Used Heart for Sale is the debut studio album by American country music singer Gary Allan. It was released on September 24, 1996, via Decca Records Nashville. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA. It produced four singles on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart with "Her Man", "Living in a House Full of Love", "From Where I'm Sitting", and "Forever and a Day". "Her Man" reached the Top 10 on the country charts at #7, while none of the other three singles reached Top 40.

Used Heart for Sale
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 24, 1996 (1996-09-24)
GenreCountry
Length29:56
LabelDecca Nashville
ProducerMark Wright
Byron Hill
Gary Allan chronology
Used Heart for Sale
(1996)
It Would Be You
(1998)
Singles from Used Heart for Sale
  1. "Her Man"
    Released: August 27, 1996
  2. "Forever and a Day"
    Released: January 18, 1997
  3. "From Where I'm Sitting"
    Released: May 10, 1997
  4. "Living in a House of Love"
    Released: September 27, 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Several of the songs on this album are covers, including two its singles. "Her Man" was previously recorded by Waylon Jennings on his 1990 album The Eagle, and "Living in a House Full of Love" was previously a number 3 hit for David Houston back in 1965. In addition, "Wine Me Up" is a cover of Faron Young's hit single. The picture of his album cover just shows him laying on a couch. With his feet one foot behind the other. And holding his hat up in the air with his right hand. When Gary was on TNN Mark Chesnutt was interviewing him he told Mark "It wasn't enough make-up for me to be on the cover."

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Send Back My Heart"John David, George Ducas3:16
2."Her Man"Kent Robbins2:44
3."Forever and a Day"Jim Lauderdale, Frank Dycus2:39
4."Living in a House of Love"Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton2:19
5."All I Had Going Is Gone"Mark Wright, Ronnie Rogers2:54
6."Used Heart for Sale"Gary Allan, Jake Kelly2:26
7."Of All the Hearts"Byron Hill, J. Remington Wilde2:43
8."From Where I'm Sitting"Garth Brooks, Kent Maxon4:02
9."Wine Me Up"Faron Young, Bill Deaton2:20
10."Wake Up Screaming"Lauderdale, John Leventhal4:40
Total length:29:56

Charts

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Chart (1996) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 20
U.S. Billboard 200 136
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 4

Certifications

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Region Certification
United States (RIAA)[2] Gold

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Owens, Thom. "Used Heart for Sale review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
  2. ^ "American album certifications – Gary Allan – Used Heart for Sale". Recording Industry Association of America.