“Only Love Can Break A Heart” by Gene Pitney - album review
| features in: Album Chart of 1962 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s |
A shed-load of Bacharach & David schmaltz, with only occasional smatterings of cool to relieve the boredom. Best track for me is “(The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance”, which was written for, but not ultimately used in, the film of the same name. The title track gave Pitney his biggest hit in the US. In an ironic twist, it was kept off the #1 spot by a song that he himself had written; the awesome “He's A Rebel” which was a hit for The Crystals.
The Jukebox Rebel
01–Jan–2009
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [02:25]  Gene Pitney - True Love Never Runs Smooth (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) Pop |
| A2 | [02:03]  Gene Pitney - Cry Your Eyes Out (John Gluck, Ben Raleigh) Pop |
| A3 | [02:49] Gene Pitney - Only Love Can Break A Heart (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) Pop Ballad |
| A4 | [02:20]  Gene Pitney - Donna Means Heartbreak (Hal David, Paul Hampton) Pop |
| A5 | [02:17]  Gene Pitney - I Should Try To Forget (But I Keep Forgetting To Try) (Aaron Schroeder, Gloria Shayne, Martin Kalmanoff) Pop Ballad |
| A6 | [02:20] Gene Pitney - My Heart Your Heart (Bob Halley) Pop |
| B1 | [02:49]  Gene Pitney - Half Heaven Half Heartache (Aaron Schroeder, George Goehring, Wally Gold) Pop Ballad |
| B2 | [03:21] Gene Pitney - Tower Tall (Mel Mandel, Norman Sachs) Pop Ballad |
| B3 | [02:58]  Gene Pitney - Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) Pop |
| B4 | [02:24]  Gene Pitney - Little Betty Falling Star (Burt Bacharach, Bob Hilliard) Pop |
| B5 | [02:29] Gene Pitney - If I Didn’t Have A Dime (To Play The Jukebox) (Bert Russell, Phil Medley) Pop |
| B6 | [02:54] Gene Pitney - Going To Church On Sunday (Beverly Ross, Sam Bobrick) Pop Ballad |
