Heartbreak Town
(1996) Waitin' on Joe
(2002) Release date 27 February 1996 Genre Country music | Artist Steve Azar Label Intersound | |
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Released February 27, 1996 (1996-02-27) Producers Joe Thomas, Steve Azar, A. J. Masters Similar Waitin' on Joe, Indianola, Slide On Over Here |
Heartbreak Town is the debut album of American country music artist Steve Azar. Released on River North Records in 1996, it features the singles "Someday" and "I Never Stopped Loving You", which peaked at numbers 51 and 50, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts that year. Azar did not release another album until Waitin' on Joe six years later. The track "I Go Crazy" is a cover of Paul Davis' hit single from 1978.
Contents
Critical reception
Country Standard Time critic Larry Stephens gave a mostly-negative review, saying that outside "Thunderbird" and "As Long as Harley Gets to Play," the album's songs were too similar to each other in sound and "not strong enough to carry [their] weight on radio." Billboard was more positive, with an uncredited review calling Azar's songwriting "adept", while comparing his voice favorably to John Mellencamp.
Track listing
- "I Never Stopped Lovin' You" (Steve Azar, Jason Blume) – 4:10
- "Nights Like This" (Azar, Bob Regan) – 3:32
- "What Are We Waitin' For" (Azar, Roger Murrah, A. J. Masters) – 2:43
- "Someday" (Azar, Masters, Regan) – 3:06
- "Thunderbird" (Azar, Masters, Tommy Rocco) – 4:54
- "As Long as Harley Gets to Play" (Azar, Masters, Murrah) – 3:50
- "Dreams of a Dancer" (Azar, Masters, Regan) – 3:11
- "Heartbreak Town" (Azar, Murrah, Regan) – 3:08
- "I Go Crazy" (Paul Davis) – 3:51
- "Caught Between the Rock and the Roll" (Azar, Masters, Don Goodman) – 4:15
- "Love Had No Right" (Azar, Masters, Tony Marty) – 3:20
- "You Don't Even Have to Try" (Azar, Masters, Murrah) – 3:03
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.
Songs
1I Never Stopped Loving You4:10
2Nights Like This3:33
3What Are We Waiting For2:44