''Pure Country'' is the
soundtrack album
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to the 1992 film
of the same name, and the thirteenth studio album by American
country music
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singer
George Strait
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. The film stars Strait as fictional country singer Dusty Chandler, and the album consists mostly of songs sung by Dusty in the film. The ''Pure Country'' soundtrack is Strait's first soundtrack album. It was released in 1992 by MCA Records.
Although the film was a mild success, garnering box office receipts of over $15 million against a $10 million budget, the film's soundtrack album is Strait's most commercially successful album, having sold over six million copies.
Content
This was the first album of Strait's career to feature
Tony Brown, who produced all of Strait's subsequent albums, until ''
Cold Beer Conversation
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...
'' (2015). Strait and Brown produced the entire album except for the main title sequence version of "Heartland", which was produced by Steve Dorff.
Music videos were made for "I Cross My Heart" and "Heartland".
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/ref> Both of these songs were Number One hits for Strait on the ''Billboard
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'' country charts, and "When Did You Stop Loving Me" (which was later recorded by George Jones
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on his 1998 album '' It Don't Get Any Better Than This'') was a #6 hit. "Overnight Male", originally recorded by B.B. Watson on his 1991 debut album ''Light at the End of the Tunnel'', also charted at #72 from unsolicited airplay. "Last in Love" was originally recorded by J.D. Souther
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on his 1979 album, ''You're Only Lonely
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''. "The King of Broken Hearts" and "Where the Sidewalk Ends" were written or co-written and originally recorded by Jim Lauderdale
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on his album, ''Planet of Love''. The former was later recorded by Mark Chesnutt
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on his 1995 album ''Wings
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'', and by Lee Ann Womack
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on her 2008 album ''Call Me Crazy
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''. The latter was also recorded by Jann Browne
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on her 1991 album, '' It Only Hurts When I Laugh''.
Track listing
Personnel
* Eddie Bayers
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– drums
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* Pat Coil – piano
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* George Doering – acoustic guitar
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* Glen Duncan – fiddle
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* Stuart Duncan
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Life
Duncan was born in Quantico, Virginia, and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band. He ...
– fiddle
* Buddy Emmons
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– steel guitar
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* Pat Flynn – acoustic guitar
* Sonny Garrish – steel guitar
* Steve Gibson – electric guitar
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* Emory Gordy, Jr.
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– bass guitar
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* Richard Greene
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– fiddle
* Owen Hale – drums
* David Hungate
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– bass guitar
* John Barlow Jarvis
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– piano
* Doug Livingston – steel guitar
* Liana Manis – background vocals
* Brent Mason
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– electric guitar
* Steve Nathan
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Nathan was born and raised in Buffalo, New York. In 1977, Nathan moved to Muscle Shoals, Alabama. After touring wit ...
– piano
* Dean Parks
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Albums
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– electric guitar
* John "J.R." Robinson – drums
* Brent Rowan
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– electric guitar
* Randy Scruggs
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– acoustic guitar
* Neil Steubenhaus – bass guitar
* Harry Stinson
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– background vocals
* Bubba Strait – vocals on "Heartland (Main Title Sequence)"
* George Strait
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– lead vocals
* Glenn Worf
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Worf was born in Dayton, Ohio, and grew up in Madis ...
– bass guitar
* Curtis Young – background vocals
* Andrea Zonn
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– background vocals
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conducted and arranged by Steve Dorff.
Chart positions
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Singles
Certifications
References
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1992 soundtrack albums
George Strait soundtracks
MCA Records soundtracks
Albums produced by Tony Brown (record producer)
Drama film soundtracks
Musical film soundtracks