From the Heart (Janie Fricke album)

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From the Heart
Janie Fricke--From the Heart.jpg
Studio album by
Janie Fricke
ReleasedNovember 1979 (1979-11)
RecordedAugust 1979 (1979-08)
Studio Columbia (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre Country-pop [1]
Label Columbia
Producer Billy Sherrill
Janie Fricke chronology
Love Notes
(1979)		From the Heart
(1979)		 Nice 'n' Easy
(1980)
Singles from From the Heart
  1. "But Love Me"
    Released: October 1979
  2. "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)"
    Released: January 1980

From the Heart is a studio album by American country music artist Janie Fricke. It was released in November 1979 via Columbia Records and contained ten tracks. It was the third studio release of Fricke's career and spawned two singles that charted on the country surveys in the United States and Canada. This included a cover of "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)", which was issued as a single in 1980.

Contents

Background and content

Janie Fricke was a studio background vocalist who received enough attention in her session work to sign her own recording contract with Columbia Records. The label released a series of Fricke's recordings in the late 1970s that helped her establish a musical identity. [2] Among these releases was 1979's From the Heart. The album was recorded at the Columbia Studios in Nashville, Tennessee in August 1979. Similar to her previous release, the project was produced by Billy Sherrill. [3] From the Heart consisted of ten tracks. [1] The collection included the song "My World Begins and Ends with You", which would later become a top ten country single for the trio Dave & Sugar. [4] It also included a cover of Doris Day's 1952 hit "When I Fall in Love" and Johnny Rodriguez's 1973 country hit "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)". [3]

Release, reception and singles

From the Heart was released in November 1979 on Columbia Records. It was the third studio album released in Fricke's career and the third with the Columbia label. It was originally offered as a vinyl LP with five selections on both sides of the record. [3] It was also issued overseas in the United Kingdom under CBS Records International. [5] Decades later, the album was re-released to digital and streaming platforms including Apple Music. [6] [7] From the Heart was Fricke's first album to chart in Canada, reaching number ten on the RPM Country Albums list in 1979. [8] The disc would later receive four out of five stars from AllMusic. [1]

Two singles were released from From the Heart. The first was "But Love Me", which was issued on Columbia in October 1979. [9] It spent 13 weeks on the American Billboard Top Country Albums chart before peaking at number 26 in January 1980. [10] The second single released was Fricke's cover of "Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)", which was issued in January 1980. [11] It spent 12 weeks on the Billboard country chart and climbed to number 22 later in the year. [10] "Pass Me By" also reached Canada's RPM Country Singles survey, peaking in the top 20 at number 19. [12]

Track listings

Vinyl version

Side one [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."But Love Me" Kenny Nolan 2:59
2."Fallin' for You"Tim Hubler3:20
3."My World Begins and Ends with You"
  • Larry Keith
  • Steve Pippin
2:50
4."A Cool September"
2:35
5."When I Fall in Love"
2:59
Side two [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)"H.B. Hall2:58
2."Gonna Love Ya (Till the Cows Come Home)"
  • Rick Carnes
  • Susan Drake
3:55
3."Some Fools Don't Ever Learn"John Tipton2:57
4."One Piece at a Time"Randy Jackson2:52
5."This Ain't Tennessee and He Ain't You"
  • Larry Bastian
  • James Shaw
3:57

Digital version

From the Heart (music download and streaming) [7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."But Love Me"Nolan3:06
2."Fallin' for You"Hubler3:19
3."My World Begins and Ends with You"
  • Keith
  • Pippin
2:53
4."A Cool September"
  • Sherrill
  • Sutton
2:37
5."When I Fall in Love"
  • Heyman
  • Young
2:58
6."Pass Me By (If You're Only Passing Through)"Hall3:01
7."Gonna Love Ya (Till the Cows Come Home)"
  • Carnes
  • Drake
2:57
8."Some Fools Don't Ever Learn"Tipton3:00
9."One Piece at a Time"Jackson2:54
10."This Ain't Tennessee and He Ain't You"
  • Bastian
  • Shaw
3:58

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of From the Heart. [3]

Musical personnel

Technical personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Canada Country Albums/CD's ( RPM ) [8] 10

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
North AmericaNovember 1979VinylColumbia Records [3]
United Kingdom CBS Records International [5]
North America2016
  • Music download
  • streaming
Columbia Records [13] [7]

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  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Janie Fricke: Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Fricke, Janie (November 1979). "From the Heart (LP Liner Notes)". Columbia Records . JCA-36268.
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  10. 1 2 "Janie Fricke chart history (Country Songs)". Billboard . Retrieved 31 December 2021.
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