Pure Country (soundtrack)
Pure Country is the soundtrack album to the 1992 film of the same name, and the thirteenth studio album by country singer George Strait. The film stars Strait as fictional country singer Dusty Chandler, and the album consists mostly of songs sung by Dusty in the film. The Pure Country soundtrack is Strait's first soundtrack album. It was released in 1992 by MCA Records.
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Released | September 15, 1992 | |||
Recorded | April 1992 | |||
Studio | Tracks 1-10 at SoundStage and Emerald Studios, Nashville Track 11 at Warner Studios, Burbank, CA | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 31:02 | |||
Label | MCA | |||
Producer | Tony Brown George Strait
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Singles from Pure Country | ||||
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Entertainment Weekly | C- [2] |
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Although the film was a critical and commercial failure, the soundtrack album is Strait's most commercially successful album, having sold over six million copies.
Content
This was the first album of Strait's career to feature Tony Brown, who has produced all of Strait's subsequent albums. Strait and Brown produced the entire album except for the main title sequence version of "Heartland", which was produced by Steve Dorff.
Music videos were made for "I Cross My Heart" and "Heartland."[4] Both of these songs were Number One hits for Strait on the Billboard country charts, and "When Did You Stop Loving Me" (which was later recorded by George Jones on his 1998 album It Don't Get Any Better Than This) was a #6 hit. "Overnight Male", originally recorded by B.B. Watson on his 1991 debut album Light at the End of the Tunnel, also charted at #72 from unsolicited airplay. "Last in Love" was originally recorded by J.D. Souther on his 1979 album, You're Only Lonely. "The King of Broken Hearts" and "Where the Sidewalk Ends" were written or co-written and originally recorded by Jim Lauderdale on his album, Planet of Love. The former was later recorded by Mark Chesnutt on his 1995 album Wings, and by Lee Ann Womack on her 2008 album Call Me Crazy. The latter was also recorded by Jann Browne on her 1991 album, It Only Hurts When I Laugh.
Track listing
- "Heartland" (Steve Dorff, John Bettis) - 2:16
- "Baby Your Baby" (Phil Thomas, Hal Newman) - 2:42
- "I Cross My Heart" (Dorff, Eric Kaz) - 3:30
- "When Did You Stop Loving Me" (Donny Kees, Monty Holmes) - 2:48
- "She Lays It All on the Line" (Clay Blaker) - 2:30
- "Overnight Male" (Richard Fagan, Kim Williams, Ron Harbin) - 2:36
- "Last in Love" (J. D. Souther, Glenn Frey) - 3:35
- "Thoughts of a Fool" (Mel Tillis, Wayne P. Walker) - 2:12
- "The King of Broken Hearts" (Jim Lauderdale) - 3:08
- "Where the Sidewalk Ends" (Lauderdale, John Leventhal) - 3:08
- "Heartland (Main Title Sequence)" (Dorff, Bettis) - 2:42
- featuring George Strait, Jr. (Aka. Bubba Strait)
Personnel
- Eddie Bayers – drums
- Pat Coil – piano
- George Doering – acoustic guitar
- Glen Duncan – fiddle
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle
- Buddy Emmons – steel guitar
- Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
- Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
- Steve Gibson – electric guitar
- Emory Gordy, Jr. – bass guitar
- Richard Greene – fiddle
- Owen Hale – drums
- David Hungate – bass guitar
- John Barlow Jarvis – piano
- Doug Livingston – steel guitar
- Liana Manis – background vocals
- Brent Mason – electric guitar
- Steve Nathan – piano
- Dean Parks – electric guitar
- John "J.R." Robinson – drums
- Brent Rowan – electric guitar
- Randy Scruggs – acoustic guitar
- Neil Steubenhaus – bass guitar
- Harry Stinson – background vocals
- Bubba Strait – vocals on "Heartland (Main Title Sequence)"
- George Strait – lead vocals
- Glenn Worf – bass guitar
- Curtis Young – background vocals
- Andrea Zonn – background vocals
Strings conducted and arranged by Steve Dorff.
Chart positions
Album
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 6 |
Canadian RPM Country Albums | 1 |
Canadian RPM Top Albums | 32 |
Singles
Year | Single | Peak positions | |
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US Country | CAN Country | ||
1992 | "I Cross My Heart" | 1 | 1 |
1993 | "Heartland" | 1 | 1 |
"When Did You Stop Loving Me" | 6 | 6 |