Love a Little Stronger

Love A Little Stronger
Love A Little Stronger
Studio album by Diamond Rio
Released	July 19, 1994
Recorded	Midtown Tone & Volume and Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).
Genre	Country
Length	33:58
Label	Arista
Producer	Mike Clute; Tim DuBois; Monty Powell
Diamond Rio chronology
Singles from Love a Little Stronger
	"Love a Little Stronger"; Released: May 9, 1994; "Night Is Fallin' in My Heart"; Released: October 4, 1994; "Bubba Hyde"; Released: February 4, 1995; "Finish What We Started"; Released: May 1995;

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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−^[2]

Track listing edit

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Love a Little Stronger"	Chuck Jones, Billy Crittenden, Gregory Swint	3:40
2.	"You Ain't in It"	Tim Mensy, Shawn Camp	2:52
3.	"Finish What We Started"	Monty Powell, Michael Noble	3:18
4.	"Night Is Fallin' in My Heart"	Dennis Linde	3:30
5.	"Down by the Riverside"	Powell, Marty Roe, Jule Medders	3:40
6.	"Wild Blue Yonder"	Karen Taylor-Good, Lisa Aschmann	2:54
7.	"Bubba Hyde"	Craig Wiseman, Gene Nelson	3:44
8.	"Gone Out of My Mind"	Gene Dobbins, Michael Huffman, Bob Morrison	2:59
9.	"Appalachian Dream" (instrumental track)	Jimmy Olander	2:27
10.	"Kentucky Mine"	Powell, Jimmie Lee Sloas, Dale Oliver	4:54

Personnel edit

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 edit

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 edit

Weekly charts edit

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)	7
US Billboard 200^[3]	100
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[4]	13

Year-end charts edit

Chart (1995)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[5]	42

Certifications edit

Certifications for *Love a Little Stronger*
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)^[6]	Platinum	1,000,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References edit

^ Mansfield, Brian. Love a Little Stronger at AllMusic
^ Entertainment Weekly review
^ "Diamond Rio Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
^ "Diamond Rio Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
^ "American album certifications – Diamond Rio – Love a Little Stronger". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

[1] Mansfield, Brian. Love a Little Stronger at AllMusic

[2] Entertainment Weekly review

[ac_Billboard200_Diamond_Rio-3] "Diamond Rio Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

[ac_BillboardCountry_Diamond_Rio-4] "Diamond Rio Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

[5] "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1995". Billboard. Retrieved February 22, 2021.

[United_StatesDiamond_RioLove_a_Little_StrongeralbumCertRef-6] "American album certifications – Diamond Rio – Love a Little Stronger". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved August 12, 2022.

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