We Must Believe in Magic

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.

We Must Believe in Magic
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 24, 1977
GenreCountry
Length29:49
LabelUnited Artists
ProducerAllen Reynolds
Crystal Gayle chronology
Crystal
(1976)
We Must Believe in Magic
(1977)
I've Cried the Blue Right Out of My Eyes
(1978)
Singles from We Must Believe In Magic
  1. "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"
    Released: August 9, 1977

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
SourceRating
Allmusic

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue"Richard Leigh2:37
2."I Wanna Come Back to You"Johnny Christopher, Samuel Hogin2:54
3."River Road"Sylvia Fricker Tyson3:08
4."It's All Right with Me"Cole Porter2:32
5."Going Down Slow"Bobby Bond3:41
6."All I Wanna Do in Life"Allen Reynolds, Sandy Mason Theoret2:26
7."Make a Dream Come True"Larry Kingston3:06
8."Green Door"Bob Davie, Marvin Moore3:11
9."Funny"Liz Anderson2:05
10."We Must Believe in Magic"Bob McDill, Reynolds4:09

Charts

Chart (1977/78) Peak
position
Australian (Kent Music Report)47[1]

Production

Personnel

Notes

  1. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 122. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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