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L.A. to Miami

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L.A to Miami
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 28, 1985
Recorded1985
StudioSound Emporium (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length29:43
LabelRCA Records
ProducerBlake Mevis
Keith Whitley chronology
A Hard Act to Follow
(1984)
L.A to Miami
(1985)
Don't Close Your Eyes
(1988)
Singles from L.A. to Miami
  1. "I’ve Got the Heart for You"
    Released: October 1985
  2. "Miami, My Amy"
    Released: January 25, 1986
  3. "Ten Feet Away"
    Released: June 9, 1986
  4. "Homecoming '63"
    Released: November 3, 1986
  5. "Hard Livin'"
    Released: March 14, 1987

L.A. to Miami is the debut studio album by American country music singer Keith Whitley. It was released in October 1985 by RCA Records. The album includes the singles "I've Got the Heart for You," "Miami, My Amy," "Ten Feet Away," "Homecoming '63" and "Hard Livin'," all of which charted on Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) between 1985 and 1987. Also included are two songs that later became singles for other artists: "On the Other Hand" and "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her," which were Number Ones for Randy Travis and George Strait, respectively, in 1986. The latter was previously a No. 25 country hit for its writer, Dean Dillon, in 1980.

Critical reception

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Al Campbell of Allmusic gave the album two stars out of five, saying that it "suffers as a whole from a lack of tempo change."[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Miami, My Amy"Hank Cochran, Dean Dillon, Royce Porter3:28
2."I've Got the Heart for You"Larry Boone, John Greenebaum2:39
3."I Get the Picture"Don Cook, Fred Koller2:56
4."On the Other Hand"Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz3:12
5."Hard Livin'"David Halley2:56
6."Ten Feet Away"Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals, Billy Sherrill3:23
7."That Stuff"Sonny Curtis, Ron Hellard3:24
8."Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her"Dillon2:28
9."Homecoming '63"Dillon, Porter3:00
10."Quittin' Time"Michael Garvin, Bucky Jones, Hellard2:54

Personnel

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Adapted from liner notes.[2]

Musicians

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  • Carol Chase - background vocals
  • Sonny Garrish - steel guitar, Dobro
  • Mitch Humphries - keyboards
  • David Hungate - bass guitar
  • Jerry Kroon - drums
  • Larry Paxton - bass guitar
  • Don Potter - acoustic guitar
  • Gary Prim - keyboards
  • Brent Rowan - electric guitar, Dobro
  • Dennis Sollee - saxophone
  • Bobby Thompson - acoustic guitar
  • Chip Young - acoustic guitar
  • Curtis Young - background vocals

Technical

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  • Doug Crider - assistant engineer
  • Bill Harris - engineering
  • Randy Kling - mastering
  • Blake Mevis - producer
  • Ron Reynolds - engineering

Chart performance

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Chart (1986) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 26[3]

References

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  1. ^ Campbell, Al. "L.A. to Miami review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  2. ^ L.A. to Miami (CD booklet). Keith Whitley. RCA Records. 1985. CPL1-7043.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ "Keith Whitley chart history: Top Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 24 September 2017.