Stubborn Love (album)

Stubborn Love is the first album by Christian singer/songwriter Kathy Troccoli, released in 1982 on Reunion Records.^[2] Stubborn Love was reportedly the best-selling debut album by a contemporary Christian music female artist. The title song was a hit on Christian radio reaching number two on the Christian AC chart. The album also features her cover of "You're All I Need to Get By" written by Ashford and Simpson, made famous in 1968 by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell but with Christian lyrics. Stubborn Love was re-issued on CD in 1994 with a new album cover with an updated photo of Troccoli. The album peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Inspirational Albums chart in 1983.

Stubborn Love
Studio album by Kathy Troccoli
Released	1982
Studio	The Bennett House (Franklin, Tennessee) Great Circle Sound and House of David (Nashville, Tennessee) Pinebrook Studios (Alexandria, Indiana)
Genre	CCM, Gospel
Length	40:56
Label	Reunion
Producer	Brown Bannister
Kathy Troccoli chronology
Stubborn Love (1982) Heart and Soul (1984)
Alternative cover
1994 Reunion Records re-issue on CD.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"You're All I Need to Get By"	Nickolas Ashford, Valerie Simpson	4:02
2.	"Hand in Hand"	Gary Chapman, Michael W. Smith	3:40
3.	"All I Must Do"	Brown Bannister, Mike Blanton	3:47
4.	"It's the Small Things"	Donna McLaughlin Wyant, Michael W. Smith	3:20
5.	"Lord I Need You Now"	Billy Sprague, Jim Weber	4:03
6.	"There's Still Time"	Debbie D. Smith, Michael W. Smith	3:42
7.	"Once in a Lifetime Love"	Gary Chapman, Rosemary Dunham, Michael W. Smith	4:44
8.	"Stubborn Love"	Amy Grant, Gary Chapman, Michael W. Smith, Brown Bannister, Sloan Towner	4:29
9.	"It's Your Love"	Billy Sprague, Jim Weber	4:22
10.	"Love of My Life"	Tricia Walker	3:57

Personnel

• Kathy Troccoli – vocals
• Shane Keister – synthesizers, keyboards (5)
• Michael W. Smith – keyboards (5)
• Gerrit Wilson – keyboards (5)
• Jon Goin – guitars
• Dann Huff – guitars
• Mike Brignardello – bass (1-4, 6-10)
• Craig Nelson – bass (5)
• Keith Edwards – drums
• Mark Morris – percussion
• Denis Solee – saxophone
• Cindy Reynolds – harp
• Alan Moore – string arrangements
• Diana DeWitt, Kim Flemming, Greg Guidry, Sandy Guidry, Denny Henson, Donna McElroy – vocals

Production

• Michael Blanton – executive producer
• Dan Harrell – executive producer
• Brown Bannister – producer
• Gene Eichelberger – engineer
• Bob Clark – additional overdub engineer
• Dennis Hill – album design
• Mike Borum – front album photography
• Wade Jaynes – back album photography
• Mark Pleasant – back album photography

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
US Inspirational Albums (Billboard)[3]	26

Radio singles

Year	Singles	Peak positions
		CCM AC[4]
1982-83	"Stubborn Love"	2

References

1. Kathy Troccoli – Stubborn Love at AllMusic. Retrieved October 3, 2022.
2. Kathy Troccoli: Stubborn Love. Reunion Records. 1982.
3. "Inspirational LPs" (PDF). Billboard. May 28, 1983. p. 56.
4. Brothers, Jeffrey Lee, ed. (2003). CCM Hot Hits: AC Charts 1978 – 2001. AuthorHouse. p. 214. ISBN 1-4107-3294-0.