Amazon.co.uk Review
Reputedly the most financially successful female country artist ever--thanks not just to a powerful, emotive and adaptable voice, but also a shrewd business mind and reputation as a producer--McEntire is a byword for safe, quality country. Even though she won the Country Music Awards Female Vocalist of the Year in 1984, her career didn't really take off until she switched from Mercury to MCA/Universal in the mid-1980s, and that is where this collection comes from. Such is her success and prolificacy that a
Best Of really needs more than 20 tracks, but generally there aren't that many glaring omissions and there is a good range of tempos and styles from traditional arrangements to glossy strings. Also featured are a couple of key duets: one with
Vince Gill ("The Heart Won't Lie") and the other a well-matched pairing with the underrated Texan singer
Linda Davis on "Does He Love You". --
Tim Perry