Love Has No Reason


Love Has No Reason is a 1980 album by Debby Boone. Unable to approach the success of "You Light Up My Life", Boone left Top 40 radio behind in 1980 and turned her career toward Country music with the release of her fourth album, Love Has No Reason. Boone had already established a presence on Country radio prior to the release of this album having placed seven singles, including "You Light Up My Life", on Billboard's Country Singles chart. Boone's first album, You Light Up My Life, also reached No. 6 on Billboard's Country Albums chart.
Love Has No Reason was produced by Larry Butler who was responsible for much of Kenny Rogers' music during this era. The album's first single, "Are You On The Road To Lovin' Me Again," rose to No. 1 on the Country singles chart and crossed over to AC radio peaking at No. 31. Two weeks before Road ascended to No. 1, Boone was part of a historic Top 5 on the Billboard Country singles chart. For the week ending April 19, 1980, the Top 5 positions were all held by women:
  1. Crystal Gayle
  2. Dottie West
  3. Debby Boone
  4. Emmylou Harris
  5. Tammy Wynette
The album's next two singles did not fare as well. Free To Be Lonely Again peaked at No. 14 Country. The final single, Take It Like A Woman, just missed the Country Top 40 peaking at No. 44. Take It Like A Woman charted at the same time as Colorado Country Morning by her father, Pat Boone, which reached No. 60.

Track listing

  1. "Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again"
  2. "I Wish That I Could Hurt That Way Again"
  3. "Just When I Needed a Love Song"
  4. "Even a Fool Would Let Go"
  5. "Free to Be Lonely Again"
  6. "I'd Even Let You Go"
  7. "Love Put a Song in My Heart"
  8. "When It's Just You and Me"
  9. "If It's So Easy"
  10. "Take It Like a Woman"

Personnel

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