Strong Enough to Bend

Studio album by Tanya Tucker

Released

1988

Genre

Country

Length

33:55

Tanya Tucker chronology

Love Me Like You Used To
(1987)

Strong Enough to Bend
(1988)

Greatest Hits
(1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Chicago Tribune	(favorable)^[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	^[3]

Strong Enough to Bend is a 1988 album by Tanya Tucker. 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

"You're Not Alone" (Tom Shapiro, Chris Waters) – 3:05
"Strong Enough to Bend" (Beth Nielsen Chapman, Don Schlitz) – 2:43
"As Long as I'm Dreamin'" (Jeff Cook, Teddy Gentry, John Jarrard, Gary Nicholson) – 3:35
"Lonesome Town" (Matraca Berg, Ronnie Samoset) – 4:11
"Daddy and Home" (Jimmie Rodgers, Elsie McWilliams) – 2:49
"Highway Robbery" (Michael Garvin, Bucky Jones, Shapiro) – 3:29
"Lonely at the Right Time" (Frank J. Myers, Don Pfrimmer) – 3:54
"Playing for Keeps" (Lewis Anderson, Lisa Silver) – 3:36
"Call on Me" (Gary Scruggs) – 3:22
"Back on My Feet" (Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals) – 3:24

Production

Produced By Jerry Crutchfield
Engineered By Scott Hendricks

Personnel

Drums, Percussion: James Stroud
Bass: Bob Wray
Keyboards, Synthesizers: Mitch Humphries, Dave Innis
Guitars: Steve Gibson, Kenny Mims, Don Potter
Steel: Paul Franklin
Fiddle: Mark O'Connor
Dobro: Paul Franklin, Steve Gibson
Mandolin: Steve Gibson
Saxophone: Jim Horn
Backing Vocals: Michael Black, Jessica Boucher, Beth Nielsen Chapman, 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

References

The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits by Joel Whitburn [2006] ISBN 978-0-8230-8291-9

Liner Notes; Tanya Tucker "Strong Enough To Bend" CD; 1988 Liberty/Capitol Records.

Tanya Tucker

Studio albums	Delta Dawn What's Your Mama's Name Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone) Tanya Tucker Lovin' and Learnin' Here's Some Love Ridin' Rainbows You Are So Beautiful TNT Tear Me Apart Dreamlovers Should I Do It Changes Girls Like Me Love Me Like You Used To Strong Enough to Bend Tennessee Woman What Do I Do with Me Can't Run from Yourself Soon Fire to Fire Complicated Tanya My Turn

Compilation and live albums	Tanya Tucker's Greatest Hits The Best of Tanya Tucker Live Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Encore Greatest Hits 1990–1992 Love Songs 20 Greatest Hits 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection Live at Billy Bob's Texas 16 Biggest Hits The Definitive Collection

Notable singles	"Delta Dawn" "Love's the Answer" "What's Your Mama's Name" "Blood Red and Goin' Down" "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" "The Man That Turned My Mama On" "Lizzie and the Rainman" "San Antonio Stroll" "Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You" "You've Got Me to Hold On To" "Here's Some Love" "It's a Cowboy Lovin' Night" "You Are So Beautiful" "Texas (When I Die)" "Pecos Promenade" "Dream Lover" "Can I See You Tonight" "Feel Right" "Baby I'm Yours" "One Love at a Time" "Just Another Love" "I'll Come Back as Another Woman" "It's Only Over for You" "Love Me Like You Used To" "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" (with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet) "If It Don't Come Easy" "Strong Enough to Bend" "Highway Robbery" "Call on Me" "My Arms Stay Open All Night" "Walking Shoes" "Don't Go Out" (with T. Graham Brown) "It Won't Be Me" "Oh What It Did to Me" "Down to My Last Teardrop" "(Without You) What Do I Do with Me" "Some Kind of Trouble" "If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight" "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" "It's a Little Too Late" "Tell Me About It" "Soon" "We Don't Have to Do This" "Hangin' In" "You Just Watch Me" "Between the Two of Them" "Find Out What's Happenin'" "Little Things" "A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be"

Related articles	Albums discography Singles discography Columbia Records MCA Records Capitol Records Liberty Records LaCosta "Leave Them Boys Alone"

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