For My Broken Heart

For My Broken Heart is the seventeenth studio album by American country music singer Reba McEntire, released on October 1, 1991. It was the first studio album recorded after an airplane crash which killed most of the members of her touring band. The album is, as McEntire states in the album's notes, "a form of healing for all our broken hearts" and the songs were chosen to that effect.

The album was led off by its title track, which was followed by "Is There Life Out There". "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia", originally a 1972 hit for Vicki Lawrence, was also accompanied by a video when it was released as the album's third single. It became her highest-charting album on the Billboard 200 chart at that time, peaking at number 13. It is also one of McEntire's biggest-selling studio albums - selling 4 million copies.

The album debuted at number 4 for the week of October 19, 1991. It peaked at number 3 for the week of November 2, 1991. It stayed at number 3 for 7 consecutive weeks. It stayed in the Top Ten for 20 consecutive weeks. It was the first album by a female country artist to be certified 2× platinum by the RIAA.

Personnel

 * Reba McEntire – lead and backing vocals
 * John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
 * Matt Rollings – keyboards
 * Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
 * Michael Thompson – electric guitar
 * Steve Fishell – steel guitar
 * John Hughey – steel guitar
 * Mark O'Connor – fiddle, mandolin
 * Leland Sklar – bass guitar
 * Larrie Londin – drums
 * Bob Bailey – backing vocals (1, 6)
 * Kim Fleming – backing vocals (1, 6)
 * Vicki Hampton – backing vocals (1, 6)
 * Yvonne Hodges – backing vocals (1, 6)
 * Pamela Quinlan – backing vocals (1, 6)
 * Linda Davis – backing vocals
 * Vince Gill – backing vocals
 * Harry Stinson – backing vocals

Production

 * Tony Brown – producer
 * Reba McEntire – producer
 * John Guess – recording, mixing, mastering
 * Marty Williams – assistant engineer, mastering
 * Jessie Noble – project coordinator
 * Mickey Braithwaite – art direction, design
 * Jim McGuire – photography