Strong Enough to Bend is a 1988 album by Tanya Tucker

Tanya Tucker

Tanya Denise Tucker is a female American country music artist who had her first hit, "Delta Dawn", in 1972 at the age of 13...

. There were three singles that made the Billboard Top Ten Country singles charts: "Strong Enough to Bend" at #1, "Highway Robbery" at #2, and "Call on Me" at #4. Another single, "Daddy and Home," rose to #27, while the album itself peaked at #9 on the Country Albums chart.

Track listing

1. "You're Not Alone" (Tom Shapiro
   Tom Shapiro
   Tom Shapiro is an American songwriter and occasional record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. To date, he holds four Country Songwriter of the Year awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as the Songwriter of the Decade award from the Nashville Songwriters...
   
   , Chris Waters
   Chris Waters
   Christopher Waters Dunn is an American country music singer and songwriter, known professionally as Chris Waters. The brother of singer Holly Dunn, Waters has co-written singles for other artists, including Number Ones for Tim McGraw and Cyndi Thomson.-Biography:Christopher Waters Dunn was born in...
   
   ) – 3:05
2. "Strong Enough to Bend
   Strong Enough to Bend (song)
   "Strong Enough to Bend" is the title track to a 1988 album by Tanya Tucker. "Strong Enough to Bend" was written by Beth Nielsen Chapman and Don Schlitz and was Tanya Tucker's ninth number one on the country chart as a solo artist. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of...
   
   " (Beth Nielsen Chapman
   Beth Nielsen Chapman
   Beth Nielsen Chapman is an American singer-songwriter, mostly known for her numerous hits recorded by country and pop music performers.-Early history:...
   
   , Don Schlitz
   Don Schlitz
   Donald Alan "Don" Schlitz, Jr. is a country music songwriter. For his songwriting efforts, Schlitz has earned two Grammys, as well as four ASCAP Country Songwriter of the Year awards...
   
   ) – 2:43
3. "As Long as I'm Dreamin'" (Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry, John Jarrard, Gary Nicholson) – 3:35
4. "Lonesome Town" (Matraca Berg
   Matraca Berg
   Matraca Maria Berg is an American country music singer and songwriter. She has released five albums: three for RCA Records, one for Rising Tide Records and one for Dualtone Records, and has charted in the top 40 of the U.S. Billboard country charts with "Baby, Walk On" and "The Things You Left...
   
   , Ronnie Samoset) – 4:11
5. "Daddy and Home" (Jimmie Rodgers, Elsie McWilliams) – 2:49
6. "Highway Robbery
   Highway Robbery (song)
   "Highway Robbery" is a single by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. Released in 1988, it was the second single from the album Strong Enough to Bend. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
   
   " (Michael Garvin, Bucky Jones, Shapiro) – 3:29
7. "Lonely at the Right Time" (Frank J. Myers
   Frank J. Myers
   Frank Joseph Myers is an American country music singer, songwriter and record producer. In his career, he has written songs for John Michael Montgomery, Eddie Rabbitt, Crystal Gayle, Lonestar and others...
   
   , Don Pfrimmer) – 3:54
8. "Playing for Keeps" (Lewis Anderson, Lisa Silver) – 3:36
9. "Call on Me
   Call on Me (Tanya Tucker song)
   "Call on Me" is a single by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. Released in 1989, it was the third single from the album Strong Enough to Bend. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
   
   " (Gary Scruggs) – 3:22
10. "Back on My Feet" (Max D. Barnes
    Max D. Barnes
    Max D. Barnes was a country music singer and songwriter.As a songwriter, Barnes composed many familiar songs of the '80s and '90s, receiving 42 songwriter awards in his career...
    
    , Troy Seals
    Troy Seals
    Troy Seals is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes, Jim Seals and Dan Seals and Brady Seals...
    
    ) – 3:24

Personnel

• Drums, Percussion: James Stroud
  James Stroud
  James Stroud is an American musician and record producer who works in pop, rock, and country music. In the 1990s he was the president of Giant Records and held several credits as a session drummer...
  
  
• Bass: Bob Wray
• Keyboards, Synthesizers: Mitch Humphries, Dave Innis
• Guitars: Paul Franklin, Steve Gibson, Kenny Mims, Don Potter
• Fiddle: Mark O'Connor
  Mark O'Connor
  Mark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition...
  
  
• Dobro: Paul Franklin, Steve Gibson
• Mandolin: Steve Gibson
• Saxophone: Jim Horn
• Backing Vocals: Michael Black, Jessica Boucher, Beth Nielsen Chapman
  Beth Nielsen Chapman
  Beth Nielsen Chapman is an American singer-songwriter, mostly known for her numerous hits recorded by country and pop music performers.-Early history:...
  
  , Carol Chase, Greg Gordon, Katerina Kitridge, Diane Vanette, Hurshel Wiginton, Dennis Wilson, Curtis Young

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	9
Canadian RPM Country Albums	25