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* InnocentBlueEyes: The love interest in "The Bluest Eyes in Texas" is implied to at least be innocent in their break-up, if not innocent overall. The "bluest eyes in Texas are haunting" the singer because of his guilt over leaving.
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* DefrostingIceQueen: The target of the singer's affections in "That Rock Won't Roll" has a "heart of stone," but he is pretty sure he can win her over with his love.
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CountryMusic band who rose to popularity in TheEighties. Restless Heart was assembled by RecordProducer Scott Hendricks to record demos, but ended up fleshing out into a full-fledged band. The most famous lineup is Larry Stewart (lead vocals), John Dittrich (drums), Paul Gregg (bass guitar), Dave Innis (keyboards), and Greg Jennings (guitar). Verlon Thompson was the original lead singer, but he left on good terms before the band had issued its debut single.
Signed to Creator/RCARecords in 1984, the band had modest success with its self-titled debut album, but broke through a year later with the disc ''Wheels''. This album launched four straight #1 hits on the country charts, including "I'll Still Be Loving You", which achieved major pop crossover airplay. Two more albums, ''Big Dreams in a Small Town'' and ''Fast Movin' Train'', continued in the band's hot streak of hits, producing a slick harmony and instrumentation driven sound akin to Music/{{Eagles}} and Music/{{Alabama}}.
In 1992, Stewart exited the band for a solo career. For the next album, ''Big Iron Horses'', lead vocal duties rotated among Dittrich, Gregg, and Innis. During this timespan, TheBandMinusTheFace achieved two more major crossover hits in "When She Cries" and "Tell Me What You Dream", the latter featuring Canadian smooth jazz saxophonist Warren Hill. Innis had also quit before ''Matters of the Heart'', a commercial flop that produced no major singles. From 1994 to 2004, the band was on hiatus, except for a brief reunion of everyone except Innis for three tracks off a GreatestHitsAlbum. During this hiatus, Dittrich was briefly in the group The Buffalo Club, which had a Top 10 country hit in 1997 with "If She Don't Love You" but broke up after less than a year.
The quintet reunited for good in 2004 to release ''Still Restless'', a reunion album produced by Kyle Lehning (Music/RandyTravis's longtime producer) and Mac [=McAnally=], a songwriter and longtime member of Music/JimmyBuffett's Coral Reefer Band. Despite a minor success with "Feel My Way to You", the label on which the album was released closed soon afterward. The only subsequent releases from the band have been live albums, but Restless Heart continues to tour to this day.
!Albums
*''Restless Heart'' (1984)
*''Wheels'' (1986)
*''Big Dreams in a Small Town'' (1988)
*''Fast Movin' Train'' (1990)
*''The Best of Restless Heart'' (1991)
*''Big Iron Horses'' (1992)
*''Matters of the Heart'' (1994)
*''Greatest Hits'' (1998)
*''Still Restless'' (2004)
*''25 and Live'' (2007)
*''Greatest Hits: Live'' (2009)
*''A Restless Heart Christmas'' (2013)
!Tropes present in their work:
* BSide: "New York (Hold Her Tight)", the B-side to "Wheels", got some minor AC airplay.
* TheBandMinusTheFace: ''Big Iron Horses'' and ''Matters of the Heart'' both have other members of the group rotating the lead vocal in Stewart's absence.
* LyricalColdOpen: "Let the Heartache Ride"
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Their 2004 reunion was a RealLife example of this, as
* RereleaseTheSong: Their 1986 hit "Til I Loved You" was reissued to AC radio in 1992.
* SmallTownBoredom: "Big Dreams in a Small Town"
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Even outside Stewart's absence, the other band members sang lead a few times:
** ''Big Dreams in a Small Town'' has Stewart and Gregg sharing the lead on "Chiseled in Stone", while Gregg sings "El Dorado" and Dittrich sings "Calm Before the Storm".
** On ''Still Restless'', Dittrich sings "Looking Back" and "The Night Before", while Gregg sings "Yesterday's News".
* TheTropeKid: "Back to the Heartbreak Kid"
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Signed to Creator/RCARecords in 1984, the band had modest success with its self-titled debut album, but broke through a year later with the disc ''Wheels''. This album launched four straight #1 hits on the country charts, including "I'll Still Be Loving You", which achieved major pop crossover airplay. Two more albums, ''Big Dreams in a Small Town'' and ''Fast Movin' Train'', continued in the band's hot streak of hits, producing a slick harmony and instrumentation driven sound akin to Music/{{Eagles}} and Music/{{Alabama}}.
In 1992, Stewart exited the band for a solo career. For the next album, ''Big Iron Horses'', lead vocal duties rotated among Dittrich, Gregg, and Innis. During this timespan, TheBandMinusTheFace achieved two more major crossover hits in "When She Cries" and "Tell Me What You Dream", the latter featuring Canadian smooth jazz saxophonist Warren Hill. Innis had also quit before ''Matters of the Heart'', a commercial flop that produced no major singles. From 1994 to 2004, the band was on hiatus, except for a brief reunion of everyone except Innis for three tracks off a GreatestHitsAlbum. During this hiatus, Dittrich was briefly in the group The Buffalo Club, which had a Top 10 country hit in 1997 with "If She Don't Love You" but broke up after less than a year.
The quintet reunited for good in 2004 to release ''Still Restless'', a reunion album produced by Kyle Lehning (Music/RandyTravis's longtime producer) and Mac [=McAnally=], a songwriter and longtime member of Music/JimmyBuffett's Coral Reefer Band. Despite a minor success with "Feel My Way to You", the label on which the album was released closed soon afterward. The only subsequent releases from the band have been live albums, but Restless Heart continues to tour to this day.
!Albums
*''Restless Heart'' (1984)
*''Wheels'' (1986)
*''Big Dreams in a Small Town'' (1988)
*''Fast Movin' Train'' (1990)
*''The Best of Restless Heart'' (1991)
*''Big Iron Horses'' (1992)
*''Matters of the Heart'' (1994)
*''Greatest Hits'' (1998)
*''Still Restless'' (2004)
*''25 and Live'' (2007)
*''Greatest Hits: Live'' (2009)
*''A Restless Heart Christmas'' (2013)
!Tropes present in their work:
* BSide: "New York (Hold Her Tight)", the B-side to "Wheels", got some minor AC airplay.
* TheBandMinusTheFace: ''Big Iron Horses'' and ''Matters of the Heart'' both have other members of the group rotating the lead vocal in Stewart's absence.
* LyricalColdOpen: "Let the Heartache Ride"
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Their 2004 reunion was a RealLife example of this, as
* RereleaseTheSong: Their 1986 hit "Til I Loved You" was reissued to AC radio in 1992.
* SmallTownBoredom: "Big Dreams in a Small Town"
* StepUpToTheMicrophone: Even outside Stewart's absence, the other band members sang lead a few times:
** ''Big Dreams in a Small Town'' has Stewart and Gregg sharing the lead on "Chiseled in Stone", while Gregg sings "El Dorado" and Dittrich sings "Calm Before the Storm".
** On ''Still Restless'', Dittrich sings "Looking Back" and "The Night Before", while Gregg sings "Yesterday's News".
* TheTropeKid: "Back to the Heartbreak Kid"
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