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.

Pure Country
Soundtrack album by
George Strait
ReleasedSeptember 15, 1992
RecordedApril 1992
StudioTracks 1-10 at SoundStage and Emerald Studios, Nashville
Track 11 at Warner Studios, Burbank, CA
GenreCountry
Length31:02
LabelMCA
ProducerTony Brown
George Strait
  • "Heartland (The Title Sequence)" produced by Steve Dorff
George Strait chronology
Holding My Own
(1992)		 Pure Country
(1992)		 Easy Come, Easy Go
(1993)
Singles from Pure Country
  1. "I Cross My Heart"
    Released: September 28, 1992
  2. "Heartland"
    Released: January 4, 1993
  3. "When Did You Stop Loving Me"
    Released: April 19, 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment WeeklyC- [2]
Q [3]

Although the film was a mild success, garnering box office receipts of over $15 million against a $10 million budget, the film's 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 produced all of Strait's subsequent albums, until Cold Beer Conversation (2015). 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
  1. "Heartland" (Steve Dorff, John Bettis) - 2:16
  2. "Baby Your Baby" (Phil Thomas, Hal Newman) - 2:42
  3. "I Cross My Heart" (Dorff, Eric Kaz) - 3:30
  4. "When Did You Stop Loving Me" (Donny Kees, Monty Holmes) - 2:48
  5. "She Lays It All on the Line" (Clay Blaker) - 2:30
  6. "Overnight Male" (Richard Fagan, Kim Williams, Ron Harbin) - 2:36
  7. "Last in Love" (J. D. Souther, Glenn Frey) - 3:35
  8. "Thoughts of a Fool" (Mel Tillis, Wayne P. Walker) - 2:12
  9. "The King of Broken Hearts" (Jim Lauderdale) - 3:08
  10. "Where the Sidewalk Ends" (Lauderdale, John Leventhal) - 3:08
  11. "Heartland (Main Title Sequence)" (Dorff, Bettis) - 2:42
    • featuring George Strait, Jr. (Aka. Bubba Strait)

Personnel

Strings conducted and arranged by Steve Dorff.

Chart positions

Album
Chart (1992) Peak
position
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
US Country CAN Country
1992 "I Cross My Heart" 1 1
1993 "Heartland" 1 1
"When Did You Stop Loving Me" 6 6

References
  1. Pure Country at AllMusic
  2. Entertainment Weekly review
  3. Album reviews at CD Universe
  4. CMT.com : George Strait : Videos
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