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Up Against My Heart is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Patty Loveless. It was her final studio album for MCA Records. The album produced the singles "Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)", "Jealous Bone", and "Can't Stop Myself from Loving You".
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| Released | September 3, 1991 | |||
| Studio | Emerald Sound Studios, Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
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| Singles from Up Against My Heart | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Chicago Tribune | [2] |
| Robert Christgau |  [5] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A+[3] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [4] |
Track listing edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Jealous Bone" | Rick Giles, Steve Bogard | 3:17 |
| 2. | "Nobody Loves You Like I Do" | Kostas | 2:52 |
| 3. | "I Already Miss You (Like You're Already Gone)" | Jim Rushing, Allen Shamblin | 3:37 |
| 4. | "Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)" | Deborah Allen, Rafe Van Hoy | 3:00 |
| 5. | "If You Don't Want Me" | Monte Warden, Emory Gordy Jr. | 3:10 |
| 6. | "I Came Straight to You" | Kevin Welch, John Barlow Jarvis | 2:43 |
| 7. | "If It's the Last Thing I Do" | Phyllis Austin, Doug Gill | 3:30 |
| 8. | "Can't Stop Myself from Loving You" | Kostas, Dean Folkvord | 3:21 |
| 9. | "Waitin' for the Phone to Ring" | Joe Tassi, Bob Tassi | 2:38 |
| 10. | "God Will" | Lyle Lovett | 2:47 |
Personnel edit
As listed in liner notes.[6]
- Musicians
- Deborah Allen – background vocals (track 4)
- Jerry Douglas – Dobro
- Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
- Paul Franklin – steel guitar
- Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin (track 6)
- Vince Gill – background vocals (tracks 6, 10)
- Emory Gordy Jr. – bass guitar
- Tim Hensley – background vocals (tracks 2, 3, 7)
- John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
- Larrie Londin – drums
- Patty Loveless – lead vocals, background vocals (track 10)
- Lyle Lovett – background vocals (track 10)
- Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar, background vocals (tracks 6, 9, 10)
- Dolly Parton – background vocals (track 9)
- Steuart Smith – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Tammy Steffey – background vocals (tracks 2, 3, 7)
- Technical
- Milan Bogdan - digital editing
- Tony Brown - production
- Emory Gordy, Jr. - production
- John Guess - recording, mixing
- Russ Martin - engineering
- Glenn Meadows - mastering
Chart performance edit
| Chart (1991) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 27 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 151 |
References edit
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Chicago Tribune review
- ^ Entertainment Weekly review
- ^ Los Angeles Times review
- ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ^ Up Against My Heart (cassette insert). Epic Records. MCA Records. 1992. MCAC-10336.
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