Learning to Breathe (Larry Stewart album)

Learning to Breathe is the fourth album by the American country music singer Larry Stewart. The final solo album of his career, it was released in 1999 on Windham Hill Records. "Still in Love", the only single, failed to chart. "Summer in the City" is a cover of a single originally recorded by The Lovin' Spoonful. After the album's release, Stewart rejoined Restless Heart in 2003, and has been a member since.

Learning to Breathe
Studio album by
Larry Stewart
ReleasedMay 18, 1999 (1999-05-18)
GenreCountry, adult contemporary
Length49:13
LabelWindham Hill
ProducerMichael Omartian
Larry Stewart chronology
Why Can't You
(1996)		 Learning to Breathe
(1999)

Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album three stars out of five in Allmusic, saying that he considered it to have a more adult contemporary radio-format sound than a country sound, but referring to Stewart's voice as "smooth [and] robust."[1]

Track listing
  1. "Take This Heart" (Larry Stewart, John Bettis, R.C. Bannon) – 4:55
  2. "Anything Else but You" (Stewart, Michael Omartian, Bruce Sudano) – 3:45
  3. "Learning to Breathe Again" (Omartian, Sudano) – 3:46
  4. "In My Dreams Tonight" (Stewart, Jill Colucci, Stewart Harris) – 4:08
  5. "Prodigal Daughter" (Stewart, Omartian) – 4:45
  6. "Still in Love" (Stewart, Tommy Lee James) – 3:57
  7. "Fantasy" (Stewart, Bannon) – 6:34
  8. "Gotta Tell Somebody" (Stewart, Phillip Moore) – 4:29
  9. "Compared to Goodbye" (Stewart, Moore) – 4:01
    • duet with Tabitha Fair
  10. "Takin' My Time" (Stewart, Moore) – 5:07
  11. "A Reason to Believe" (Stewart, Robert Ellis Orrall, Robert Hart) – 3:47
  12. "Summer in the City" (Mark Sebastian, Steve Boone) – 4:13

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[2]

Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine, contracted by Carl Gorodetzky and arranged by Michael Omartian.

References
  1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Learning to Breathe review". Allmusic. Retrieved 7 February 2010.
  2. Leaning to Breathe (CD booklet). Larry Stewart. Windham Hill Records. 1999. 11315.CS1 maint: others (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.