We Must Believe in Magic is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle. Released on June 24, 1977, it became her highest selling album, reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Country Albums chart and No. 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. The album also has the distinction of being the first platinum album recorded by a female artist in country music. It was also Gayle's first album to chart in the UK, where it reached No. 15, and was certified silver by the BPI. In the Netherlands, it stayed on the charts for two weeks 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 her third No. 1 Country chart hit, but also reached No. 2 on the Billboard 100, becoming her biggest hit. Another track, "River Road", charted at No. 64 on the Country Singles chart when it appeared on the Favorites compilation album in 1980.
Track listing
Charts Chart (1977/78)PeakpositionAustralian (Kent Music Report)47
Personnel Gene Chrisman, Jimmy Isbell, Kenny Malone – drums, percussion Joe Allen, Mike Leech – bass guitar David Kirby, Johnny Christopher, Jimmy Colvard, Reggie Young, Allen Reynolds – guitars Lloyd Green – steel guitar Bobby Wood, Hargus "Pig" Robbins – keyboards Charles Cochran – keyboards, string and horn arrangements Shane Keister – synthesizers New Grass Revival, the Trolleycar Band – special effects Buddy Spicher, Sam Bush – fiddle Courtney Johnson – banjo Billy Puett – flute, clarinet Carl Gorodetsky, Gary Vanosdale, George Binkley, Lennie Haight, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen, Sheldon Kurland – strings Janie Fricke, Marcia Routh, Pebble Daniel, Sandy Mason Theoret, Garth Fundis – backing vocals
Production Produced by Allen Reynolds Engineered by Garth Fundis
References
External links "We Must Believe in Magic" at discogs