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Only Love Can Break a Heart is the second album by songwriter and recording artist Gene Pitney, released on the Musicor label in 1962. It included the top 10 hits "Only Love Can Break a Heart" (#2) and "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" (#4), which was written for but not ultimately used in, the film of the same name. Three other singles from the album also charted; "Half Heaven-Half Heartache" at #12, "True Love Never Runs Smooth" at #21, and "If I Didn't Have a Dime" at #58.[3]

Only Love Can Break a Heart
Studio album by Gene Pitney
Released	October 1962
Genre	Pop
Length	30:54
Label	Musicor
Producer	Aaron Schroeder, Wally Gold
Gene Pitney chronology
The Many Sides of Gene Pitney (1962) Only Love Can Break a Heart (1962) Gene Pitney Sings Just for You (1963)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
New Record Mirror	[2]

Track listing

Side 1

1. "True Love Never Runs Smooth" (Hal David, Burt Bacharach) – 2:26
2. "Cry Your Eyes Out" (Ben Raleigh, John Gluck, Jr) – 2:04
3. "Only Love Can Break a Heart" (David, Bacharach) – 2:49
4. "Donna Means Heartbreak" (David, Paul Hampton) – 2:23
5. "I Should Try to Forget" (Aaron Schroeder, Gloria Shayne, Martin Kalmanoff) – 2:12
6. "My Heart, Your Heart" (Bob Halley) – 2:23

Side 2

1. "Half Heaven – Half Heartache" (Schroeder, George Goehring, Wally Gold) – 2:43
2. "Tower-Tall" (Mel Mandel, Norman Sachs) – 3:21
3. "(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance" (David, Bacharach) – 2:58
4. "Little Betty Falling Star" (Bob Hilliard, Bacharach) – 2:22
5. "If I Didn't Have a Dime" (Bert Russell, Phil Medley) – 2:31
6. "Going to Church on Sunday" (Halley) – 2:53

Personnel

• Gene Pitney – vocals
• Alan Lorber, Burt Bacharach, Chuck Sagle – arranger, conductor
• Maurice Seymour – cover photography
• Norman Weiser – artwork

References

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Only Love Can Break a Heart è il secondo album discografico di Gene Pitney, pubblicato dall'etichetta discografica Musicor Records nell'ottobre[2] del 1962.

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