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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I have been a fan of Martina McBride for many years. She has one of the most powerful and emotive voices in any sort of music and she puts on an amazing show. Her albums are almost all at least very good with many tending towards the pop edge of country but still remaining country. This album is much more pop soul than country and probably just stays within country because of a couple of songs. The backing is more pop soul than country. There are some fairly weak songs in my opinion such a broken Umbrella and Whatcha Gonna Do but as I said that is my opinion. The track One Night is very good. Those with teenage daughters will no doubt identify with "Teenage daughters" and it is not bad. The highlight by far is "I'm Gonna Love You Through It". It is powerful, very moving and brilliantly sung. It is about loving someone through serious illness and being there for them. This song shows how good she can be and so often is. However, as I said it is far far ahead of everything else on this album. Nothing I would say is poor because with Martina's voice it is always worth a listen. Perhaps this is an attempt to widen her fan base.......which is understandable....but I am not sure it works. It is worth a listen but for me a disaapointment when compared to previous albums. She can do much better than this. Not bad but not good. Average.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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First, skip to 'I'm Gonna Love You Through It' a stunningly beautiful song about an individual family facing cancer and the effect on their family - then listen to the rest. On the strength of that song alone - I can't help but praise this album. The track was written Jimmy Yeary of Shenandoah and 2 other songwriters Ben Hayslip & Sonya Isaacs.
I learnt many years ago that certain artists, like Faith Hill and Martina require some audio investment (so, listen carefully and several times over). They are quality vocalists and with each listen you will pick up nuances and elements you had initially failed to process.
Martina, in my opinion should be recording traditional George-Strait-hardcore-country but she has consistently recording albums with too much pop-country and I do not think its necessarily down to her alone. The record companies are still (lesser so in the past few years) terrified to release music that is 'too country'.
So, is this album any good. Strip away the filler and you have some truly great music. Teenage Daughters is fantastic. A reviewer recently described it negatively referring to McBride's "whiny, exaggerated" singing. That is totally missing the point. It is her phrasing and style of delivery that makes the song work so well. She is a small lady but she can sure belt out a song!
Marry me is a throw-away, stunningly boring duet with a singer called Pat Monahan who has a voice that is as country as a banker in a pin striped suit at a rodeo.
Broken Umbrella is an upbeat, mostly irritating song about someone who is in love and nothing else matters. Other than Taylor Swift, I can't think of a country artist who would ever want to be associated with this pop-nonsense.
'When You Love A Sinner' is classic McBride. Written by kasey Musgraves, a fantastic young country singer-songwriter who, in my opinion is as good as Miranda Lambert. It's almost getting towards being 'Independence Day' quality, although not quite. It's a grower.
'Watcha Gonna Do' showcases Martina's vocal power beautifully and she also co-wrote several tracks including the touching 'Long Distance Lullaby' which you can't help but assume is a reference to her life as a touring artist with young daughters.
This is a good album but it is not even close to 'Wild Angels' her best ever album from the mid 90's.
I learnt many years ago that certain artists, like Faith Hill and Martina require some audio investment (so, listen carefully and several times over). They are quality vocalists and with each listen you will pick up nuances and elements you had initially failed to process.
Martina, in my opinion should be recording traditional George-Strait-hardcore-country but she has consistently recording albums with too much pop-country and I do not think its necessarily down to her alone. The record companies are still (lesser so in the past few years) terrified to release music that is 'too country'.
So, is this album any good. Strip away the filler and you have some truly great music. Teenage Daughters is fantastic. A reviewer recently described it negatively referring to McBride's "whiny, exaggerated" singing. That is totally missing the point. It is her phrasing and style of delivery that makes the song work so well. She is a small lady but she can sure belt out a song!
Marry me is a throw-away, stunningly boring duet with a singer called Pat Monahan who has a voice that is as country as a banker in a pin striped suit at a rodeo.
Broken Umbrella is an upbeat, mostly irritating song about someone who is in love and nothing else matters. Other than Taylor Swift, I can't think of a country artist who would ever want to be associated with this pop-nonsense.
'When You Love A Sinner' is classic McBride. Written by kasey Musgraves, a fantastic young country singer-songwriter who, in my opinion is as good as Miranda Lambert. It's almost getting towards being 'Independence Day' quality, although not quite. It's a grower.
'Watcha Gonna Do' showcases Martina's vocal power beautifully and she also co-wrote several tracks including the touching 'Long Distance Lullaby' which you can't help but assume is a reference to her life as a touring artist with young daughters.
This is a good album but it is not even close to 'Wild Angels' her best ever album from the mid 90's.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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The same can be said of Martina McBride's eleventh studio album as can be said of its title - it's okay, it's fine, but it's lacking a little in inspiration.
