From My Heart is the second album by American

United States

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 country music singer Kathy Mattea

Kathy Mattea

Kathleen Alice "Kathy" Mattea is an American country music and bluegrass performer who often brings folk, Celtic and traditional country sounds to her music. Active since 1983 as a recording artist, she has recorded seventeen albums and has charted more than thirty singles on the Billboard Hot...

. It was released in 1985 on Mercury Records

Mercury Records

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. Singles from the album include "It's Your Reuptation Talkin'", "He Won't Give In" and "Heart of the Country". Like her self-titled debut before it, From My Heart peaked at #42 on the Top Country Albums charts. "Ball and Chain" is a cover of an Elton John

Elton John

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 song, from his 1982 album Jump Up!

Jump Up!

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.

Track listing

1. "It's Your Reputation Talkin'" (Mitch Johnson, Harry Shannon) – 2:45
2. "I Believe I Could Fall in Love (With Loving You)" (Gary Burr
   Gary Burr
   Gary Burr, born in Meriden, Connecticut, is an American musician and songwriter and producer, mostly known for his stable of hits recorded by country music performers. Burr began his career as a member of the group Pure Prairie League from 1982 to 1985, taking over after Vince Gill departed the group...
   
   ) – 2:44
3. "Trail of Tears" (Roger Cook
   Roger Cook (songwriter)
   Roger Cook is an English songwriter who has written many hits for other recording artists. He has also had a successful recording career in his own right.-Early life:Cook was born in Fishponds, Bristol, England...
   
   , Allen Reynolds
   Allen Reynolds
   Allen Reynolds is an American record producer and songwriter who works primarily in the country music field.Reynolds was born in North Little Rock, Arkansas and started writing songs during his college years...
   
   ) – 3:30
4. "Never Look Back" (Tom Campbell, Jim Photoglo
   Jim Photoglo
   Jim Photoglo, born James G. Photoglo, who also performed simply as Photoglo, is an American pop singer from Inglewood, California. He released two charting albums in the early 1980s and had two hit singles, "We Were Meant to Be Lovers" and "Fool in Love with You" .After his career as a pop star...
   
   , Wendy Waldman) – 3:19
5. "Heart of the Country" (Donny Lowery, Waldman) – 3:56
6. "Ball and Chain
   Ball and Chain (Elton John song)
   "Ball and Chain" is a song by Elton John with lyrics by Gary Osborne. It is the third track on his 1982 album "Jump Up!" and was released as a single in the United States in September that year. It features Pete Townshend of The Who on acoustic guitar....
   
   " (Elton John
   Elton John
   Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...
   
   , Gary Osborne
   Gary Osborne
   Gary Osborne is an English singer and songwriter from the United Kingdom.-Career:Osborne was born in London, educated in Switzerland, and followed his father into the music industry at the age of fifteen....
   
   ) – 2:58
7. "When I'm over You (What You Gonna Do)" (Mark Germino
   Mark Germino
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   , Chuck Kuening) – 3:17
8. "Talkin' to Myself" (Richard Allen, Frank Saulino, Jim Valentini) – 2:16
9. "He Won't Give In" (Johnny Pierce) – 2:28
10. "If I Hadn't Met You" (Randy Goodrum
    Randy Goodrum
    Randy Goodrum is an American songwriter. Goodrum has written numerous popular songs, including Anne Murray's #1 hit "You Needed Me" and "Broken Hearted Me" , Michael Johnson's "Bluer Than Blue" , England Dan & John Ford Coley's "It's Sad to Belong" , Steve Perry's "Oh Sherrie" , DeBarge's "Who's...
    
    ) – 2:52

Personnel

• Kathy Mattea – vocals, guitar, background vocals
• Mark Casstevens – guitar
• Charles Cochran – organ, piano
• Sonny Garrish – guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• Chris Leuzinger – guitar
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano, organ
• Brent Rowan – guitar
• Milton Sledge – drums
• Bobby Wood – organ
• Bob Wray – bass
• Gary VanOsdale – viola
• Carl Gorodetzky – violin
• Roy Christensen – cello
• George Binkley III – violin
• Jonathan Edwards – background vocals
• Wendy Waldman – background vocals
• Mac McAnally
  Mac McAnally
  Lyman Corbitt "Mac" McAnally, Jr. is an American country music singer-songwriter, session musician and record producer. In his career, he has recorded ten studio albums and eight singles. Two of his singles were hits on the Billboard Hot 100, and six more on the Hot Country Songs charts...
  
   – background vocals
• Pat McManus – background vocals
• John Thompson – background vocals
• Jim Photoglo
  Jim Photoglo
  Jim Photoglo, born James G. Photoglo, who also performed simply as Photoglo, is an American pop singer from Inglewood, California. He released two charting albums in the early 1980s and had two hit singles, "We Were Meant to Be Lovers" and "Fool in Love with You" .After his career as a pop star...
  
  – background vocals
• Allen Reynolds – background vocals

Production notes

• Produced by Allen Reynolds
• Mastered by John Eberle
• Duke Duczer – assistant engineer, mixing
• Mark Miller – engineer, mixing

Chart performance

Chart (1985)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	42