If My Heart Had Wings (album)

If My Heart Had Wings is an album by the American musician Melissa Manchester, released in 1995.[2][3] It was a commercial disappointment.[4][5]

If My Heart Had Wings
Studio album by
Melissa Manchester
Released1995
LabelAtlantic[1]
ProducerArif Mardin, Michael Lippman
Melissa Manchester chronology
Tribute
(1989)		 If My Heart Had Wings
(1995)		 Joy
(1997)

Manchester promoted the album by performing the album's first single, "In a Perfect World", on the soap opera General Hospital.[6][7]

Production

The album was executive produced by Arif Mardin and Michael Lippman.[8] Due to Manchester's work on the musical I Sent a Letter to My Love, the album was produced over a period of two years.[9] "If My Heart Had Wings" was written with Amy Sky.[10]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[11]
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution[12]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[13]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[14]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[15]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette[16]

Entertainment Weekly wrote that "too often, the tunes on If My Heart Had Wings sound like bland anthems in search of a maudlin movie score."[14] The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette thought that "Manchester turns in a hopelessly-out-of-it performance that serves as a harsh reminder that having great pipes is no guarantee of success."[16] The Atlanta Journal-Constitution opined that it was "too bad Manchester couldn't take a cue from Bonnie Raitt, whose music has grown along with her shock of gray hair and her insight."[12]

AllMusic wrote that the album was "filled with big, dramatic ballads and widescreen production values."[11] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide considered the album to be "not a great work [but] representative of her talent."[15]

Track listing
No.TitleLength
1."The House That Love Built" 
2."In a Perfect World" 
3."If My Heart Had Wings" 
4."Heart of Love" 
5."To Be in Love with Me" 
6."Here to Love You" 
7."Higher Ground" 
8."Crazy People" 
9."Moments Like This" 
10."Don't Let Me Walk This Road Alone" 

References
  1. "Fall Music". The Advocate. Here Publishing. September 20, 1994 – via Google Books.
  2. Lasswell, Mark (Feb 6, 1995). "Picks & pans — If My Heart Had Wings by Melissa Manchester". People. 43 (5): 27.
  3. Green, Blake (6 Feb 1995). "She Knows the Score". Newsday. p. B3.
  4. Deggans, Eric (29 Nov 1996). "Multitalented Manchester". St. Petersburg Times. Weekend. p. 25.
  5. Bream, Jon (20 Aug 1996). "Manchester leans to musicals". Star Tribune. p. 1E.
  6. "SINGER CHECKS INTO 'HOSPITAL'". The Star-Ledger. News. August 3, 1994.
  7. Hart, Marla (11 Aug 1994). "In the late '60s, when the pace of daytime drama was slower...". Chicago Tribune. Tempo. p. 13.
  8. "Album Reviews". Billboard. 107 (5): 94. Feb 4, 1995.
  9. Renzetti, Elizabeth (16 June 1994). "Manchester's music guides her home". The Globe and Mail. p. E3.
  10. LeBlanc, Larry (Apr 13, 1996). "Amy Sky reaches new heights". Billboard. 108 (15): 64.
  11. "If My Heart Had Wings - Melissa Manchester | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  12. Longino, Miriam (January 28, 1995). "If My Heart Had Wings Melissa Manchester". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. p. L16.
  13. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. p. 462.
  14. "If My Heart Had Wings". EW.com.
  15. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 710.
  16. Collins, Tracy (10 Mar 1995). "MELISSA MANCHESTER IF MY HEART HAD WINGS". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT. p. 16.
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