Released September 15, 1992 Genre Country music | Length 31:02 Release date 15 September 1992 Movie Pure Country | |
Recorded Tracks 1-10 at SoundStage and Emerald Studios, NashvilleTrack 11 at Warner Studios, Burbank, CA Similar George Strait albums, Country music albums | ||
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Pure Country is the first soundtrack and thirteenth studio album by George Strait and to the movie Pure Country, and all songs are sung by George Strait. It was released in 1992 by MCA Records. It is Strait's most commercially successful album, having sold over six million copies. This was the first George Strait album to not be fully Digital Recorded although most of the album was cut on full analog sources that is what gave the album more of a natural sound.
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Content
This was the first album of Strait's career to feature Tony Brown, who has produced all of Strait's subsequent albums. Strait and Brown produced the entire album except for the main title sequence version of "Heartland", which was produced by Steve Dorff.
Music videos were made for "I Cross My Heart" and "Heartland." Both of these songs were Number One hits for Strait on the Billboard country charts, and "When Did You Stop Loving Me" (which was later recorded by George Jones on his 1998 album It Don't Get Any Better Than This) was a #6 hit. "Overnight Male", originally recorded by B.B. Watson on his 1991 debut album Light at the End of the Tunnel, also charted at #72 from unsolicited airplay. "The King of Broken Hearts" and "Where the Sidewalk Ends" were written or co-written and originally recorded by Jim Lauderdale on his album, Planet of Love. The former was later recorded by Mark Chesnutt on his 1995 album Wings, and by Lee Ann Womack on her 2008 album Call Me Crazy. The latter was also recorded by Jann Browne on her 1991 album, It Only Hurts When I Laugh.
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 (Main Title Sequence)" (Dorff, Bettis) - 2:42
- featuring George Strait, Jr. (Aka. Bubba Strait)
Personnel
Strings conducted and arranged by Steve Dorff.