Up Against My Heart

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Up Against My Heart
Studio album by Patty Loveless
Released	1991
Genre	Country
Label	MCA Records
Producer(s)	Emory Gordy, Jr. and Tony Brown
Patty Loveless chronology
On Down the Line (1990)	Up Against My Heart (1991)	Only What I Feel (1993)

Up Against My Heart was the fifth and final album that Patty Loveless would record for MCA Records. She felt that the company was not promoting her records as aggressively as those of other artists on the huge label, and they were soon to part ways. It is unfortunate too that they did so, because this is truly a fine album, even though there were only two Billboard Country Singles to chart, the #3 "Hurt Me Bad (in a Real Good Way)" and the #13 "Jealous Bone." However, among songs that never made the charts are some of the better songs that Patty has ever recorded: "Nobody Loves You Like I Do," "I Already Miss You (Like You're Already Gone)," "I Came Straight to You," and the quirky Lyle Lovett-written "God Will." Dolly Parton also lends supporting vocals on "Waitin' for the Phone to Ring."

[edit] Track listing

1. "Jealous Bone" (Rick Giles/Steve Bogard) – 3:21
2. "Nobody Loves You Like I Do" (Kostas) – 2:55
3. "I Already Miss You (Like You're Already Gone)" (Jim Rushing/Allen Shamblin) – 3:41
4. "Hurt Me Bad (in a Real Good Way)" (Deborah Allen/Rafe VanHoy) – 3:02
5. "If You Don't Want Me" (Monte Warden/Emory Gordy) – 3:14
6. "I Came Straight to You" (Kevin Welch/John Barlow Jarvis) – 2:41
7. "If It's the Last Thing I Do" (Phyllis Austin/Doug Gill) – 3:33
8. "Can't Stop Myself from Loving You" (Kostas/Dean Folkvord) – 3:25
9. "Waitin' for the Phone to Ring" (Joe Tassi/Bob Tassi) – 2:42
10. "God Will (Lyle Lovett) – 2:51