Shot Through the Heart (album)

Shot Through the Heart
Studio album by Jennifer Warnes
Released	May 1979
Genre	Rock, country rock
Length	36:12
Label	Arista
Producer	Rob Fraboni, Jennifer Warnes
Jennifer Warnes chronology
Jennifer Warnes (1977) Shot Through the Heart (1979) Famous Blue Raincoat (1987)

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Shot Through the Heart is the fifth album by American singer/songwriter Jennifer Warnes, released on Arista Records in 1979. It peaked at #13 on the Billboard Country albums chart and #94 on the main Billboard albums chart.

The premier single from the album: "I Know a Heartache When I See One", peaked at #19 on the Billboard singles chart ^[3] and reached #10 on the Hot Country Songs (C&W) listing, becoming Arista Records' lone C&W Top Ten hit prior to 1990. Follow-up singles "Don't Make Me Over" and "When the Feeling Comes Around" also made the Adult Contemporary charts. Despite modest sales, the album has always been a favorite recording of the artist's fans.

Track listing

1. "Shot Through the Heart" (Jennifer Warnes) – 4:18
2. "I Know a Heartache When I See One" (Rory Bourke, Kerry Chater, Charlie Black) – 3:30
3. "Don't Make Me Over" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 4:22
4. "You Remember Me" (Jesse Winchester) – 4:41
5. "Sign on the Window" (Bob Dylan) – 2:46
6. "I'm Restless" (Warnes) – 4:16
7. "Tell Me Just One More Time" (Leo Sayer, Tom Snow) – 2:39
8. "When the Feeling Comes Around" (Rick Cunha) – 3:17
9. "Frankie in the Rain" (Warnes) – 2:49
10. "Hard Times Come Again No More" (Stephen Foster) – 3:34

Personnel

• Jennifer Warnes – vocals, keyboards
• Blondie Chaplin – guitar, background vocals
• Kenny Edwards – keyboards, background vocals
• Bill Elliott – piano
• Ricky Fataar – drums
• Howard "Buzz" Feiten – guitar
• Bob Glaub – bass
• Andrew Gold – guitar, bass, keyboards, drums
• Chico Goldsmith – percussion
• Jim Gordon – drums
• Marty Grebb – keyboards
• Abraham Laboriel – bass
• Doug Livingston – piano
• Penny Nichols – background vocals
• Brian Russell – background vocals
• Mike Finnigan – background vocals
• Rob Fraboni – background vocals
• Mark Olson – keyboards
• Walt Richmond – keyboards
• Denny Seiwell – drums
• Brock Walsh – keyboards, background vocals
• Bill Elliott – arranger

References

1. Ruhlmann, William. Shot Through the Heart at AllMusic. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
2. Larkin, Colin (1999). The Virgin Encyclopedia Of Popular Music, Concise 3rd Edition, p. 1286. Virgin Books, London. ISBN 1-85227-832-3
3. Whitburn, Joel (2000). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 7th Edition, p. 667. Billboard Books, New York. ISBN 0-8230-7690-3