Pure Country (1992) On the soundtrack to his recent film — his first, in which he plays a country singer who tires of the lasers-and-smoke concert circuit —… George Strait Country Soundtracks
Music Review

Pure Country (1992)

George Strait
Reviewed by Alanna Nash | Oct 23, 1992
EW's GRADE
C-

Details Lead Performance: George Strait; Genres: Country, Soundtracks

On the soundtrack to his recent film — his first, in which he plays a country singer who tires of the lasers-and-smoke concert circuit — George Strait proves that it's just as easy to ruin decent material with puffed-up arrangements (''Where the Sidewalk Ends'') as it is to record unadulterated crap (''Heartland,'' the movie Pure Country's theme song). C-

Originally posted Oct 23, 1992 Published in issue #141 Oct 23, 1992 Order article reprints