L.A. to Miami is the debut studio album by American country music singer Keith Whitley. It was released in October 1985 by RCA Records. The album includes the singles "I've Got the Heart for You," "Miami, My Amy," "Ten Feet Away," "Homecoming '63" and "Hard Livin'," all of which charted on Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) between 1985 and 1987. Also included are two songs that later became singles for other artists: "On the Other Hand" and "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her," which were Number Ones for Randy Travis and George Strait, respectively, in 1986. The latter was previously a No. 25 country hit for its writer, Dean Dillon, in 1980.
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| Released | October 28, 1985 | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Studio | Sound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 29:43 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Producer | Blake Mevis | |||
| Keith Whitley chronology | ||||
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| Singles from L.A. to Miami | ||||
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Critical reception
editAl Campbell of Allmusic gave the album two stars out of five, saying that it "suffers as a whole from a lack of tempo change."[1]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Miami, My Amy" | Hank Cochran, Dean Dillon, Royce Porter | 3:28 |
| 2. | "I've Got the Heart for You" | Larry Boone, John Greenebaum | 2:39 |
| 3. | "I Get the Picture" | Don Cook, Fred Koller | 2:56 |
| 4. | "On the Other Hand" | Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz | 3:12 |
| 5. | "Hard Livin'" | David Halley | 2:56 |
| 6. | "Ten Feet Away" | Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals, Billy Sherrill | 3:23 |
| 7. | "That Stuff" | Sonny Curtis, Ron Hellard | 3:24 |
| 8. | "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" | Dillon | 2:28 |
| 9. | "Homecoming '63" | Dillon, Porter | 3:00 |
| 10. | "Quittin' Time" | Michael Garvin, Bucky Jones, Hellard | 2:54 |
Personnel
editAdapted from liner notes.[2]
Musicians
edit- Carol Chase - background vocals
- Sonny Garrish - steel guitar, Dobro
- Mitch Humphries - keyboards
- David Hungate - bass guitar
- Jerry Kroon - drums
- Larry Paxton - bass guitar
- Don Potter - acoustic guitar
- Gary Prim - keyboards
- Brent Rowan - electric guitar, Dobro
- Dennis Sollee - saxophone
- Bobby Thompson - acoustic guitar
- Chip Young - acoustic guitar
- Curtis Young - background vocals
Technical
edit- Doug Crider - assistant engineer
- Bill Harris - engineering
- Randy Kling - mastering
- Blake Mevis - producer
- Ron Reynolds - engineering
Chart performance
edit| Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 26[3] |
References
edit- ^ Campbell, Al. "L.A. to Miami review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ L.A. to Miami (CD booklet). Keith Whitley. RCA Records. 1985. CPL1-7043.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ "Keith Whitley chart history: Top Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 24 September 2017.