Love Is Fair

For the song, see Love Is Fair (song).

Love is Fair

Studio album by Barbara Mandrell

Released

August 29, 1980

Tom Collins

Barbara Mandrell chronology

The Best of Barbara Mandrell
1979

Love is Fair
1980

Barbara Mandrell Live
1981

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Love is Fair is a studio album by American country music singer, Barbara Mandrell, released in August 1980.

Love is Fair was Mandrell's first studio album of the decade. The album was successful for Mandrell, spawning four singles. The first single, "Crackers", peaked at #3 on the Country charts in 1980, and also charted on the Bubbling Under/Hot 100, her last single to chart there. The second single, "The Best of Strangers" was another Top 10 Country hit. The third single, "Love is Fair" peaked at #13 on the Country charts. The flip-side of that song, "Sometime, Somewhere, Somehow" charted on the Adult Contemporary charts in the Top 30. The album consisted of 10 tracks, including a cover of the Brenda Lee pop hit "Coming on Strong" and Michael Jackson's hit, "(S)He's Out of My Life".

Love Is Fair peaked at #6 on the Top Country Albums chart and also peaked at #175 on the Billboard 200, her fourth album to peak on the Billboard 200.

Track listing

"Love Is Fair"
"Crackers
"He's Out of My Life"
- with Randy Wright
"Not Tonight, I've Got a Heartache"
"Long Time, No Love"
"The Best of Strangers"
"Sometime, Somewhere, Somehow"
"My Bonnie Lies Over and Over"
"I'm Afraid He'll Find You (Somewhere in My Heart)"
"Coming on Strong" (Little David Wilkins)

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1980)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	6
U.S. Billboard 200	175
Canadian RPM Country Albums	12

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions
Year	Single	US Country	US	CAN Country
1980	"Crackers"	3	105	6
1980	"The Best of Strangers"	6	—	9
1981	"Love Is Fair"	13	—	7

Barbara Mandrell

Studio albums	Treat Him Right The Midnight Oil This Time I Almost Made It This Is Barbara Mandrell Midnight Angel Lovers, Friends and Strangers Love's Ups and Downs Moods Just for the Record Love Is Fair ...In Black and White He Set My Life to Music Spun Gold Clean Cut Get to the Heart Moments Sure Feels Good I'll Be Your Jukebox Tonight Morning Sun No Nonsense Key's in the Mailbox It Works for Me

Christmas albums	Christmas at Our House

Live albums	Barbara Mandrell Live

Collaboration albums	A Perfect Match (with David Houston) Meant for Each Other (with Lee Greenwood)

Compilation albums	The Best of Barbara Mandrell Greatest Hits

Notable singles	"I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now)" "Woman to Woman" "Sleeping Single in a Double Bed" "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" "Fooled by a Feeling" "Years" "Crackers" "The Best of Strangers" "Love Is Fair" "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool" "Wish You Were Here" "'Till You're Gone" "Operator, Long Distance Please" "In Times Like These" "One of a Kind Pair of Fools" "Happy Birthday Dear Heartache" "Only a Lonely Heart Knows" "There's No Love in Tennessee" "Angel in Your Arms" "Fast Lanes and Country Roads" "When You Get to the Heart" (with The Oak Ridge Boys) "No One Mends a Broken Heart Like You" "Child Support" "I Wish That I Could Fall in Love Today" "My Train of Thought"

Collaboration singles	"To Me" (with Lee Greenwood) "It Should Have Been Love by Now" (with Lee Greenwood)

Related articles	Discography MCA Records Capitol Records Louise Mandrell Irlene Mandrell

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