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Big Dreams in a Small Town is the third studio album by American country music group Restless Heart. It was released by RCA Nashville in July 1988. The songs:"The Bluest Eyes in Texas," the title track "A Tender Lie," and "Say What's in Your Heart" were all released as singles prior to the album.

Big Dreams in a Small Town
Studio album by Restless Heart
Released	July 15, 1988 (1988-07-15)
Studio	Digital Recorders and OmniSound Studios (Nashville, TN).
Genre	Country
Length	37:53
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Tim DuBois Scott Hendricks Restless Heart
Restless Heart chronology
Wheels (1986) Big Dreams in a Small Town (1988) Fast Movin' Train (1990)
Singles from Big Dreams in a Small Town
"The Bluest Eyes in Texas" Released: May 13, 1988 "A Tender Lie" Released: September 1988 "Big Dreams in a Small Town" Released: February 1989 "Say What's in Your Heart" Released: July 1989

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The album reached number 4 on the Top Country Albums chart[2] and has been certified Gold by the RIAA.[3]

Track listing

1. "Say What's in Your Heart" (Donny Lowery, Don Schlitz) - 4:05
2. "Big Dreams in a Small Town" (Van Stephenson, Tim DuBois, Dave Robbins) - 3:35
3. "A Tender Lie" (Randy Sharp) - 3:29
4. "Jenny Come Back" (Stephenson, T. DuBois, Robbins) - 3:49
5. "No Way Out" (Steve Bogard, Rick Giles) - 3:11
6. "Carved in Stone" (Tony Colton, Michael Noble) - 4:02
7. "El Dorado" (Nicky Gregg, Paul Gregg, Greg Jennings) - 5:10
8. "The Bluest Eyes in Texas" (Stephenson, T. DuBois, Robbins) - 4:46
9. "This Time" (Bob Farrell, P. Gregg, Robbins) - 3:32
10. "Calm Before the Storm" (Farrell, Stephenson, Robbins) - 4:07
11. "The Ride of Your Life" (John Dittrich, James DuBois) - 4:47

Personnel

Restless Heart

• John Dittrich – drums, vocals
• Paul Gregg – bass, vocals
• Dave Innis – keyboards, vocals
• Greg Jennings – guitars, vocals
• Larry Stewart – vocals

Lead vocals on all tracks by Larry Stewart, except "Carved in Stone" (Paul Gregg and Larry Stewart), "El Dorado" (Paul Gregg), and "Calm Before the Storm" (John Dittrich).

Additional musicians

• Carl Marsh – Fairlight programming
• David Humphreys – Fairlight programming

Production

• Restless Heart – producers
• Tim DuBois – producer
• Scott Hendricks – producer, recording, mixing, mastering
• Joe Galante – A&R direction
• J. T. Cantwell – assistant engineer
• Chris Hammond – assistant engineer
• Mark Nevers – assistant engineer
• Eric Paul – assistant engineer
• Tom Singers – assistant engineer
• Carry Summers – assistant engineer
• Bill Whittington – assistant engineer
• Carlos Grier – digital editing
• Denny Purcell – mastering
• Mary Hamilton – art direction
• Bob McConnell – design
• Empire Studios – photography
• Mixed at The Castle (Franklin, TN).
• Mastered at Georgetown Masters (Nashville, TN).

Charts

References

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