Why Can't You
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Why Can't You is the third studio album by American country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Larry Stewart
Larry Stewart (singer)
Larry Stewart is an American country music singer, best known for his role as lead singer of the country pop band Restless Heart...

. His final album for Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

, it was released in 1996. The album produced singles in its title track and "Always a Woman", which respectively reached #46 and #70 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
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country singles charts.

Thom Owens gave the album three stars out of five in Allmusic, where he wrote that it "suffers from an uneven selection of material and production that plays it too close to the vest."

Track listing

  1. "They Ain't Made Enough Road" (Wendell Mobley, 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...

    ) – 2:31
  2. "Always a Woman" (Fred Knobloch, Steve O'Brien) – 3:37
  3. "That's What One Night Can Do" (Michael Huffman, Donny Kees, Bob Morrison) – 3:37
  4. "There Goes the Neighborhood" (Bob DiPiero
    Bob DiPiero
    Bob DiPiero is an American country music songwriter. He has written 15. U.S. Number 1 hits and countless top 20 hits for the likes of Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy, Highway 101, Restless Heart, Ricochet, John Anderson, Montgomery...

    , John Scott Sherrill
    John Scott Sherrill
    John Scott Sherrill is an American songwriter whose work is primarily in the field of country music. He has written songs for such artists as John Anderson, Brooks & Dunn, Jimmy Buffett , Johnny Lee, George Strait, Steve Wariner, Patty Loveless, Josh Turner, Waylon Jennings, Alison Krauss, Peter...

    , Pete Sebert) – 2:35
  5. "I've Got My Hands Full" (Tony Martin
    Tony Martin (songwriter)
    Tony Martin is a country music songwriter who has had twelve Number One hits as a songwriter. Among his compositions are "Third Rock from the Sun" by Joe Diffie and "Just to See You Smile" by Tim McGraw....

    , Brenda Sweat, Cal Sweat) – 3:40
  6. "Shake, Rattle and Rollin' in the Country" (Jamie O'Hara
    Jamie O'Hara (singer)
    Jamie O'Hara is an American country music artist. Between 1986 and 1990, he and Kieran Kane comprised The O'Kanes, a duo which charted seven singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, including the Number One single "Can't Stop My Heart from Loving You"...

    ) – 3:01
  7. "Why Can't You" (Larry Stewart, R.C. Bannon
    R.C. Bannon
    Daniel Shipley is an American country music singer, known professionally as R.C. Bannon. Active since 1977, Bannon has recorded for the Columbia and RCA labels. He was also married to singer Louise Mandrell from 1979 to 1991, and charted six duets with her in addition to twelve singles of his own...

    ) – 3:50
  8. "This Heart" (Stewart, Bannon) – 4:25
  9. "I'll Know When I Get There" (Angelo Petraglia, Robert Ellis Orrall
    Robert Ellis Orrall
    Robert Ellis Orrall is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Signed to RCA Records in 1980, Orrall debuted that year with the album "Fixation". His first Top 40 single was "I Couldn't Say No", a duet with Carlene Carter...

    , Curtis Wright
    Curtis Wright
    Curtis Blaine Wright is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 1989 with the single "She's Got a Man on her Mind" on a branch of MCA Records, before recording a solo album in 1992 on Liberty Records...

    ) – 2:57
  10. "As Time Goes" (Tony Haselden, 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...

    ) – 4:00
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