Strong Heart (album)

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Strong Heart
Loveless-sh.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 29, 2000
Genre Country
Length42:21
Label Epic
Producer Emory Gordy Jr.
Patty Loveless chronology
Classics
(1999)
Strong Heart
(2000)
Mountain Soul
(2001)
Singles from Strong Heart
  1. "That's the Kind of Mood I'm In"
    Released: June 2000
  2. "The Last Thing on My Mind"
    Released: December 2000
  3. "Strong Heart"
    Released: April 2001

Strong Heart is the tenth studio album by American country music artist Patty Loveless. It was released on August 29, 2000, via Epic Records. It first charted on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart on September 16 (peaking at #13), and remaining on the charts for 34 weeks until May 19, 2001. The album also charted briefly on the main Top Billboard 200 chart. [1] Two of the album's singles landed in the Country top 20: "That's The Kind Of Mood I'm In"#13, and "The Last Thing On My Mind" #20.

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Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com (favorable) [2]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [4]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
People (favorable) [6]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You're So Cool" Matraca Berg, Carolyn Dawn Johnson 3:57
2."The Last Thing on My Mind" Craig Wiseman, Al Anderson 3:22
3."My Heart Will Never Break This Way Again" Gary Harrison, Matraca Berg 4:15
4."You Don't Get No More" Emory Gordy Jr., Patty Loveless 3:26
5."That's the Kind of Mood I'm In"Rick Giles, Tim Nichols, Gilles Godard3:31
6."Thirsty" Stewart Harris, Thom Hardwell4:55
7."Strong Heart" Kris Tyler, Gordy5:41
8."The Key of Love"Gordy, Anderson3:39
9."She Never Stopped Loving Him" Wally Wilson, Danny Orton4:53
10."Pieces on the Ground" John Bunzow 4:34

Chart performance

Chart (2000)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums13
U.S. Billboard 200126
Canadian RPM Country Albums24

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