Love Is Fair

Love is Fair
Studio album by Barbara Mandrell
Released	August 29, 1980
Genre	Country
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	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

1. "Love Is Fair"
2. "Crackers
3. "He's Out of My Life"
   • with Randy Wright
4. "Not Tonight, I've Got a Heartache"
5. "Long Time, No Love"
6. "The Best of Strangers"
7. "Sometime, Somewhere, Somehow"
8. "My Bonnie Lies Over and Over"
9. "I'm Afraid He'll Find You (Somewhere in My Heart)"
10. "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
		US Country	US	CAN Country
1980	"Crackers"	3	105	6
	"The Best of Strangers"	6	—	9
1981	"Love Is Fair"	13	—	7