Love a Little Stronger is the third studio album by American country music

Country music

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 band Diamond Rio

Diamond Rio

Diamond Rio is an American Country music/Christian music band formed in 1984 in Nashville, Tennessee. Since its foundation, the group has comprised the same six members: Gene Johnson , Jimmy Olander , Brian Prout , Marty Roe , Dan Truman , and Dana Williams...

. Released in 1994 on Arista Records, the album was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales of one million copies in the U.S. Four singles were released from the album: the title track, followed by "Night Is Fallin' in My Heart", "Bubba Hyde", and finally "Finish What We Started". Respectively, these songs reached #2, #9, #16 and #19 on the Billboard

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Hot Country Songs

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 charts. A demo version of the song, recorded by 4 Runner

4 Runner

4 Runner was an American country music vocal group founded in the late 1980s by lead singer Craig Morris, baritone Billy Crittenden, tenor Lee Hilliard, and bass Jim Chapman...

 in 1994, can be found on 4 Runner's 2003 album Getaway Car

Getaway Car

Getaway Car is a studio album by American country music group 4 Runner, released in 2003 on the independent Fresh label. It was the group's third studio album to be recorded, but only the second to be released, as their second album was not released due to the closure of A&M Records, their label...

. Former 4 Runner vocalist Billy Crittenden co-wrote the song.

Track listing

1. "Love a Little Stronger
   Love a Little Stronger (song)
   "Love a Little Stronger" is the title of a song co-written by Chuck Jones, Billy Crittenden and Gregory Swint and recorded by American country music group Diamond Rio...
   
   " (Chuck Jones, Billy Crittenden, Gregory Swint) – 3:40
2. "You Ain't in It" (Tim Mensy
   Tim Mensy
   Timmie Menzies is an American country music artist known as Tim Mensy. Initially, he was a member of the band Bandana, in which he charted several singles on the Hot Country Songs charts in the 1980s...
   
   , Shawn Camp) – 2:52
3. "Finish What We Started" (Monty Powell, Mike Noble) – 3:18
4. "Night Is Fallin' in My Heart
   Night Is Fallin' in My Heart
   "Night Is Fallin' in My Heart" is the title of a song written by Dennis Linde. The song was first recorded by Country music artist J.P. Pennington for his 1991 album, Whatever It Takes. It was later recorded and released as a single in October 1994 by American country music group Diamond Rio. It...
   
   " (Dennis Linde
   Dennis Linde
   Dennis Linde was an American singer and songwriter whose work was primarily in country musicHe is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love"...
   
   ) - 3:30
5. "Down by the Riverside" (Powell, Marty Roe, Jule Medders) - 3:40
6. "Wild Blue Yonder" (Karen Taylor-Good
   Karen Taylor-Good
   Karen Taylor-Good is an American singer-songwriter. Taylor-Good and her then-husband, Bill Taylor, started the Mesa Records label in 1982. Her first single, "Diamond in the Rough," reached the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart early that year...
   
   , Lisa Aschmann) - 2:54
7. "Bubba Hyde" (Craig Wiseman
   Craig Wiseman
   Craig Michael Wiseman is an American country music songwriter. Active since the late 1980s as a songwriter, he has had his songs recorded by Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kenny Chesney, LeAnn Rimes, and several other acts....
   
   , Gene Nelson) - 3:44
8. "Gone out of My Mind" (Gene Dobbins, Michael Huffman, Bob Morrison) - 2:59
9. "Appalachian Dream" (Jimmy Olander) - 2:27
   • instrumental track
10. "Kentucky Mine" (Powell, Jimmie Lee Sloas, Dale Oliver
    Dale Oliver
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    ) - 4:54

Personnel

• Marty Roe – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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  , lead vocals
• Jimmy Olander – acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
  An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
  
  , electric guitar
  Electric guitar
  An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
  
  
• Gene Johnson – mandolin
  Mandolin
  A mandolin is a musical instrument in the lute family . It descends from the mandore, a soprano member of the lute family. The mandolin soundboard comes in many shapes—but generally round or teardrop-shaped, sometimes with scrolls or other projections. A mandolin may have f-holes, or a single...
  
  , background vocals
• Dan Truman – keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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• Dana Williams – bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , background vocals
• Brian Prout – drums
  Drum kit
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• Mike Clute - producer, engineer, mixing
• Tim DuBois - producer
• Glenn Meadows - mastering
• Monty Powell - producer
• Herb Tassin - engineer

Chart performance

Chart (1994)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	13
U.S. Billboard 200	100
Canadian RPM Country Albums	7