Forgive is the second studio album by American

United States

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 country music

Country music

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 artist Rebecca Lynn Howard

Rebecca Lynn Howard

Rebecca Lynn Howard is an American country music artist. She has charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, and has released three studio albums...

. The album was released in September 2002 by MCA Nashville

Universal Music Group Nashville

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. The only single released from the project, the title track, peaked at #12 on the Billboard

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks

Hot Country Songs

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 chart, and was her only Top 40 country hit.

"Jesus and Bartenders" was later recorded by Daryle Singletary

Daryle Singletary

Daryle Bruce Singletary is an American country music singer. Between 1995 and 1998, he recorded for Giant Records, for which he released three studio albums: Daryle Singletary in 1995, All Because of You in 1996 and Ain't It the Truth in 1998...

, who released it in 2008 as a single from his album Straight from the Heart. It was originally recorded by Larry Cordle

Larry Cordle

Larry Cordle was born in eastern Kentucky and is an American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter. Cordle is most famous for his song "Murder on Music Row", which was recorded by George Strait and Alan Jackson and received the CMA Award for Song of the Year in 2000.-Career:Cordle has written...

 on his album Murder on Music Row.

Track listing

1. "Beautiful to You" (Trey Bruce
   Trey Bruce
   Trey Bruce is an American country music songwriter. Bruce has co-written three songs that became Number One singles on the Billboard country charts: "Look Heart, No Hands", "Spirit of a Boy, Wisdom of a Man" and "Whisper My Name" by Randy Travis, and "How Your Love Makes Me Feel" by Diamond Rio...
   
   , Rebecca Lynn Howard) - 3:44
2. "Dancin' in God's Country" (Larry Williams, Kim Williams, Howard) - 4:02
3. "It Didn't Look Like Alcohol" (Bruce, Howard) - 4:28
4. "Life Had Other Plans" (Angelo, Georgia Middleman
   Georgia Middleman
   Georgia Leigh Middleman is an American country singer. Middleman sang from age ten at the Texas Star Inn in San Antonio, and began writing songs shortly thereafter. She sold recordings of her first song, There's a Rainbow in Everybody's Heart, on her elementary school playground...
   
   ) - 3:41
5. "Forgive
   Forgive (song)
   "Forgive" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer-songwriter Rebecca Lynn Howard. It was released in May 2002 as the only single from Howard's 2002 studio album Forgive, and the only Top 40 country hit of her career. The song peaked at #12 on Billboard Hot...
   
   " (Bruce, Howard) - 3:58
6. "It's My Job to Fall" (Leslie Satcher
   Leslie Satcher
   Leslie Winn Satcher was born in 1962 in Paris, Texas. She has recorded two albums of her own and, in addition, she has co-written several singles for such artists as George Strait, Martina McBride, Pam Tillis, Gretchen Wilson, Patty Loveless, and Vince Gill....
   
   ) - 4:12
7. "Jesus and Bartenders" (Larry Cordle
   Larry Cordle
   Larry Cordle was born in eastern Kentucky and is an American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter. Cordle is most famous for his song "Murder on Music Row", which was recorded by George Strait and Alan Jackson and received the CMA Award for Song of the Year in 2000.-Career:Cordle has written...
   
   , Satcher) - 3:58
8. "This Love" (Marty Dodson, Howard) - 4:01
9. "When Did You Ever Listen to Me" (Tim Johnson, Gary Cotton) - 3:04
10. "Memorized" (Howard, James LeBlanc) - 3:56
11. "Pink Flamingo Kind of Love" (Bruce, Howard) - 3:10
12. "Softly and Tenderly" (Will Lamartine Thompson
    Will Lamartine Thompson
    William Lamartine Thompson was a noted American composer, best known for his hymns, born on November 7, 1847 in East Liverpool, Ohio, died New York City on September 20, 1909.-Well-known works:...
    
    ) - 3:10

Chart performance

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	5
U.S. Billboard 200	29