Heart to Heart (Reba McEntire album)

Heart to Heart is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It was released via Mercury Records on August 17, 1981. The album includes the singles "Today All Over Again" and "Only You and You Alone," a cover of the doo-wop standard. Heart to Heart reached #42 on Top Country Albums.

Heart to Heart
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 17, 1981
StudioSound Stage Studios and Selby Sound, Nashville, TN.
GenreCountry
Length28:54
LabelMercury
ProducerJerry Kennedy
Reba McEntire chronology
Feel The Fire
(1980)
Heart to Heart
(1981)
Unlimited
(1982)
Singles from Heart to Heart
  1. "Today All Over Again"
    Released: July 1981
  2. "Only You (And You Alone)"
    Released: November 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Track listing edit

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Indelibly Blue"Jim Peterik3:21
2."Ease the Fever"Bob Morrison, Bill Zerface, Jim Zerface2:35
3."There Ain't No Love"Pat McManus2:24
4."How Does It Feel to Be Free"Stewart Harris, Keith Stegall3:21
5."Only You (And You Alone)"Buck Ram, Ande Rand2:50
6."Today All Over Again"Bobby Harden, Lola Jean Dillon3:16
7."Gonna Love Ya (Till the Cows Come Home)"Rick Carnes, Susan Drake2:50
8."Who?"Carnes, Chip Hardy2:19
9."Small Two-Bedroom Starter"Harry Shannon, Mitch Johnson3:03
10."Love by Love"B. Zerface, J. Zerface, Morrison, Johnny MacRae2:59

Personnel edit

  • Reba McEntire – lead and backing vocals
  • Hargus "Pig" Robbins – keyboards, acoustic piano
  • Ray Edenton – guitars
  • Gordon Kennedy – guitars
  • Pete Wade – guitars
  • Chip Young – guitars
  • Weldon Myricksteel guitar
  • Mike Leech – bass
  • Jerry Carrigan – drums
  • Thomas Brannon – backing vocals
  • Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals
  • Susie McEntire – backing vocals
  • Louis Dean Nunley – backing vocals
  • Ricky Page – backing vocals
  • Ricky Skaggs – backing vocals
  • Bergen White – backing vocals
  • Trish Williams – backing vocals
  • Dennis Wilson – backing vocals

The Nashville String Machine

  • Bergen White – string arrangements
  • George Binkley III, John David Boyle, Marvin Chantry, Ray Christensen, Connie Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Martin Katahn, Sheldon Kurland, Martha McCrory, Dennis Molchan, Samuel Terranova, Gary Vanosdale and Stephanie Woolf – string performers

Production edit

  • Jerry Kennedy – producer
  • Brent King – engineer, mixing
  • Steve Fralick – assistant engineer
  • Mike Psanos – assistant engineer, mix assistant
  • Hank Williams – mastering at Woodland Studios (Nashville, Tennessee).
  • Suha Gur – digital remastering
  • Bob Heimall – artwork, design
  • Dennis Carney – photography
  • Rachel Dennison – makeup

Charts edit

Album edit

Chart (1981) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[2] 42

Singles edit

Year Single Peak positions
US Country CAN Country
1981 "Today All Over Again" 5 8
"Only You (And You Alone)" 13

References edit