The Mavericks is the 1991 self-titled debut album of the American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 band The Mavericks

The Mavericks

The Mavericks is a country music band founded in 1989 in Miami, Florida, United States. Between 1991 and 2003 they recorded six studio albums, in addition to charting 14 singles on the Billboard country charts...

. It was released on the Miami, Florida

Miami, Florida

Miami is a city located on the Atlantic coast in southeastern Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, the most populous county in Florida and the eighth-most populous county in the United States with a population of 2,500,625...

-based Cross Three label. Written entirely by lead singer Raul Malo

Raul Malo

Raúl Francisco Martínez-Malo Jr. , known professionally as Raúl Malo, is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and record producer. He was the lead singer of country music band The Mavericks and the co-writer of many of their singles, as well as Rick Trevino's 2003 single "In My Dreams"...

, it is also their only album to feature guitarist Ben Peeler. "This Broken Heart", the only official single from this album, failed to chart. "I Don't Care If You Love Me Anymore" was later released on the soundtrack to the 1996 film Michael

Michael (1996 film)

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, and was a low-charting country single that year. "Mr. Jones", "The End of the Line (Jim Baker)", "This Broken Heart" and "A Better Way" were later re-recorded on the band's 1992 major-label debut From Hell to Paradise.

Track listing

All songs written by Raul Malo.

1. "You'll Never Know" – 2:54
2. "The End of the Line (Jim Baker)" – 3:34
3. "This Broken Heart" – 4:16
4. "Mr. Jones" – 3:25
5. "Tomorrow Never Comes" – 3:18
6. "The Lonely Waltz" – 4:27
7. "Watch Over Me" – 2:47
8. "A Better Way" – 4:10
9. "Another Lonely Life (Paul's Song)" – 4:23
10. "I Don't Care If You Love Me Anymore" – 4:18
11. "Keep Moving On" – 3:18
12. "I'll Give You Back (When You Belong to Me)" – 4:14
13. "Strength to Say Goodbye" – 2:46