Love a Little Stronger

Infobox Album
Name = Love A Little Stronger
Type = studio
Artist = Diamond Rio


Released = 1994
Genre = Country
Length = 33:58
Label = Arista
Producer = Michael D. Clute, Tim DuBois, Monty Powell
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3q2tk6kxqkr3 link]
*"Entertainment Weekly" – (B-) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,303777,00.html link]
Last album = "Close to the Edge"
(1993)
This album = "Love a Little Stronger"
(1994)
Next album = "IV"
(1996)

Love a Little Stronger is the third studio album by American country music band Diamond Rio. Released in 1994 on Arista Records, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies in the U.S. Four singles were released from the album: the title track, followed by "Night Is Fallin' in My Heart", "Bubba Hyde", and finally "Finish What We Started". Respectively, these songs reached #2, #9, #16 and #19 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts. A demo version of the song, recorded by 4 Runner in 1994, can be found on 4 Runner's 2003 album "Getaway Car". Former 4 Runner vocalist Billy Crittenden co-wrote the song.

Track listing

#"Love a Little Stronger" (Chuck Jones, Billy Crittenden, Gregory Swint) – 3:40
#"You Ain't in It" (Tim Mensy, Shawn Camp) – 2:52
#"Finish What We Started" (Monty Powell, Mike Noble) – 3:18
#"Night Is Fallin' in My Heart" (Dennis Linde) - 3:30
#"Down by the Riverside" (Powell, Marty Roe, Jule Medders) - 3:40
#"Wild Blue Yonder" (Karen Taylor-Good, Lisa Aschmann) - 2:54
#"Bubba Hyde" (Craig Wiseman, Gene Nelson) - 3:44
#"Gone out of My Mind" (Gene Dobbins, Michael Huffman, Bob Morrison) - 2:59
#"Appalachian Dream" (Jimmy Olander) - 2:27
#*instrumental track
#"Kentucky Mine" (Powell, Jimmie Lee Sloas, Dale Oliver) - 4:54

Personnel

*Gene Johnson – mandolin, background vocals
*Jimmy Olander – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
*Brian Prout – drums
*Marty Roe – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
*Dan Truman – keyboards
*Dana Williams – bass guitar, background vocals