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| Released | September 12, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 34:33 | |||
| Label | Arista Nashville | |||
| Producer | Mark Bright | |||
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Strong Enough is the second studio album by American country music band Blackhawk, released in 1995. It features the singles "I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No", "Like There Ain't No Yesterday", "Almost a Memory Now", "Big Guitar", and "King of the World", which respectively reached numbers 2, 3, 11, 17, and 49 on the Hot Country Songs charts. The album itself earned RIAA gold certification for sales of 500,000 copies.
The track "Cast Iron Heart" was previously recorded by Pearl River on their 1993 album Find Out What's Happening, and would later be recorded by Linda Davis on her 1996 album Some Things Are Meant to Be. In addition, "Bad Love Gone Good" was previously recorded by John Anderson on 1993's Solid Ground.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Big Guitar" | Henry Gross, Henry Paul | 2:58 |
| 2. | "Like There Ain't No Yesterday" | Walt Aldridge, Mark Narmore | 3:18 |
| 3. | "Cast Iron Heart" | Dennis Linde | 3:28 |
| 4. | "I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No" | Robert John "Mutt" Lange | 4:15 |
| 5. | "Almost a Memory Now" | Dale Oliver, Van Stephenson, Dave Robbins | 3:17 |
| 6. | "King of the World" | Jeff Black | 3:22 |
| 7. | "Bad Love Gone Good" | Paul, Robbins, Stephenson | 3:47 |
| 8. | "Any Man With a Heartbeat" | Charlie Black, Layng Martine Jr. | 3:23 |
| 9. | "A Kiss Is Worth a Thousand Words" | Paul, Robbins, Stephenson | 3:09 |
| 10. | "Hook, Line and Sinker" | Linde | 3:31 |
| Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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| Canadian Country Albums (RPM) | 5 |
| USBillboard 200[2] | 22 |
| USTop Country Albums (Billboard)[3] | 4 |
| Chart (1995) | Position |
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| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] | 54 |
| Chart (1996) | Position |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] | 32 |
| Year | Single | Chart Positions | ||
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| US Country | US | CAN Country | ||
| 1995 | "I'm Not Strong Enough to Say No" | 2 | 104 | 1 |
| "Like There Ain't No Yesterday" | 3 | — | 1 | |
| 1996 | "Almost a Memory Now" | 11 | — | 14 |
| "Big Guitar" | 17 | — | 8 | |
| "King of the World" | 49 | — | 41 | |
Compiled from liner notes.[6]
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