Track Listing

1. Heartland
2. Baby Your Baby
3. I Cross My Heart
4. When Did You Stop Loving Me
5. She Lays It All On The Line
6. Overnight Male
7. Last in Love
8. Thoughts of a Fool
9. King of Broken Hearts
10. Where the Sidewalk Ends
11. Heartland (Main Title Sequence)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4252 in Music
• Released on: 1992-09-15
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Original language: English

Amazon.com essential recording
With the help of producer Tony Brown, George Strait redefined his relationship to the contemporary country mainstream with this 1992 soundtrack album, which became the bestselling single release of his career. In the movie, Strait portrays a country star who walks away from the smoke and mirrors to get back to his down-home roots. The ballad "When Did You Stop Loving Me" is as pure country as it gets in this day and age, while "The King of Broken Hearts" and "Where the Sidewalk Ends" introduced Strait's audience to an exceptionally gifted songwriter named Jim Lauderdale. --Rick Mitchell

Customer Reviews

This one is pure country
The Pure Country soundtrack is the album that really made me a George Strait fan. I had liked George Strait before I saw him in the movie and bought the tape of the soundtrack album, but I have to say that after listening to the album, I got "hooked" on George. The ballad "I Cross My Heart" is my favorite song from this album, but "Heartland" and "Where The Sidewalk Ends", uptempo songs with some awesome lead guitar and fiddle parts, are also excellent songs. Furthermore, "When Did You Stop Loving Me" is a classic George Strait country song. These are just the highlights of an altogether excellent album. I think that in making the movie and the accompanying soundtrack album, George was telling us that there is still room for some "pure country" (quoting the movie's title) in the midst of all the "fluff" that I believe passes for country music nowadays. This one is definitely five stars, in my opinion.

PURE STRAIT COUNTRY
I can't say enough on how much I LOVE THIS RECORD, THE MOVIE, AND ALL THE SONGS. Classic Strait possible the top 5 albams recorded by him and even country music. Classics like Heartland, I Cross My Heart, When Did You Stop Loving Me, Overnight Male, King Of Broken Hearts, and Where The Sidewalk Ends are classic country and Straits shining moment. Awesome record a must get for the Music Lover

This record is "pure country"
The Pure Country soundtrack is the record that made me a George Strait fan. I had liked George before seeing him in the movie and buying the tape of the soundtrack album, but I got "hooked" on George after listening to the album. The ballad "I Cross My Heart" is my favorite song from this record. "Heartland" and "Where The Sidewalk Ends", both uptempo songs with some awesome lead guitar and fiddle parts, are also excellent songs. Furthermore, "When Did You Stop Loving Me" is a classic George Strait country song. These songs are the highlights from an altogether excellent album. I think that in making the movie and the accompanying soundtrack album, George was telling us that there is still room for some "pure country"(quoting the title of the movie) in the midst of all the "fluff" that I think passes for country music nowadays. This record is definitely five stars, in my opinion.