Pure Country (album)

Infobox Album
Name = Pure Country
Type = soundtrack
Longtype =
Artist = George Strait


Released = September 15, 1992
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length = 31:02
Label = MCA
Producer = Tony Brown, Steve Dorff, and George Strait
Reviews = * Allmusic rating|3.5|5 [http://wm01.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fwxqugld6e link]
Last album = "Holding My Own"
(1992)
This album = "Pure Country"
(1992)
Next album = "Easy Come, Easy Go"
(1993)The album "Pure Country" is the soundtrack to the movie of the Pure Country, and all are songs are sung by George Strait. It was released in 1992 by MCA Records. [ [http://wm01.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fwxqugld6e allmusic ((( Pure Country > Overview )))] ] It is George Strait's most successful studio album, having sold over six million copies. [ [http://www.frontpagepublicity.com/georgestrait/content/ontherecords.html FrontPage Publicity - George Strait] ]

Music videos were made for "I Cross My Heart" and "Heartland." [ [http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/strait_george/videos.jhtml CMT.com : George Strait : Videos] ] Both of these songs were Number One hits for George on the "Billboard" country charts; "When Did You Stop Loving Me" (which was later covered by George Jones on his 1998 album "It Don't Get Any Better Than This") was a #6 hit. "Overnight Male" also charted at #72 from unsolicited airplay.

Track listing

#"Heartland" (Steve Dorff, John Bettis) - 2:16
#"Baby Your Baby" (Phil Thomas, Hal Newman) - 2:42
#"I Cross My Heart" (Dorff, Eric Kaz) - 3:30
#"When Did You Stop Loving Me" (Donny Kees, Monty Holmes) - 2:48
#"She Lays It All on the Line" (Clay Blaker) - 2:30
#"Overnight Male" (Richard Fagan, Kim Williams, Ron Harbin) - 2:36
#"Last in Love" (J. D. Souther, Glenn Frey) - 3:35
#"Thoughts of a Fool" (Mel Tillis, Wayne P. Walker) - 2:12
#"The King of Broken Hearts" (Jim Lauderdale) - 3:08
#"Where the Sidewalk Ends" (Lauderdale, John Leventhal) - 3:08
#"Heartland (The Title Sequence)" (Dorff, Bettis) - 2:42

Chart positions

ingles

Album credits

*Brent Mason, Steve Gibson, Brent Rowan, Dean Parks - Electric guitar
*Randy Scruggs, George Doering, Pat Flynn - Acoustic guitar
*Buddy Emmons, Sonny Garrish, Doug Livingston - Steel
*Richard Greene, Glen Duncan, Stuart Duncan - Fiddle
*Emory Gordy, Jr., David Hungate, Neil Stubenhaus, Glenn Worf - Bass
*Eddie Bayers, Owen Hale, John Robinson - Drums
*John B. Jarvis, Steve Nathan - Piano
*Curtis Young, Andrea Zonn - Background vocals
*Steve Dorff - Arrangements

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