L.A. to Miami

L.A. to Miami is the first full-length studio album, and second album overall, by American country music singer Keith Whitley. It was released in October 1985 via RCA Records Nashville. The album includes the singles "I've Got the Heart for You," "Miami, My Amy," "Ten Feet Away," "Homecoming '63" and "Hard Livin'," all of which charted on Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) between 1985 and 1987. Also included are two songs that later became singles for other artists: "On the Other Hand" and "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her," which were Number Ones for Randy Travis and George Strait, respectively, in 1986. The latter was previously a No. 25 country hit for its writer, Dean Dillon, in 1980.

L.A to Miami
Studio album by
Keith Whitley
ReleasedOctober 28, 1985
Recorded1985 at The Sound Emporium, Nashville
GenreCountry
Length29:43
LabelRCA
ProducerBlake Mevis
Keith Whitley chronology
A Hard Act to Follow
(1984)		 L.A to Miami
(1985)		 Don't Close Your Eyes
(1988)
Singles from L.A. to Miami
  1. "Miami, My Amy"
    Released: January 25, 1986
  2. "Ten Feet Away"
    Released: June 9, 1986
  3. "Homecoming '63"
    Released: November 3, 1986
  4. "Hard Livin'"
    Released: March 14, 1987

Track listing
  1. "Miami, My Amy" (Hank Cochran, Dean Dillon, Royce Porter) – 3:28
  2. "I've Got the Heart for You" (Larry Boone, John Greenebaum) – 2:39
  3. "I Get the Picture" (Don Cook, Fred Koller) – 2:56
  4. "On the Other Hand" (Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz) – 3:12
  5. "Hard Livin'" (David Halley) – 2:56
  6. "Ten Feet Away" (Max D. Barnes, Troy Seals, Billy Sherrill) – 3:23
  7. "That Stuff" (Sonny Curtis, Ron Hellard) 3:24
  8. "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her" (Dillon) – 2:28
  9. "Homecoming '63" (Dillon, Porter) – 3:00
  10. "Quittin' Time" (Michael Garvin, Bucky Jones, Hellard) – 2:54

Personnel
  • Doug Crider - assistant engineer
  • Bill Harris - engineering
  • Randy Kling - mastering
  • Blake Mevis - producer
  • Ron Reynolds - engineering

Critical reception

Al Campbell of Allmusic gave the album two stars out of five, saying that it "suffers as a whole from a lack of tempo change."[1]

Chart performance
Chart (1986) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 26[2]

References
  1. Campbell, Al. "L.A. to Miami review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  2. "Keith Whitley chart history: Top Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 24 September 2017.
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