Song for song, Stone's third album is his strongest, lacking the peak-and-valley terrain of his debut and the incessant self-pity of I Thought It Was You. Stone's voice is at its pain-wracked best with &Warning Labels& and &This Empty House,& and if you think he pulls the heartstrings with the sad songs, wait'll you hear what he does with&Made for Loving' You& and &Too Busy Being in Love.& The heart references take on a special meaning given the open-heart surgery that preceded this album: in &Warning Labels,& Stone gives a first-hand account of the serious damage those country tearjerkers can do. And here we figured it was all that Southern-fried food.