Love a Little Stronger is the third studio album by American country music band Diamond Rio. Released in 1994 on Arista Records, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies in the U.S. Four singles were released from the album: the title track, followed by "Night Is Fallin' in My Heart", "Bubba Hyde", and finally "Finish What We Started". Respectively, these songs reached #2, #9, #16 and #19 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. A demo version of the song, recorded by 4 Runner in 1994, can be found on 4 Runner's 2003 album Getaway Car. Former 4 Runner vocalist Billy Crittenden co-wrote the song. Originally, Diamond Rio were going to include an Eagles cover of "Lyin' Eyes" on this album but the producer Tim DuBois rejected the idea because he felt that they were not yet well-established enough to record a cover song on one of their own studio albums.

Track listing

Personnel

Diamond Rio

  • Marty Roe – acoustic guitar, lead vocals
  • Dan Truman – keyboards
  • Jimmy Olander – acoustic guitar, electric guitars, banjo
  • Gene Johnson – mandolin, backing vocals
  • Dana Williams – bass, backing vocals
  • Brian Prout – drums

Production

  • Tim DuBois – producer
  • Monty Powell – producer
  • Mike Clute – associate producer, engineer, mixing
  • Herb Tassin – assistant engineer
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering
  • Charles Wallace – production coordinator
  • Maude Gilman – art direction
  • S. Wade Hunt – design
  • Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography

Charts

Certifications

References


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