If My Heart Had Wings (album)
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| If My Heart Had Wings | ||||
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| Released | January 24, 1995 | |||
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| Genre | Pop | |||
| Length | 41:18 | |||
| Label | Atlantic[1] | |||
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| Melissa Manchester chronology | ||||
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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]
Manchester promoted the album by performing its first single, "In a Perfect World", on the soap opera General Hospital.[6][7]
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
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [11] |
| The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | [12] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [13] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C+[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]