I’m a sucker for songs about love gone wrong (like I would know,
\nhaha). My friends suggest Sarah McLachlan but I lean to the mellow
\nside of country music for my dose of corny oversentimentalism. It’s
\ngood, healing stuff.<\/p>\n
Reba McEntire’s
\nGreatest Hits Volume Two<\/i> rarely showcases raw catharsis.
\nSongs like “Rumor Has It” needs some delving and perhaps some
\nsing-along (not a bad drawl for a Sweden-born Korean!). I remember
\ngiving “For My Broken Heart” one spin, disliking it, and months
\nlater having the song come back to me; now I know it by heart. One
\ninnocently bustling moment of you day, a particle of a lyric will
\necho in your head and after that it’s for life.<\/p>\n
Some songs are just for fun. “Love Will Find Its Way to You” is
\neasy listening, if a little misplaced in the cohesion of the album
\n(hey, it’s a greatest hits). “You Lie” is one of Bob’s hated voice
\nshowcases but she’s more interested in keeping it long and
\nno-vibrato; the instinct to sing backup is overpowering.<\/p>\n
But I have to confess, it’s the more poppy theme tunes I
\ngravitate towards. Before you crucify me for my fondness for
\nsingle-material, try “Does He Love You.” This ironic confrontation
\nwith Linda Davis at the upper-part has the two ladies almost asking
\n“Does this mean we’re related?” “Fancy” is the rise of a woman in
\nthe South with McEntire unleashing her native drawl in determined
\npassion. Yes it has a power chorus but the song boils throughout
\ncreating a sharp fluidity.<\/p>\n
“Is There Life Out There” was the first McEntire song I’ve ever
\nheard and it’s still fresh today. Its misleading title, questioning
\nvocals and open-all-the-windows-I’m-going-to-suffocate-!
\narrangement will make many a homemaker ask the same question.<\/p>\n
Being the Spoiled One, “The Greatest Man I Never Knew” doesn’t
\nclick with me. Try as I might, “They Asked About You” sounds like a
\nrough draft of “Rumor Has It” before the latter was equipped with
\nbetter hooks.<\/p>\n
But overall, the mix is on the quiet side of country; even
\n“Fancy”‘s rage and injustice is a silent rumble. After the grating
\nsounds of Everyday Life, the album’s sincerity will speak to you
\ngently … if you let it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[5860],"rating":[5615],"class_list":["post-35778","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-reba-mcentire","rating-rating-b"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/35778","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/35778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=35778"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=35778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}