Matters of the Heart is the sixth studio album by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released by RCA Nashville in 1994. "Baby Needs New Shoes" was the only single released from the album. This is also the band's first album not to feature keyboardist Dave Innis, who left in 1993.
Entertainment Weekly gave the album a "C", with critic Alanna Nash saying that it had "more interesting country material" but that the band's sound was still "by the book".
Contents
Track listing
"In This Little Town" (John Dittrich, Rick Bowles, Josh Leo) - 3:16
"Love Train" (Paul Gregg, Rob Crosby, Scott Hendricks) - 2:58
"Mind Over Matters of the Heart" (Gary Cotton, Crosby) - 3:10
"Baby Needs New Shoes" (Ronnie Guilbeau, Billy Crain, Thom McHugh) - 3:11
"Hold You Now" (Greg Jennings, Stan Lynch, Rafe Van Hoy) - 3:25
"She's Still in Love" (Tommy Polk, Johnny Neel) - 3:33
"You're a Stronger Man Than I Am" (Dittrich, Bowles, Marc Beeson) - 3:23
"Hometown Boy" (Kerry Chater, Lynn Gillespie Chater, Tom Paden) - 3:30
"Sweet Whiskey Lies" (Dittrich, Bowles, Beeson) - 3:30
"I'd Cross the Line" (Dittrich, Gregg, Jennings, Bowles) - 3:24
Personnel
Adapted from Matters of the Heart liner notes.
Restless Heart
John Dittrich – vocals, drums (2–10)
Paul Gregg – vocals, bass guitar (1, 3–8, 10)
Greg Jennings – vocals, guitars, mandolin
Additional musicians
Bill Cuomo – keyboards
Carl Marsh – keyboards
Hawk Wolinski – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ
Dan Dugmore – steel guitar
Mike Brignardello – bass guitar (2)
Roy Huskey Jr. – upright bass (2)
Duncan Mullins – bass guitar (9)
Chad Cromwell – drums (1)
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Production
Restless Heart – producers
Josh Leo – producer
Steve Marcantonio – recording, mixing
Pete Martinez – second engineer
John Hurley – additional mix engineer
Don Cobb – digital editing
Denny Purcell – mastering