We Must Believe in Magic is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle.[2] Released on June 24, 1977, it became her highest selling album, reaching #2 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and #12 on the main Billboard album chart (her first album to enter the main chart and her only album to make the Top 30 there to date).[4] It was certified platinum by the RIAA in 1978. The album also has the distinction of being the first platinum album recorded by a female artist in country music.[5] It was also Gayle's first album to chart in the UK, where it reached #15, and was certified silver by the BPI. In the Netherlands, it stayed on the charts for two weeks and peaked at #29.
The album contains Gayle's huge international chart hit "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", which was not only her third #1 Country chart hit, but also reached #2 on the Billboard 100, becoming her biggest hit. Another track, "River Road", charted at #64 on the Country Singles chart when it appeared on the Favorites compilation album in 1980.
- Gene Chrisman, Jimmy Isbell, Kenny Malone – drums, percussion
- Joe Allen, Mike Leech – bass guitar
- David Kirby, Johnny Christopher, Jimmy Colvard, Reggie Young, Allen Reynolds – guitars
- Lloyd Green – steel guitar
- Bobby Wood, Hargus "Pig" Robbins – keyboards
- Charles Cochran - keyboards, string and horn arrangements
- Shane Keister – synthesizers
- New Grass Revival, The Trolleycar Band – special effects
- Buddy Spicher, Sam Bush – fiddle
- Courtney Johnson – banjo
- Billy Puett – flute, clarinet
- Carl Gorodetsky, Gary Vanosdale, George Binkley, Lennie Haight, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Sheldon Kurland – strings
- Janie Fricke, Marcia Routh, Pebble Daniel, Sandy Mason Theoret, Garth Fundis – backing vocals
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