Kentucky Hearts

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Kentucky Hearts
Exile - Kentucky Hearts album art.jpg
Studio album by
Released1984 (1984)
StudioSoundShop Recording Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre Country
Label Epic
Producer Buddy Killen
Exile chronology
Exile
(1983)
Kentucky Hearts
(1984)
Hang On to Your Heart
(1985)
Singles from Kentucky Hearts
  1. "Give Me One More Chance"
    Released: July 1984
  2. "Crazy for Your Love"
    Released: November 1984
  3. "She's a Miracle"
    Released: March 1985

Kentucky Hearts is the eighth studio album by American country pop band Exile. It was released in 1984 via Epic Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. [1] "Just in Case" was later a number 1 hit for The Forester Sisters, whose version appears on their 1985 self-titled debut album.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by J.P. Pennington and Sonny LeMaire except "Comin' Apart at the Seams", written by Jerry Marcum and Les Taylor.

No.TitleLength
1."She's a Miracle"3:47
2."I've Never Seen Anything"2:30
3."You Make It Easy"3:40
4."Comin' Apart at the Seams"3:04
5."Just in Case"2:35
6."Give Me One More Chance"2:46
7."Somethin' You Got"3:40
8."If I Didn't Love You"3:55
9."Ain't That a Pity"2:36
10."Crazy for Your Love"3:25

Personnel

Strings arranged by D. Bergen White

Charts

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References

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  2. "Exile Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2021.
  3. "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 7, 2021.