We Must Believe in Magic

For the song, see We Must Believe in Magic (song).

We Must Believe in Magic is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Crystal Gayle.^[2] 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).^[4] 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.^[5] 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 Crystal Gayle
Released	June 24, 1977
Genre	Country
Length	29:49
Label	United Artists
Producer	Allen 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
"Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" Released: August 9, 1977

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide	[3]

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.

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, Sam 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"	Bobby 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

Charts

Chart (1977/78)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)	47[6]

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