Heart to Heart (Reba McEntire album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Heart to Heart

| type = studio

| artist = Reba McEntire

| cover = Reba McEntire - Heart to Heart.jpg

| alt =

| released = August 17, 1981

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = Sound Stage Studios and Selby Sound, Nashville, TN.

| genre = Country

| length = 28:54

| label = Mercury

| producer = Jerry Kennedy

| prev_title = Feel The Fire

| prev_year = 1980

| next_title = Unlimited

| next_year = 1982

| misc = {{singles

| name = Heart to Heart

| type = studio

| single1 = Today All Over Again

| single1date = July 1981

| single2 = Only You (And You Alone)

| single2date = November 1981

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r189478|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

}}

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.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| collapsed =

| title1 = Indelibly Blue

| writer1 = Jim Peterik

| length1 = 3:21

| title2 = Ease the Fever

| writer2 = Bob Morrison, Bill Zerface, Jim Zerface

| length2 = 2:35

| title3 = There Ain't No Love

| writer3 = Pat McManus

| length3 = 2:24

| title4 = How Does It Feel to Be Free

| writer4 = Stewart Harris, Keith Stegall

| length4 = 3:21

| title5 = Only You (And You Alone)

| writer5 = Buck Ram

| length5 = 2:50

| title6 = Today All Over Again

| writer6 = Bobby Harden, Lola Jean Dillon

| length6 = 3:16

| title7 = Gonna Love Ya (Till the Cows Come Home)

| writer7 = Rick Carnes, Susan Drake

| length7 = 2:50

| title8 = Who?

| writer8 = Carnes, Chip Hardy

| length8 = 2:19

| title9 = Small Two-Bedroom Starter

| writer9 = Harry Shannon, Mitch Johnson

| length9 = 3:03

| title10 = Love by Love

| writer10 = B. Zerface, J. Zerface, Morrison, Johnny MacRae

| length10 = 2:59

}}

Personnel

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 =

  • 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

=Album=

class="wikitable"

! Chart (1981)

! Peak
position

U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p1724/charts-awards|pure_url=yes}} allmusic ((( Reba McEntire > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))]

| align="center"| 42

=Singles=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! rowspan="2"| Year

! rowspan="2"| Single

! colspan="2"| Peak positions

style="font-size:smaller;"

! width="50"| US Country

! width="50"| CAN Country

rowspan="2"| 1981

| align="left"| "Today All Over Again"

| 5

| 8

align="left"| "Only You (And You Alone)"

| 13

| —

References