Matters of the Heart (Restless Heart album)

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Matters of the Heart
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 24, 1994 (1994-05-24)
StudioSixteenth Avenue Sound (Nashville, Tennessee); The Castle (Franklin, Tennessee).
Genre Country
Length33:20
Label RCA Nashville
Producer Josh Leo
Restless Heart
Restless Heart chronology
Big Iron Horses
(1992)
Matters of the Heart
(1994)
Greatest Hits
(1998)

Matters of the Heart is the sixth studio album by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released by RCA Nashville in 1994. "Baby Needs New Shoes" was the only single released from the album. This is also the band's first album not to feature keyboardist Dave Innis, who left in 1993.

Contents

Entertainment Weekly gave the album a "C", with critic Alanna Nash saying that it had "more interesting country material" but that the band's sound was still "by the book". [1]

Track listing

  1. "In This Little Town" (John Dittrich, Rick Bowles, Josh Leo) - 3:16
  2. "Love Train" (Paul Gregg, Rob Crosby, Scott Hendricks) - 2:58
  3. "Mind Over Matters of the Heart" (Gary Cotton, Crosby) - 3:10
  4. "Baby Needs New Shoes" (Ronnie Guilbeau, Billy Crain, Thom McHugh) - 3:11
  5. "Hold You Now" (Greg Jennings, Stan Lynch, Rafe Van Hoy) - 3:25
  6. "She's Still in Love" (Tommy Polk, Johnny Neel) - 3:33
  7. "You're a Stronger Man Than I Am" (Dittrich, Bowles, Marc Beeson) - 3:23
  8. "Hometown Boy" (Kerry Chater, Lynn Gillespie Chater, Tom Paden) - 3:30
  9. "Sweet Whiskey Lies" (Dittrich, Bowles, Beeson) - 3:30
  10. "I'd Cross the Line" (Dittrich, Gregg, Jennings, Bowles) - 3:24

Personnel

Adapted from Matters of the Heart liner notes. [2]

Restless Heart

Additional musicians

Production

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References

  1. Nash, Alanna (3 June 1994). "Matters of the Heart review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  2. Matters of the Heart (CD booklet). Restless Heart. RCA Records. 1994. 66397.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)