Sure Love (album)

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Sure Love
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1992
Genre Country
Length37:16
Label Curb
Producer Allen Reynolds
Jim Rooney
Hal Ketchum chronology
Past the Point of Rescue
(1991)
Sure Love
(1992)
Every Little Word
(1994)
Singles from Sure Love
  1. "Sure Love"
    Released: September 21, 1992
  2. "Hearts Are Gonna Roll"
    Released: February 15, 1993
  3. "Mama Knows the Highway"
    Released: June 14, 1993
  4. "Someplace Far Away (Careful What You're Dreaming)"
    Released: September 13, 1993
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Sure Love is the third studio album released by American country music artist Hal Ketchum. It was released in 1992 (see 1992 in country music) on Curb Records. The album produced four chart singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. In order of release, these were the title track, "Hearts Are Gonna Roll", "Mama Knows the Highway", and "Someplace Far Away" (which was re-titled "Someplace Far Away (Careful What You're Dreaming)" upon release to radio). Respectively, these reached #3, #2, #8, and #24 on the country charts.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Sure Love" (Gary Burr, Hal Ketchum) – 3:28
  2. "Mama Knows the Highway" (Pete Wasner, Charles John Quarto) – 4:17
  3. "You Lovin' Me" (Hal Ketchum) – 4:23
  4. "Hearts Are Gonna Roll" (Hal Ketchum, Ronny Scaife) – 3:05
  5. "Softer Than a Whisper" (Pat Alger, Austin Cunningham) – 3:31
  6. "Ghost Town" (Pete Wasner, Charles John Quarto) – 4:39
  7. "Daddy's Oldsmobile" (Hal Ketchum, David Mallett) – 2:51
  8. "Till the Coast Is Clear" (Hal Ketchum, Fred Koller) – 2:55
  9. "Trail of Tears" (Randy Handley) – 4:03
  10. "Someplace Far Away (Careful What You're Dreaming)" (Hal Ketchum) – 4:04

Personnel

Technical

Chart performance

Chart (1992)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums36
U.S. Billboard 200151
Canadian RPM Country Albums21

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