L.A to Miami | ||||
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Released | October 28, 1985 | |||
Recorded | 1985 | |||
Studio | Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 29:43 | |||
Label | RCA Records | |||
Producer | Blake Mevis | |||
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Singles from L.A. to Miami | ||||
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L.A. to Miami is the debut studio album by American country music singer Keith Whitley. It was released in October 1985 by RCA Records. The album includes the singles "I've Got the Heart for You," "Miami, My Amy," "Ten Feet Away," "Homecoming '63" and "Hard Livin'," all of which charted on Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) between 1985 and 1987. Also included are two songs that later became singles for other artists: "On the Other Hand" and "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her," which were Number Ones for Randy Travis and George Strait, respectively, in 1986. The latter was previously a No. 25 country hit for its writer, Dean Dillon, in 1980.
Al Campbell of Allmusic gave the album two stars out of five, saying that it "suffers as a whole from a lack of tempo change." [1]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Miami, My Amy" | Hank Cochran, Dean Dillon, Royce Porter | 3:28 |
2. | "I've Got the Heart for You" | Larry Boone, John Greenebaum | 2:39 |
3. | "I Get the Picture" | Don Cook, Fred Koller | 2:56 |
4. | "On the Other Hand" | Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz | 3:12 |
5. | "Hard Livin'" | David Halley | 2:56 |
6. | "Ten Feet Away" | Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals, Billy Sherrill | 3:23 |
7. | "That Stuff" | Sonny Curtis, Ron Hellard | 3:24 |
8. | "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" | Dillon | 2:28 |
9. | "Homecoming '63" | Dillon, Porter | 3:00 |
10. | "Quittin' Time" | Michael Garvin, Bucky Jones, Hellard | 2:54 |
Adapted from liner notes. [2]
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 26 [3] |
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