If My Heart Had Windows (Patty Loveless album)

If My Heart Had Windows
Studio album by Patty Loveless
Released	January 25, 1988
Genre	Country
Label	MCA
Producer	Emory Gordy, Jr. Tony Brown
Patty Loveless chronology
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Singles from If My Heart Had Windows
"You Saved Me" Released: November 1987 "If My Heart Had Windows" Released: February 1988 "A Little Bit in Love" Released: June 1988

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If My Heart Had Windows is the second album recorded by country music artist Patty Loveless, and was released in 1988. The title track — a cover of a George Jones song from 1967 — became Loveless' first top ten hit, peaking on the Billboard Country Music charts at #10.^[1] It was then followed by her biggest chart position (#2 on September 10, 1988^[2]) at the time with "A Little Bit In Love," a song written by country artist Steve Earle. It also features a recording of the song "Baby's Gone Blues", which would be recorded in 1992 by Reba McEntire and released on her album It's Your Call.

The album peaked at #33 on April 2, 1988.^[3]

This album was released the same year (1988) that Loveless became a Member of the Grand Ole Opry.^[4]

Track listing

1. "So Good to Be in Love" (Karen Staley) – 2:26
2. "Working Man's Hands" (Johnny Pierce, Joanne Christy, Paul Marshall) – 2:50
3. "You Saved Me" (Curtis Wright) – 3:22
4. "If My Heart Had Windows" (Dallas Frazier) – 2:59
5. "A Little Bit in Love" (Steve Earle) – 2:26
6. "I Can't Get You Off of My Mind" (Hank Williams) – 2:33
7. "Baby's Gone Blues" (Pat Bunch, Pam Rose, Mary Ann Kennedy) – 4:13
8. "A Little on the Lonely Side" (Roger Murrah, Kitty Murrah) – 3:31
9. "Fly Away" (John Hall, Joanne Hall) – 3:56
10. "Once in a Lifetime" (Eric Kaz, Marsha Zwilling) – 4:17

Personnel^[5]

• Patty Loveless - lead vocals
• Anthony Crawford, Vince Gill, Mary Ann Kennedy, Patty Loveless, Claire Lynch, Mac McAnally, Donna MacElroy, Michael Mishaw, Joann Neal, Pam Rose, Karen Staley - background vocals
• Reggie Young, Billy Joe Walker, Jr. - guitars
• Paul Franklin - dobro & steel guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis, Matt Rollings - piano
• Mike Lawler - keyboards, synthesizers, synthetic percussion
• Emory Gordy Jr. - bass guitar
• Glen Duncan - fiddle
• Eddie Bayers - drums

Production

• Produced by Tony Brown & Emory Gordy Jr.
• Recording Engineers: Steve Tillisch & Ron Treat; assisted by Mark J. Coddington, Tim Kish, Russ Martin & Keith Odle
• Overdubs Recorded by Ron Treat
• Mixed by Steve Tillisch
• Digital Editing: Milan Bogdan
• Mastered by Glenn Meadows

Chart performance

Singles

• Loveless stated that she dedicated "You Saved Me" to her producer at the time, and later husband, Emory Gordy, Jr. The song charted for 7 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles and Tracks chart, reaching #43 during the week of 12 December 1987.

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