Forgive (album)

Forgive
Studio album by Rebecca Lynn Howard
Released September 10, 2002
Genre Country
Length 45:24
Label MCA Nashville
Producer Trey Bruce
Steve Fishell
Mark Wright
Rebecca Lynn Howard chronology

Rebecca Lynn Howard
(2000)
Forgive
(2002)
No Rules
(2008)

Forgive is the second studio album by American country music artist Rebecca Lynn Howard. The album was released in September 2002 by MCA Nashville. The only single released from the project, the title track, peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and was her only Top 40 country hit. Songwriter Trey Bruce produced 11 of the album's 12 tracks, working with Mark Wright on the title track, while Steve Fishell produced "Jesus and Bartenders".[1]

"Jesus and Bartenders" was later recorded by Daryle Singletary, who released it in 2008 as a single from his album Straight from the Heart. It was originally recorded by Larry Cordle on his album Murder on Music Row.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic link
People favorable[2]

Track listing

  1. "Beautiful to You" (Trey Bruce, Rebecca Lynn Howard) - 3:44
  2. "Dancin' in God's Country" (Larry Williams, Kim Williams, Howard) - 4:02
  3. "It Didn't Look Like Alcohol" (Bruce, Howard) - 4:28
  4. "Life Had Other Plans" (Angelo Petraglia, Georgia Middleman) - 3:41
  5. "Forgive" (Bruce, Howard) - 3:58
  6. "It's My Job to Fall" (Leslie Satcher) - 4:12
  7. "Jesus and Bartenders" (Larry Cordle, Satcher) - 3:58
  8. "This Love" (Marty Dodson, Howard) - 4:01
  9. "When Did You Ever Listen to Me" (Tim Johnson, Gary Cotton) - 3:04
  10. "Memorized" (Howard, James LeBlanc) - 3:56
  11. "Pink Flamingo Kind of Love" (Bruce, Howard) - 3:10
  12. "Softly and Tenderly" (Will Lamartine Thompson) - 3:10

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes.[1]

Musicians on all tracks except "Jesus and Bartenders"

Strings on "Forgive": Carolyn Bailey, Christopher Farrell, Lynn Peithman, Alison Gooding, Erin Hall, Beverly Duker, Shu-Zheng Yang, Julia Tanner, David Reneau, Denise Baker, Melinda Bootz, and Jeremy Williams

Musicians on "Jesus and Bartenders"
Technical

Chart performance

Chart (2002) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 5
U.S. Billboard 200 29

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Forgive (CD booklet). Rebecca Lynn Howard. MCA Nashville. 2002. 0881702882.
  2. "Picks and Pans Main: Song". People. 23 September 2002. Retrieved 6 September 2014.