Released September 26, 1989 | Length 31:52 Release date 26 September 1989 Label Warner Bros. Records | |
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No Holdin' Back(1989) Heroes & Friends(1990) Similar Randy Travis albums, Country music albums | ||
No Holdin' Back is the title of American country music singer Randy Travis's fifth album. It was released on September 26, 1989, by Warner Bros. Records Nashville. Three singles were released from it, all of which charted on the Hot Country Songs charts: the Number One hits "It's Just a Matter of Time" and "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart", as well as the #2 hit "He Walked on Water". "It's Just a Matter of Time" was previously a Number One hit for Brook Benton in 1959 on the R&B charts, and for Sonny James in 1970 on the country charts. Glen Campbell also had a #7-peaking rendition of the song in 1986.
Contents
The track "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" was co-written by Billy Dean, who would later cut it for his 1990 album Young Man and release it as that album's second single. Also included is a cover of "Singing the Blues", a song originally recorded by Marty Robbins.
Track listing
- "Mining For Coal" (Matraca Berg, Ronnie Samoset) - 3:08
- "Singing the Blues" (Melvin Endsley) - 2:19
- "When Your World Was Turning for Me" (Dallas Frazier, A. L. "Doodle" Owens) - 2:40
- "He Walked on Water" (Allen Shamblin) - 3:28
- "No Stoppin' Us Now" (Randy Travis) - 3:05
- "It's Just a Matter of Time" (Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks, Clyde Otis) - 3:59
- "Card Carryin' Fool" (Byron Hill, Tim Bays) - 2:27
- "Somewhere in My Broken Heart" (Billy Dean, Richard Leigh) - 3:16
- "Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart" (Hugh Prestwood) - 4:06
- "Have a Nice Rest of Your Life" (Verlon Thompson, Mark D. Sanders) - 3:24
Songs
1Mining for Coal3:07
2Singing the Blues2:18
3When Your World Was Turning for Me2:39