From My Heart Explained

From My Heart
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kathy Mattea
Cover:	kathyheart.jpg
Released:	January 1985
Recorded:	1984
Genre:	Country
Length:	30:05
Label:	Mercury
Producer:	Allen Reynolds
Prev Title:	Kathy Mattea
Prev Year:	1984
Next Title:	Walk the Way the Wind Blows
Next Year:	1986

From My Heart is the second studio album by American country music singer Kathy Mattea. It was released in 1985 on Mercury Records. Singles from the album include "It's Your Reputation 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 song, from his 1982 album Jump Up!.

Personnel

• Kathy Mattea – lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar

Musicians

• Mark Casstevens – acoustic guitar
• Charles Cochran – organ, piano
• Sonny Garrish – pedal steel guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis – piano
• Chris Leuzinger – electric guitar
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins – organ, piano
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• Milton Sledge – drums
• Bobby Wood – organ
• Bob Wray – bass guitar

String Section

• George Binkley III – violin
• Roy Christensen – cello
• Carl Gorodetzky – violin
• Gary Van Osdale – viola

Additional Singer

• Jonathan Edwards – background vocals
• Mac McAnally – background vocals
• Pat McManus – background vocals
• Jim Photoglo – background vocals
• Allen Reynolds – background vocals
• John Thompson – background vocals
• Wendy Waldman – background vocals

Production notes

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

Release history

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Date	Format	Label	Ref.
North America	March 3, 1985			^[1]

Notes and References

1. Mattea . Kathy . From My Heart (Liner Notes and Album Information) . PolyGram/Mercury Records . March 3, 1985 . 824-308-1 M-1 (LP), 824-308-4 (Cassette), 824-308-2 (CD).