Storm in the Heartland
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| Studio album by Billy Ray Cyrus | ||||
| Released | November 8, 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1993-1994 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 55:18 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Jim Cotton Joe Scaife |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Entertainment Weekly | C |
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Storm in the Heartland is the third album from country music artist Billy Ray Cyrus. Released in 1994 on Mercury Records, it produced the singles "Storm in the Heartland", "Deja Blue", and "One Last Thrill", the first two of which entered the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts. The album itself was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of 500,000 copies.
"Only God (Could Stop Me Loving You)" was recorded in 1999 by Lari White as a duet with Toby Keith on White's album Stepping Stone, and again in 2002 by the Canadian country band Emerson Drive on their self-titled album. Emerson Drive's rendition was released as a single in 2003.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic rated the album three stars out of five, saying that he considered it an improvement over It Won't Be the Last. Chris Dickinson of New Country magazine gave it 2 out of 5. He wrote that "On Storm in the Heartland, Cyrus kept the pop, the rock, the bombast, and the bluster, but tossed out the memorable hooks." He thought that the album lacked personality and had "cluttered" production, but praised "A Heart with Your Name on It" and "Roll Me Over" as "fun", and "Patsy Come Home" as "sentimental but moving." Giving it a "C", Alanna Nash of Entertainment Weekly wrote that Cyrus "sticks to the tried-and-true" but added that "the yahoo factor figures heavily on 'Redneck Heaven'[…]and on 'The Past,' Cyrus misses his notes by a mile. An achy-breaky embarrassment."
As listed in liner notes.
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