Matters of the Heart (Restless Heart album)

Matters of the Heart is the sixth studio album by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released by RCA Nashville in 1994. "Baby Needs New Shoes" was the only single released from the album. This is also the band's first album not to feature keyboardist Dave Innis, who left in 1993.

Matters of the Heart
Studio album by
Restless Heart
ReleasedMay 24, 1994 (1994-05-24)
GenreCountry
Length33:20
LabelRCA Nashville
ProducerJosh Leo
Restless Heart
Restless Heart chronology
Big Iron Horses
(1992)		 Matters of the Heart
(1994)		 Greatest Hits
(1998)

Entertainment Weekly gave the album a "C", with critic Alanna Nash saying that it had "more interesting country material" but that the band's sound was still "by the book".[1]

Track listing
  1. "In This Little Town" (John Dittrich, Rick Bowles, Josh Leo) — 3:16
  2. "Love Train" (Paul Gregg, Rob Crosby, Scott Hendricks) — 2:58
  3. "Mind Over Matters of the Heart" (Gary Cotton, Crosby) — 3:10
  4. "Baby Needs New Shoes" (Ronnie Guilbeau, Billy Crain, Thom McHugh) — 3:11
  5. "Hold You Now" (Greg Jennings, Stan Lynch, Rafe Van Hoy) — 3:25
  6. "She's Still in Love" (Tommy Polk, Johnny Neel) — 3:33
  7. "You're a Stronger Man Than I Am" (Dittrich, Bowles, Marc Beeson) — 3:23
  8. "Hometown Boy" (Kerry Chater, Lynn Gillespie Chater, Tom Paden) — 3:30
  9. "Sweet Whiskey Lies" (Dittrich, Bowles, Beeson) — 3:30
  10. "I'd Cross the Line" (Dittrich, Gregg, Jennings, Bowles) — 3:24

Personnel

Adapted from Matters of the Heart liner notes.[2]

Restless Heart
  • John Dittrich - drums, vocals
  • Paul Gregg - bass guitar, vocals
  • Greg Jennings - guitar, mandolin, vocals
Additional musicians
  • Mike Brignardello - bass guitar on "Love Train"
  • Bill Cuomo - keyboards
  • Chad Cromwell - drums on "In This Little Town"
  • Dan Dugmore - steel guitar
  • Stuart Duncan - fiddle
  • Roy Huskey Jr. - upright bass on "Love Train"
  • Carl Marsh - keyboards
  • Duncan Mullins - bass guitar on "Sweet Whiskey Lies"
  • Hawk Wolinski - piano, Hammond B-3 organ
Technical
  • Don Cobb - digital editing
  • John Hurley - engineering
  • Josh Leo - production
  • Steve Marcantonio - recording, mixing
  • Pete Martinez - engineering
  • Denny Purcell - mastering
  • Restless Heart - production

References
  1. Nash, Alanna (3 June 1994). "Matters of the Heart review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  2. Matters of the Heart (CD booklet). Restless Heart. RCA Records. 1994. 66397.CS1 maint: others (link)
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