Heartland

The Judds | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 1, 2011)
• Original Release Date: 1987
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Curb
• ASIN: B00008BLDH
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,126 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Short and sweet, September 24, 2004

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heartland (Audio CD)

When this album was originally released in America, RCA were going through a phase of releasing country albums with just nine tracks on them, so that explains why this is such a short album. A tenth track (Give a little love) was available to RCA at no extra cost - it appeared on their first hits album, released at around the same time. UK buyers got a much better deal because the album had six extra tracks added (five from their debut mini-LP plus Give a little love) - however, although that version (titled Give a little love) was later re-issued on CD, it has long been out of print.

There may only be nine songs here but there is plenty of quality. Three number one country hits (Turn it loos, Maybe you're baby's got the blues, I know where I'm going) plus another country top ten hit (Don't be cruel, a cover of the Elvis classic). Some people don't like their version of Don't be cruel, but I love it.

The album is completed by I'm falling in love tonight, Old pictures (co-written by K T Oslin), Cow cow boogie, Why don't you believe me, and The sweetest gift (with backing vocals by Emmylou), all of them wonderful songs.

While I generally prefer the two full-length albums that preceded this (Why not me, Rockin' with the rhythm), this is a brilliant album in its own right.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite Judds Albumn, February 9, 2009

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L. Wilcox (Pleasanton,, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heartland (Audio CD)

This is my favorite album by the Judds. I love every song. I was hooked on them when they came to my hometown fair over 20 years ago. I wore out my cassette taped of this album and was very excited when I found it on DVD. I wished the Judds could make more albums like this.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ace In the Hole, July 17, 2000

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This review is from: Heart Land (Audio CD)

"Heartland" Is one of the most solid albums to ever have the Judd name on it. It was released in 1987 nearly two years after the monster album "Rockin' with The Rhythm". The Judds were at a critical point in their career. After phenonminal success with their previous releases, "Heartland" would either sink them or help them to swim. It turned out to be the ace in the hole for Naomi and Wynonna. Heartland produced three number one classics "Turn it Loose", Maybe your Baby's Got the Blues", "I Know where I'm Going", and countless album cuts that have become fan favorites. It also features a powerful top ten re-make of Elvis Presley's smash "Don't Be Cruel" as well as "The Sweetest Gift" which was the first song that The Judds learned when they first discovered their talent. "Heartland" is a classic. They don't make them like this one anymore!