1980
  3. "I Don't Think Love Oughta Be That Way"
    Released: 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Feel the Fire is Reba McEntire's third studio album. Its first single release, "You Lift Me (Up to Heaven)", was her first top ten hit.[2]

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven"  Johnny MacRae, Bob Morrison, Bill Zerface, Jim Zerface 2:45
2. "Tears on My Pillow"  Sylvester Bradford, Al Lewis 2:33
3. "I Don't Think Love Ought to Be That Way"  Richard Mainegra, Layng Martine, Jr. 2:40
4. "Long Distance Lover"  Pauline Lee, Robert Rosenberg 3:53
5. "If I Had It My Way"  Robert John Jones, Jerry Taylor 2:44
6. "I Can See Forever in Your Eyes"  Bob DiPiero 2:44
7. "Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)"  Milton DeLugg, Bob Hilliard 2:55
8. "My Turn"  Len Chera, Jay Huguely 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"  Isham Jones, Chuck Meyer 3:29

Personnel

  • Reba McEntire – lead vocals, background vocals
  • Jerry CarriganDrums
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • Mike Leech – bass
  • Bob Moore – bass
  • Hargus "Pig" Robbinspiano
  • GuitarsHarold Bradleyguitar
  • Jimmy Capps – guitar
  • Ray Edenton – guitar
  • Gordon Kennedy – guitar
  • Charlie McCoy – guitar
  • Pete Wade – guitar
  • Chip Young – guitar
  • Weldon Myrick steel guitar
  • Thomas Brannon – background vocals
  • Phillip Forrest – background vocals
  • Yvonne Hodges – background vocals
  • Donna McElroy – background vocals
  • Louis Dean Nunley – background vocals
  • Diane Tidwell – background vocals
  • D. Bergen White – background vocals, string arrangements
  • Trish Williams – background vocals
  • Dennis Wilson – background vocals
  • Gil Wright – background vocals
  • Cindy Reynolds harp
  • George Binkley III – strings
  • John Catchings – strings
  • Marvin Chantry – strings
  • Connie Ellisor – strings
  • Carl Gorodetzky – strings
  • Lennie Haight – strings
  • Sheldon Kurland – strings
  • Wilfred Lehmann – strings
  • Dennis Molchan – strings
  • Samuel Terranova – strings
  • Stephanie Woolf – strings

Production

  • Jerry Kennedy – producer
  • Brent King – engineer
  • Lee Groitzsch – assistant engineer
  • Hank Williams – Mastering
  • Phil Austin – mastering

Charts

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1980 "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven"[3] Hot Country Singles & Tracks 8
"I Can See Forever in Your Eyes"[3] Hot Country Singles & Tracks 18
1981 "I Don't Think Love Oughta Be That Way"[3] Hot Country Singles & Tracks 13

References

  1. Feel the Fire at AllMusic
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 225.
  3. 1 2 3 "Reba McEntire – Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com.
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