Love Is Fair

Love is Fair
Studio album by Barbara Mandrell
Released August 29, 1980
Genre Country
Label MCA Nashville
Producer Tom Collins
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Barbara Mandrell chronology
The Best of Barbara Mandrell
1979
Love is Fair
1980
Barbara Mandrell Live
1981

Love is Fair is a studio album by American country music singer, Barbara Mandrell, released in August 1980.

Love is Fair was Mandrell's first studio album of the decade. The album was successful for Mandrell, spawning four singles. The first single, "Crackers", peaked at #3 on the Country charts in 1980, and also charted on the Bubbling Under/Hot 100, her last single to chart there. The second single, "The Best of Strangers" was another Top 10 Country hit. The third single, "Love is Fair" peaked at #13 on the Country charts. The flip-side of that song, "Sometime, Somewhere, Somehow" charted on the Adult Contemporary charts in the Top 30. The album consisted of 10 tracks, including a cover of the Brenda Lee pop hit "Coming On Strong" and Michael Jackson's hit, "(S)He's Out of My Life".

Love Is Fair peaked at #6 on the Top Country Albums chart and also peaked at #175 on the Billboard 200, her second album to peak on the Billboard 200.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Love is Fair"
  2. "Crackers"
  3. "He's Out of My Life"
  4. "Not Tonight, I've Got a Heartache"
  5. "Long Time, No Love"
  6. "The Best of Strangers"
  7. "Sometime, Somewhere, Somehow"
  8. "My Bonnie Lies Over and Over"
  9. "I'm Afraid He'll Find You (Somewhere in My Heart)"
  10. "Coming on Strong"

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1980) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 6
U.S. Billboard 200 175
Canadian RPM Country Albums 12

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions
US Country US CAN Country
1980 "Crackers" 3 105 6
"The Best of Strangers" 6 9
1981 "Love Is Fair" 13 7