First off, the title. Much has been made of the fact that "Eleven" is Martina's first album with Republic Nashville (after ending her long-time association with RCA), heralding something of a fresh start and new sound. So why then call the album "Eleven", immediately reminding the the listener of the ten other records with the previous label? It does seem a bit daft. It's not that important, but I do think it's indicative of some of the other choices that have been made here.
Namely, the songs. It's hard to put my finger on what's missing, but a number of the songs just aren't very strong. "One Night", the album opener, is upbeat and undeniably catchy, but seems like a watered-down version of the lead single "Ride" from Martina's previous album. In fact, in places it's more than reminiscent, and seems to borrow both the harmonic structure and melody. Similarly, "I'm Gonna Love You Through It", while worthy in its message and sentiment, is Martina McBride-by-numbers, seemingly written as a 'Martina McBride song' rather than a good song for its own sake. "Marry Me" and "Broken Umbrella", meanwhile, are just uninspired - the musical arrangements are bland, to say the least.
It's not all doom and gloom though - the other half of the album is pretty good. "Summer of Love" and "Always Be This Way" sound like good single material, while "Whatcha Gonna Do", "Long Distance Lullaby" and "When You Love a Sinner" add some needed quality to the second half of the record.
My overriding feeling is that not all of the songs on "Eleven" would have made it on to a Martina album in the past, and this is a strange state of affairs when you consider that Martina herself is sharing the songwriting credits on over half the record. Or maybe that lack of objectivity is the very reason. Either way, I do wonder if the creative team could have taken a little longer to assemble their material. Most of the songs are perfectly fine, and I will enjoy listening to them, but it's hard to believe that it's absolutely the best material that could have been picked. Perhaps this is why the album has charted lower than any other of Martina's since 1997 (though still at no. 4!)
If you're Martina fan, then you should still buy this record, and even think about tracking down the 'deluxe' version, which can be purchased from at least one online retailer in the U.K. (two of the four 'deluxe' tracks, "Ask The Boy" and "I Give It To You", are worth having.) However, if you're just casually interested, it might be worth trying another album first. Martina's previous record, "Shine", is a better and more cohesive offering, and its singles were rightly more successful.
I do like this album - it's mostly good. But I think it could have benefitted from a bit more thought. Just like that title.....
First off, the title. Much has been made of the fact that "Eleven" is Martina's first album with Republic Nashville (after ending her long-time association with RCA), heralding something of a fresh start and new sound. So why then call the album "Eleven", immediately reminding the the listener of the ten other records with the previous label? It does seem a bit daft. It's not that important, but I do think it's indicative of some of the other choices that have been made here.
Namely, the songs. It's hard to put my finger on what's missing, but a number of the songs just aren't very strong. "One Night", the album opener, is upbeat and undeniably catchy, but seems like a watered-down version of the lead single "Ride" from Martina's previous album. In fact, in places it's more than reminiscent, and seems to borrow both the harmonic structure and melody. Similarly, "I'm Gonna Love You Through It", while worthy in its message and sentiment, is Martina McBride-by-numbers, seemingly written as a 'Martina McBride song' rather than a good song for its own sake. "Marry Me" and "Broken Umbrella", meanwhile, are just uninspired - the musical arrangements are bland, to say the least.
It's not all doom and gloom though - the other half of the album is pretty good. "Summer of Love" and "Always Be This Way" sound like good single material, while "Whatcha Gonna Do", "Long Distance Lullaby" and "When You Love a Sinner" add some needed quality to the second half of the record.
My overriding feeling is that not all of the songs on "Eleven" would have made it on to a Martina album in the past, and this is a strange state of affairs when you consider that Martina herself is sharing the songwriting credits on over half the record. Or maybe that lack of objectivity is the very reason. Either way, I do wonder if the creative team could have taken a little longer to assemble their material. Most of the songs are perfectly fine, and I will enjoy listening to them, but it's hard to believe that it's absolutely the best material that could have been picked. Perhaps this is why the album has charted lower than any other of Martina's since 1997 (though still at no. 4!)
If you're Martina fan, then you should still buy this record, and even think about tracking down the 'deluxe' version, which can be purchased from at least one online retailer in the U.K. (two of the four 'deluxe' tracks, "Ask The Boy" and "I Give It To You", are worth having.) However, if you're just casually interested, it might be worth trying another album first. Martina's previous record, "Shine", is a better and more cohesive offering, and its singles were rightly more successful.
I do like this album - it's mostly good. But I think it could have benefitted from a bit more thought. Just like that title.....
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