Love a Little Stronger is the third studio album by American

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. Released in 1994 on Arista Records, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies in the U.S. Four singles were released from the album: the title track, followed by "Night Is Fallin' in My Heart", "Bubba Hyde", and finally "Finish What We Started". Respectively, these songs reached #2, #9, #16 and #19 on the ''

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charts. A demo version of the song, recorded by 4 Runner in 1994, can be found on 4 Runner's 2003 album ''Getaway Car''. Former 4 Runner vocalist Billy Crittenden co-wrote the song.

Track listing

Personnel

Diamond Rio * Marty Roe – acoustic guitar, lead vocals * Dan Truman – keyboards * Jimmy Olander – acoustic guitar, electric guitars,

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* Gene Johnson –

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, backing vocals * Dana Williams – bass, backing vocals * Brian Prout – drums

Production

* Tim DuBois – producer * Monty Powell – producer * Mike Clute – associate producer, engineer, mixing * Herb Tassin – assistant engineer * Glenn Meadows – mastering * Charles Wallace – production coordinator * Maude Gilman – art direction * S. Wade Hunt – design * Jim "Señor" McGuire – photography

Track listing

Personnel

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

References