We Must Believe in Magic

Studio album by Crystal Gayle

Released

June 24, 1977

Genre

Country

Length

29:49

Crystal Gayle chronology

Crystal
(1976)

We Must Believe in Magic
(1977)

I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes
(1978)

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 #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. 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 #15, and was certified silver by the BPI. In the Netherlands, it stayed on the charts for two weeks and peaked at #29.

The album contains Gayle's huge international chart hit "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue", which was not only her 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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
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"	Liz Anderson	2:05
10.	"We Must Believe in Magic"	Bob McDill, Reynolds	4:09

Production

Produced by Allen Reynolds
Engineered by Garth Fundis

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

Notes

External links

"We Must Believe in Magic" at discogs

Crystal Gayle

Albums Singles

Studio albums	Crystal Gayle Somebody Loves You Crystal We Must Believe in Magic When I Dream We Should Be Together Miss the Mississippi These Days Hollywood, Tennessee True Love Cage the Songbird Nobody Wants to Be Alone What If We Fall in Love (with Gary Morris) Straight to the Heart A Crystal Christmas Nobody's Angel Ain't Gonna Worry Three Good Reasons Best Always Someday Joy & Inspiration Crystal Gayle Sings the Heart and Soul of Hoagy Carmichael In My Arms All My Tomorrows

Compilation albums	I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes Classic Crystal Favorites A Woman's Heart Crystal Gayle's Greatest Hits The Best of Crystal Gayle

Other albums	One from the Heart (with Tom Waits) Live! An Evening with Crystal Gayle

Video albums	Crystal Gayle in Concert

Record labels	Capitol Columbia Decca Elektra Liberty Madacy United Artists Warner Bros.

Related articles	Another World Bob Hope television specials Country pop Loretta Lynn Gary Morris

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