For My Broken Heart

Reba McEntire | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 1, 1991)
• Original Release Date: October 1, 1991
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca Nashville
• ASIN: B000002OI1
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #62,469 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reba's Triumph, February 7, 2002

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J. M. Zuurbier (Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: For My Broken Heart (Audio CD)

FOR MY BROKEN HEART is Reba McEntire's most honest, emotional offering, and her most consistent effort. The album was Reba's first new album in a few years, after the tragic death of her band on a plane. The pain and remorse is evident in her voice, on the title track, which is one of her best songs from the 90's. Elsewhere, the album offers other great songs which will forever be remembered. "Is There Life Out There" is another great song about a mother who is working a job, raising two kids and going to college. Its a spirited performance by Reba, who gives the song life. Her cover of "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" is a great performance as well, as if the song was written for her to sing it. The album shows Reba's ability as a singer to convey different emotions and to get the message she wants to send out to the listener. Other highlights include "He's In Dallas", "If I Had Only Known" and "Buying Her Roses". A must have. Give it a listen.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intensely emotional, November 12, 2003

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Jake Z "holden84" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: For My Broken Heart (Audio CD)

Reba McEntire's 1991 album FOR MY BROKEN HEART is her most personal, endearing album. It is intensely emotional, start to finish. This came out right after a plane crash killed her band manager and 6 band members. I recently rediscovered this album, and it comes at a very important time in my life. My father is slowly dying and this music just speaks to me. The way she sings is so heartbreaking, but her command is not overbearing. "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" is so sad but a beautiful, beautiful song. "If I Had Only Known" is very sad too, a song about wishing we knew when people would die so we could hold onto those last moments. The title track is a killer, "I guess the world didn't stop for my broken heart", so sad but a great song. I love the ballad "I Wouldn't Go That Far", a beautiful ballad about not being ready for various stages of love. "Is There Life Out There" was a modest hit, and gave us one of Reba's best videos. Her version of "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" is excellent and classic Reba. This is one of her best albums, if not the best album she's ever recorded.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Immaculate!, June 11, 2000

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This review is from: For My Broken Heart (Audio CD)

Absolutely the best Reba album of all time! As much as I cried just listening to this album, I don't know how she got through the recording process. It's the most painful album I've ever listened to. Bus as sad as these songs are, they serve as a reminder that life is so short, and to appreciate every moment that you have with the ones that you love. It is an album about loss, but also one about hope and the resilience of the human spirit.

Although For My Broken Heart is probably the most well known of the songs on the album, Bobby is the heartbreaker. A vivid montage of Bobby in prison, his son, and the heartbreaking tragedy that binds them together automatically pops into your mind and it's as if a movie is going on right inside of your head. In the end when the son offers Bobby his forgiveness and his love, the song will have you weeping aloud.

No matter what musical genre you search, you will never find a better album than this one. Maybe some that equal it, but none better. It is a masterpiece and one to be cherished forever.