Having recorded four ultra-traditional country albums (My kind of country, Have I got a deal for you, The last one to know, Merry Christmas to you), Reba began to move back towards pop-country with this album, although this is still a solidly traditional country album compared to most of Reba's music. This album features electric guitars and drums but is otherwise a very traditional country album.
There are two up-tempo songs here - Little Rock (the second single off the album, after the title track) and I can't stop now. Both are excellent. One thin dime is a wonderful mid-tempo song.
The seven ballads are all brilliant but the title track is by far the most famous. One reviewer suggested it was about an intelligent woman waiting for her executive husband to come home and suggested that this is not another of those stand-by-your-man songs. Actually, it sounds to me as though the woman in the song is standing by her man, knowing that he's up to no good in New England, even if he is an executive. Reba obviously believes this too, having once said that she wouldn't put up with a man like the one in the song. Nevertheless, Reba recorded it because it's a great song. So it proved, becoming one of her signature songs.
This is definitely an album for country fans who like to hear her sing traditional country music.