Up Against My Heart

Up Against My Heart
Studio album by Patty Loveless
Released	September 3, 1991
Genre	Country
Label	MCA
Producer	Emory Gordy, Jr. and Tony Brown
Professional reviews
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Patty Loveless chronology
On Down the Line (1990) Up Against My Heart (1991) Greatest Hits (1993)

Up Against My Heart was the fifth and final album that country music artist Patty Loveless would record for MCA Records.

This album had a bit of a troubled history, being recorded in Nashville, Tennessee during January and February 1991, with a planned June release in time for her summer concert schedule. However, the release was delayed until September which meant that it was in the stores only for the past two months of her tour. The album produced the singles "Jealous Bone", "Hurt Me Bad (In a Real Good Way)" and "Can't Stop Myself from Loving You", all of which Loveless performed in concert duirng her summer tour that year.

Largely because of the late release date and lack of a full concert tour to promote it, the album only reached #27 on the Billboard Top Country Album Chart.

Track listing

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 VanHoy) – 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

As listed in liner notes.^[1]

• Deborah Allen – background vocals
• Jerry Douglas – Dobro
• Stuart Duncan – fiddle, mandolin
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, mandolin
• Vince Gill – background vocals
• Emory Gordy, Jr. – bass guitar
• Tim Hensley – background vocals
• John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
• Larrie Londin – drums
• Patty Loveless – vocals
• Lyle Lovett – background vocals
• Mac McAnally – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Dolly Parton – background vocals
• Steuart Smith – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Tammy Steffey – background vocals

References