Strong Enough (Blackhawk album)

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Strong Enough
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 12, 1995
Genre Country
Length34:33
Label Arista Nashville
Producer Mark Bright
Blackhawk chronology
BlackHawk
(1994)
Strong Enough
(1995)
Love & Gravity
(1997)
Singles from Strong Enough
  1. "I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No"
    Released: July 10, 1995
  2. "Like There Ain't No Yesterday"
    Released: November 6, 1995
  3. "Almost a Memory Now"
    Released: February 12, 1996
  4. "Big Guitar"
    Released: June 3, 1996
  5. "King of the World"
    Released: October 1996
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Strong Enough is the second studio album by the American country music band Blackhawk, released in 1995. It features the singles "I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No", "Like There Ain't No Yesterday", "Almost a Memory Now", "Big Guitar", and "King of the World", which respectively reached numbers 2, 3, 11, 17, and 49 on the Hot Country Songs charts. The album itself earned RIAA gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies.

Contents

The track "Cast Iron Heart" was previously recorded by Pearl River on their 1993 album Find Out What's Happening , and would later be recorded by Linda Davis on her 1996 album Some Things Are Meant to Be . In addition, "Bad Love Gone Good" was previously recorded by John Anderson on 1993's Solid Ground .

Track listing

  1. "Big Guitar" (Henry Gross, Henry Paul) – 2:58
  2. "Like There Ain't No Yesterday" (Walt Aldridge, Mark Narmore) – 3:18
  3. "Cast Iron Heart" (Dennis Linde) – 3:28
  4. "I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No" (Robert John "Mutt" Lange) – 4:15
  5. "Almost a Memory Now" (Dale Oliver, Van Stephenson, Dave Robbins) – 3:17
  6. "King of the World" (Jeff Black) – 3:22
  7. "Bad Love Gone Good" (Paul, Robbins, Stephenson) – 3:47
  8. "Any Man With a Heartbeat" (Charlie Black, Layng Martine Jr.) – 3:23
  9. "A Kiss Is Worth a Thousand Words" (Paul, Robbins, Stephenson) – 3:09
  10. "Hook, Line and Sinker" (Linde) – 3:31

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Canadian Country Albums ( RPM )5
US Billboard 200 [2] 22
US Top Country Albums ( Billboard ) [3] 4

Year-end charts

Chart (1995)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [4] 54
Chart (1996)Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [5] 32

Singles

YearSingleChart Positions
US Country US CAN Country
1995"I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No"21041
"Like There Ain't No Yesterday"31
1996"Almost a Memory Now"1114
"Big Guitar"178
"King of the World"4941

Personnel

Compiled from liner notes. [6]

Blackhawk

Additional musicians

Technical

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