Still Restless

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Still Restless
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Studio album by
Restless Heart
ReleasedNovember 9, 2004 (2004-11-09)
Genre Country
Length36:55
Label Koch
Producer Kyle Lehning
Mac McAnally
Restless Heart chronology
Greatest Hits
(1998)		Still Restless
(2004)		25 and Live
(2007)
Singles from Still Restless
  1. "Feel My Way to You"
    Released: July 24, 2004
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Still Restless is the ninth and final studio album by American country music band Restless Heart. Released in 2004, it was considered the band's reunion album, as it was their first release since 1998's Greatest Hits , as well as the first album since Fast Movin' Train (1990) to feature all five original band members. Their first and only album for Koch Records Nashville, it produced the single "Feel My Way to You", which peaked at #29 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in late 2004.

Contents

Making of the album

With the exception of a brief reunion for a greatest hits compilation in 1998, Restless Heart had not been active since disbanding in 1994. Still Restless served as the band's reunion album, bringing back all five original members: lead singer Larry Stewart, drummer John Dittrich, bassist Paul Gregg, guitarist Greg Jennings, and pianist/keyboardist Dave Innis. [2] It was the band's first album of all-new material since 1994's Matters of the Heart . In addition, it was the first album to feature the complete five-piece lineup since Fast Movin' Train (1990), as Stewart and Innis had departed in 1991 and 1992, respectively. [3] [4]

According to Stewart, the album was more than one year in the making. Initially, they had planned to work with Tim DuBois and Scott Hendricks, who had produced virtually all of Restless Heart's previous albums. Both producers declined, however, as they had "their own things going". [2] Eventually, two producers were chosen for Still Restless: Mac McAnally, a prominent session instrumentalist and songwriter who has worked with Sawyer Brown and Jimmy Buffett, and Kyle Lehning, who had produced for Randy Travis. [2] McAnally also performed several instruments and sang background vocals on the album.

Song details

Three of the album's eleven tracks were written by Mac McAnally, and all three had been previously recorded by him as well: "Down the Road" from Simple Life (1990), "Miracle" from 1994's Knots, and "Looking Back" from 1999's Word of Mouth. "Down the Road" was also a minor chart single for McAnally in late 1990, peaking at #70 on the Billboard country music charts. [2] McAnally charted again with the song in 2008, this time as a duet with Kenny Chesney. "Every Fire" was previously recorded by Jason Sellers on his 1999 album A Matter of Time , and before that by Shenandoah on their 1994 album In the Vicinity of the Heart . Sellers also co-wrote the track "Makin' Hay", which Clay Davidson previously released from his 2000 debut album Unconditional .

A cover of The Beatles' "The Night Before" is also included on this album. This song was chosen by Jennings, who wanted to include "a fun cover". [2] Initially, according to Dittrich, the band had difficulty making a satisfactory recording of the song, until McAnally began playing the song at a slightly faster tempo on his 12-string guitar, and then invited the band to join him. [2]

Only one song was released as a single: "Feel My Way to You", the first track. Restless Heart's first Top 40 chart single since 1998's "No End to This Road", this song peaked at number 29 on the Billboard country charts. No additional singles were released from the album, due to the closure of Koch Records' Nashville division in early 2005.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Feel My Way to You"Jennifer Schot, Danny Orton3:30
2."Down the Road" Mac McAnally 2:54
3."Same Boat Now"Austin Cunningham, Lance Miller, Larry Williams3:26
4."Looking Back"McAnally3:32
5."And More" Larry Stewart, Allison Mellon3:35
6."Makin' Hay" Marcus Hummon, Jason Sellers 2:57
7."Every Fire" John Scott Sherrill, Cathy Majeski3:46
8."Yesterday's News"Stewart, Greg Jennings, Wayne Kirkpatrick 3:15
9."Miracle"McAnally3:45
10."The Night Before" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 2:18
11."What We Know Now"Stewart, Steve Bogard, Dave Robbins3:57

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. [5]

Restless Heart

Lead vocal by Larry Stewart on all tracks except John Dittrich on "Looking Back" and "The Night Before", and Paul Gregg on "Yesterday's News".

Additional musicians
Production

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