Heartbreak Town


Heartbreak Town is the debut studio album of American country music artist Steve Azar. Released on River North Records in 1996, it features the singles "Someday" and "I Never Stopped Loving You", which peaked at numbers 51 and 50, respectively, on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts that year. Azar did not release another album until Waitin' on Joe six years later. The track "I Go Crazy" is a cover of Paul Davis' hit single from 1978.

Critical reception

critic Larry Stephens gave a mostly-negative review, saying that outside "Thunderbird" and "As Long as Harley Gets to Play," the album's songs were too similar to each other in sound and "not strong enough to carry weight on radio." Billboard was more positive, with an uncredited review calling Azar's songwriting "adept", while comparing his voice favorably to John Mellencamp.

Track listing

  1. "I Never Stopped Lovin' You" – 4:10
  2. "Nights Like This" – 3:32
  3. "What Are We Waitin' For" – 2:43
  4. "Someday" – 3:06
  5. "Thunderbird" – 4:54
  6. "As Long as Harley Gets to Play" – 3:50
  7. "Dreams of a Dancer" – 3:11
  8. "Heartbreak Town" – 3:08
  9. "I Go Crazy" – 3:51
  10. "Caught Between the Rock and the Roll" – 4:15
  11. "Love Had No Right" – 3:20
  12. "You Don't Even Have to Try" – 3:03

    Personnel

As listed in liner notes.