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Traditional country for fans of Reba - and Tanya, 6 Mar 2004
This review is from: Behind the Scene (Audio CD)
This is the most traditional-sounding of Reba's Mercury releases – not quite as traditional as My kind of country and the three albums that followed it, but close. It was Reba's last album of original material for the label, so perhaps she recorded just what she wanted. (Yes, I know about the album Reba Nell McEntire, but that was a compilation of unreleased recordings, released after Reba had left Mercury.) The album contains a great mix of up-tempo songs and ballads.
Nickel dreams is a song that inspired Tanya Tucker, who never got around to recording the song but used the title for her autobiography (a book definitely worth reading). Tanya said that the song could have been written about her.
Reba wrote Reasons, which is a song full of the kind of metaphors that traditional country fans enjoy but that often alienate the uncommitted, who don't always understand. To explain – Reba prefers steaks to hot dogs because steaks are better quality. Reba wants only the best.
There are many other fine songs here but, being an end-of-contract album, it probably wasn't promoted as much as it might have been. Nevertheless, this is a fine album that all fans of Reba's traditional country albums should seek out.
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