Newton returned to the Top 10 in 1988 with "Tell Me True" from her 1987 album "Emotion". The album's lead single, the progressive-country tune "First Time Caller," stalled at No. 24. Her final album of the decade, "Ain't Gonna Cry" (1989), was not promoted by the label and did not chart. But it did spawn her final Top-40 country hit to date, "When Love Comes Around the Bend," which RCA refused to release as a single because Newton's contract had not been renewed.