Strong Enough to Bend explained

Strong Enough to Bend
Type:	studio
Artist:	Tanya Tucker
Cover:	TanyaTuckerStrongEnoughtoBend.jpg
Released:	August 8, 1988
Genre:	Country
Length:	33:55
Label:	Capitol
Producer:	Jerry Crutchfield
Prev Title:	Love Me Like You Used To
Prev Year:	1987
Next Title:	Greatest Hits
Next Year:	1989

Strong Enough to Bend is the 17th studio album by American country music artist Tanya Tucker, released in 1988. The album contains three singles that made the Billboard Top Ten Country singles charts: "Strong Enough to Bend" at number one, "Highway Robbery" at number two, and "Call on Me" at number four. The single "Daddy and Home" rose to number 27, while the album itself peaked at number nine on the country albums chart.

Production

• Produced By Jerry Crutchfield
• Engineered By Scott Hendricks

Personnel

• Tanya Tucker - lead vocals
• James Stroud - drums, percussion
• Bob Wray - bass guitar
• Mitch Humphries, Dave Innis - keyboards, synthesizer
• Steve Gibson, Kenny Mims, Don Potter - guitar
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar
• Mark O'Connor - fiddle
• Paul Franklin, Steve Gibson - dobro
• Steve Gibson - mandolin
• Jim Horn - saxophone
• Michael Black, Jessica Boucher, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Carol Chase, Greg Gordon, Katerina Kitridge, Diane Vanette, Hurshel Wiginton, Dennis Wilson, Curtis Young - background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	9
Canadian RPM Country Albums	25

References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits by Joel Whitburn [2006]

• Liner Notes; Tanya Tucker "Strong Enough To Bend" CD; 1988 Liberty/Capitol Records.