I Fell in Love (album)

I Fell in Love is the sixth studio album by American country singer Carlene Carter, released in 1990. This was the highest-ranking Billboard album of her career, at #19 on the US Country charts. Four singles from the album also charted, with the title song "I Fell in Love," and "Come on Back" both reaching #3 as singles. Two lower-charting hits were the #25 "The Sweetest Thing" and the #33 "One Love."

I Fell in Love
Studio album by Carlene Carter
Released	August 13, 1990
Genre	Country
Length	37:58
Label	Reprise Records
Producer	Howie Epstein
Carlene Carter chronology
C'est C Bon (1983) I Fell in Love (1990) Little Love Letters (1993)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The track "Me and the Wildwood Rose" is a tribute to Carter's half-sister, Rosie Nix Adams. "Easy From Now On", a song that Carter cowrote in the 1970s, was originally covered by Emmylou Harris. Also, "You Are the One," written by Leon Payne, was a top 5 country hit for Carter's father, Carl Smith, in 1956.

Critical reception

AllMusic's review by Mark Deming states "with June Carter Cash and Levon Helm joining her on backing vocals, the country accents ring out with an honesty and purity that cuts through the radio-ready mix. I Fell in Love may have been an effort to play nice on Carter's part, but it doesn't sound like a compromise so much as proof she was enough of a talent to have her cake and eat it too. And in this case, the cake is pretty tasty stuff."[1]

People's review online begins with "Maybe it has just taken this much time for all those country-music genes and step-genes to get lined up, but Carter at 34 is sounding much better than ever." The review goes on to say "June Carter is her mom. Johnny Cash her stepfather. Rosanne Cash her stepsister." and "If all country singers had roots so deep, they’d have to open a branch of the Grand Ole Opry in Beijing. But Carter can rock, too, as this nouvelle C&W album shows."[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Fell in Love"	Carlene Carter Howie Epstein Benmont Tench Perry Lamek	3:40
2.	"Come On Back"	Carlene Carter	2:56
3.	"The Sweetest Thing"	Carlene Carter Robert Ellis Orrall	4:13
4.	"My Dixie Darlin'"	A.P. Carter	2:36
5.	"Goodnight Dallas"	Carlene Carter	3:39
6.	"One Love"	Carlene Carter Howie Epstein Perry Lamek	3:03
7.	"The Leavin' Side"	Carlene Carter Keith Christopher Tom Gray	3:25
8.	"Guardian Angel"	Carlene Carter James Eller	3:24
9.	"Me and the Wildwood Rose"	Carlene Carter	3:54
10.	"You Are the One"	Leon Payne	2:37
11.	"Easy from Now On"	Carlene Carter Susanna Clark	4:31
Total length:			37:58

• Track information and credits taken from the album's liner notes.[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1990)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	19

References

1. Deming, Mark. "I Fell in Love review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
2. "Picks and Pans Review: I Fell in Love". People.com. People Magazine. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
3. I Fell in Love (liner notes). Carlene Carter. Reprise. 1990.CS1 maint: others (link)