Feel the Fire (Reba McEntire album)

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Feel the Fire
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Studio album by
Reba McEntire
ReleasedOctober 6, 1980
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
Allmusic4/5 stars[1]
Billboard(unrated)[2]

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.[3]

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven"Johnny MacRae, Bob Morrison, Bill Zerface, Jim Zerface2:45
2."Tears on My Pillow"Sylvester Bradford, Al Lewis2:33
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 Rosenberg3:53
5."If I Had It My Way"Robert John Jones, Jerry Taylor2:44
6."I Can See Forever in Your Eyes"Bob DiPiero2:44
7."Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)"Milton DeLugg, Bob Hilliard2:55
8."My Turn"Len Chera, Jay Huguely3:15
9."Look at the One (Who's Been Lookin' at You)"MacRae, Wanda Mallette, Morrison2:51
10."Suddenly There's a Valley"Isham Jones, Chuck Meyer3:29

Personnel[]

  • Reba McEntire – lead and backing vocals
  • Hargus "Pig" Robbins – acoustic piano, keyboards
  • Harold Bradley – guitar
  • Jimmy Capps – guitar
  • Ray Edenton – guitar
  • Gordon Kennedy – guitar
  • Charlie McCoy – guitar
  • Pete Wade – guitar
  • Chip Young – guitar
  • Weldon Myrick – steel guitar
  • Mike Leech – bass
  • Bob Moore – bass
  • Jerry Carrigan – drums
  • Buddy Harman – drums
  • Thomas Brannon – backing vocals
  • Phillip Forrest – backing vocals
  • Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals
  • Donna McElroy – backing vocals
  • Louis Dean Nunley – backing vocals
  • Diane Tidwell – backing vocals
  • Bergen White – backing vocals
  • Trish Williams – backing vocals
  • Dennis Wilson – backing vocals
  • Gil Wright – backing vocals

Strings

  • Bergen White – string arrangements
  • John Catchings and Roy Christensen – cello
  • Cindy Reynolds – harp
  • 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

Production[]

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

Charts[]

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1980 "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven"[4] Hot Country Singles & Tracks 8
"I Can See Forever in Your Eyes"[4] Hot Country Singles & Tracks 18
1981 "I Don't Think Love Oughta Be That Way"[4] Hot Country Singles & Tracks 13

References[]

  1. ^ Feel the Fire at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Review: Reba McEntire – Feel the Fire" (PDF). Billboard. 85 (42). 18 October 1980. p. 66. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 225.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Reba McEntire – Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com.
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