Track Listing

1. You're So Cool
2. Last Thing on My Mind
3. My Heart Will Never Break This Way Again
4. You Don't Get No More
5. That's the Kind of Mood I'm In
6. Thirsty
7. Strong Heart
8. Key of Love
9. She Never Stopped Loving Him
10. Pieces on the Ground

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #97829 in Music
• Released on: 2000-09-26
• Number of discs: 1

From Amazon.com
Anyone with a voice and heart as soulful as Patty Loveless is incapable of making a bad record. Her low-down vocals on her own "You Don't Get No More" are bound to turn some so-called blues singers green with envy, and if you don't get a little misty behind her rendition of Matraca Berg's "My Heart Will Never Break This Way Again," check your pulse. Berg's ballad is a prime example of how Nashville at its best continues to turn out excellent new twists on old themes. Unfortunately many of the tunes on Strong Heart sound more like old twists on old themes. In a town that boasts a slew of brilliant songwriters--Buddy and Julie Miller, Steve Earle, and Rodney Crowell to name a few--it is hard to believe that these are the best tunes Loveless and producer Emory Gordy could find. Strong Heart is by no means a bad record, but after a three-year wait both Loveless and her fans deserve a better one. --Michael Ross

Customer Reviews

Best song of the year,
Cd contains the best country song of the year, "The Last Thing on My Mind". Patty Loveless has the SEXIEST voice I've ever heard on this song. (the video is outstanding!) And that's no small claim. Jamie O'neal, Alison Krauss, Sarah Evans, and Shania Twain all have their own catchy-sexy/charismatic styles of singing. But I think Loveless has the best classic country voice, since Janie Fricke or even Tammy Wynette.

Great album
This is a really underrated album from Patty Loveless, and it has some of her best material. There was a time, back between 1994-1996 where Patty Loveless was on top of country music, and was winning all sorts of accolades. When she released her 1997 album LONG STRETCH OF LONESOME, it failed to yield a top 10 hit and it seemed country radio lost interest after that. Which is a shame, because they missed the boat on this album, and ones that would follow this one that were truly exceptional.

This album gets a lot of criticism because it is apparantely "too pop". Not at all. The title track, and a few other songs, have pop sounding arrangements, but the heart of it is still country. You look at artists like Shania Twain, and you will see this is definately country in comparison to Shania!

The album opens with the Matraca Berg written "You're So Cool", which would have been a great single. It has a nice sing a long quality to it. "The Last Thing On My Mind", written by Rebecca Lynn Howard, is a great ballad that was the second single from the album. One of my favorites is "My Heart Will Never Break This Way Again", an excellent country ballad that teams Loveless up with Trisha Yearwood and Claire Lynch. Great song!

The first single from the album was "That's The Kind Of Moon I'm In", it should have been a bigger hit but didn't really catch on with country radio. "Thirsty" is a nice duet with Travis Tritt. The title track is another favorite, as is the wonderful ballad "She Never Stopped Loving Him", which is the show stopping song here I believe. So much passion and it's a sad story, but it's great.

Overall, her 2000 album STRONG HEART may not have been as popular as past albums, but don't pass on it, it's a great album with some really good songs that country radio should have heard!

Versatile Talent
Say what you will about some artists being too country for today's radio, but the true fact is Patty Loveless is probably the only artist that is versatile enough to vascilate so easily between the sub-genres of country. Honky-tonk, bluegrass, traditional, modern, pop....she can do it all. This set should satisfy all palates of country music fans. From the taunting start off song to the playfulness of "That's the Kind of Mood I'm In" to the deep storytelling song "She Never Stopped Loving Him", Patty delivers the real deal on this CD. Too bad she didn't release more from this one, because she certainly would have had numerous hits. I recommend this one for all country music fans. Great CD.