We Must Believe in Magic

We Must Believe In Magic is the fourth studio album by the American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released in 1977, it became Gayle highest selling album, reaching #2 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and #12 on the main Billboard album chart (her first album to enter the main chart and her only album to make the Top 30 there to date). It was certified Platinum by the RIAA in 1978. It was also Gayle's first album to chart in the United Kingdom, where it reached #15 and was certified Silver by the BPI. In Netherlands, it stayed 2 weeks in the chart and peaked at No. 29.

The album contains Gayle's huge international chart hit "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", which was not only Gayle's third #1 Country chart hit, but also reached #2 on the Billboard 100, becoming her biggest hit. Another track, "River Road", charted at #64 on the Country Singles chart when it appeared on the Favorites compilation album in 1980.

Track listing

1. "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" (Richard Leigh) – 2:37
2. "I Wanna Come Back To You" (Johnny Christopher, Samuel Hogin) – 2:54
3. "River Road" (Sylvia Fricker Tyson) – 3:08
4. "It's All Right With Me" (Cole Porter) – 2:32
5. "Going Down Slow" (B. Bond) – 3:41
6. "All I Wanna Do In Life" (Allen Reynolds, Sandy Mason Theoret) – 2:26
7. "Make A Dream Come True" (Larry Kingston) – 3:06
8. "Green Door" (Bob Davie, Marvin Moore) – 3:11
9. "Funny" (L. Anderson) – 2:05
10. "We Must Believe In Magic"^[1] (Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds) – 4:09

Production

• Produced By Allen Reynolds
• Engineered By Garth Fundis

Personnel

• Drums, Percussion: Gene Chrisman, Jim Isbell, Kenny Malone
• Bass: Joe Allen, Mike Leech
• Guitars: Dave Kirby, Johnny Christopher, Jim Colvard, Reggie Young, Allen Reynolds
• Steel Guitar: Lloyd Green
• Keyboards: Bobby Wood, Hargus "Pig" Robbins
• Synthesizers: Shane Keister
• Special Effects: The Newgrass Revial, The Trolleycar Band
• Fiddle: Buddy Spicher, Sam Bush
• Banjo: Courtney Johnson
• Flute, Clarinet: Billy Puett
• Strings: Carl Gorodetsky, Gary VanOsdale, George Binkley, Lenny Haight, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Sheldon Kurland
• Backing Vocals: Janie Fricke, Marcia Routh, Pebble Daniel, Sandy Mason Theoret, Garth Fundis

Note

External links

• "We Must Believe In Magic" at discogs