L.A. to Miami was Keith Whitley's breakthrough album. While it contains several chart-topping hits, including &Homecoming '63,& &Hard Livin',& &Love at Ten Feet Away,& and &Miami, My Amy,& the album suffers as a whole from a lack of tempo change. The consistent laid-back approach becomes a bit too mellow, tending to drag the album down. Even though there was a lack of honky tonk material on the album, Whitley would adjust that on his follow-up release,Don't Close Your Eyes. By the way, the album also includes &On the Other Hand,& which became Randy Travis' first minor hit, also released in 1985.