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Feel the Fire
Studio album by
Reba McEntire
Released1980
StudioSound Stage Studios and Selby Sound, Nashville, TN.
Genre Country
Length30:10
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: 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
AllMusic [1]
Billboard(unrated) [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [3]

Feel the Fire is the third studio album by American country music singer Reba McEntire, released in 1980 through Mercury Records. Its first single release, " (You Lift Me) Up to Heaven", was her first top ten hit. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1." (You Lift Me) Up to Heaven"
2:45
2." Tears on My Pillow"
2:33
3." I Don't Think Love Ought to Be That Way"
2:40
4."Long Distance Lover"
  • Pauline Lee
  • Robert Rosenberg
3:53
5."If I Had It My Way"
2:44
6." I Can See Forever in Your Eyes" Bob DiPiero2:44
7." Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)"
2:55
8."My Turn"
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"
3:29

Personnel

Vocals

Musicians

Strings

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

Production

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

Charts

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1980 "(You Lift Me) Up to Heaven" [5] Hot Country Singles & Tracks 8
"I Can See Forever in Your Eyes" [5] Hot Country Singles & Tracks 18
1981 "I Don't Think Love Oughta Be That Way" [5] Hot Country Singles & Tracks 13

References

  1. ^ Feel the Fire at AllMusic
  2. ^ "Review: Reba McEntire – Feel the Fire" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 42. 18 October 1980. p. 66. ISSN  0006-2510. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 460.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 225.
  5. ^ a b c "Reba McEntire – Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com.
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