Matters of the Heart (Restless Heart album) explained

Matters of the Heart
Type:	studio
Artist:	Restless Heart
Cover:	MattersoftheHeart.jpg
Studio:	Sixteenth Avenue Sound (Nashville, Tennessee); The Castle (Franklin, Tennessee).
Genre:	Country
Length:	33:20
Label:	RCA Nashville
Producer:	Josh Leo Restless Heart
Prev Title:	Big Iron Horses
Prev Year:	1992
Next Title:	Greatest Hits
Next Year:	1998

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.

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 – vocals, drums (2-10)
• Paul Gregg – vocals, bass guitar (1, 3–8, 10)
• Greg Jennings – vocals, guitars, mandolin

Additional musicians

• Bill Cuomo – keyboards
• Carl Marsh – keyboards
• Hawk Wolinski – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
• Mike Brignardello – bass guitar (2)
• Roy Huskey Jr. – upright bass (2)
• Duncan Mullins – bass guitar (9)
• Chad Cromwell – drums (1)
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle

Production

• Restless Heart – producers
• Josh Leo – producer
• Steve Marcantonio – recording, mixing
• Pete Martinez – second engineer
• John Hurley – additional mix engineer
• Don Cobb – digital editing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Georgetown Masters (Nashville, Tennessee) – editing and mastering location
• Joe Johnston – production coordinator
• Mary Hamilton – art direction
• Julie Wanca – art design
• Tamara Reynolds – photography
• Ann Rice – stylist
• Deborah Wingo – make-up
• The Fitzgerald/Hartley Co. – management

External links

• [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r2011884|pure_url=yes}} ''Matters of the Heart''] at Allmusic

Notes and References

1. Matters of the Heart review. https://web.archive.org/web/20090421102754/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,302480,00.html. dead. April 21, 2009. Nash. Alanna. 3 June 1994. Entertainment Weekly. 6 January 2012.
2. Matters of the Heart . Restless Heart . 1994 . CD booklet . RCA Records . 66397.