She had to get hot or go home. Just about a decade later, Trisha
\nYearwood introduced a greatest hits package that chronicled one of
\nthe most popular country music careers in history, a significant
\nfeat given the new world-wide popularity of the genre.<\/p>\n
A-list songwriter Diane Warren’s “How Do I Live” has had
\nbig-time airplay here in Asia, where we were fortunate enough to
\nhave it released instead of the LeAnn Rimes version. Yearwood’s
\nversion has better backgroud arrangements and a distinctly sincere
\nvocal (remember the old cliche about all the prerequisite suffering
\nin country music), making Rimes’ version sound a tad juvenile (how
\ndo I “leave” without you?).<\/p>\n
Country music has become more pop with even non-US residents
\ntopping the charts (Canadian Shania Twain). But people who’ve
\nbought
\nSongbook<\/i> because of “How Do I Live” may be disappointed, for
\nthe rest of the album isn’t nearly as pop. The Garth Brooks duet
\n“In Another’s Eyes” and even the cover of Melissa Etheridge’s “You
\nCan Sleep While I Drive” are less mainstream but more country. The
\nAaron Neville duet “The Song Remembers When” has been redone to a
\nYearwood only version which isn’t quite “radio” compared to the
\nGrammy-winning original.<\/p>\n
It’s still an impressive country music career. Her debut “She’s
\nIn Love With The Boy” is still a swinging all-American ode to true,
\nwholesome love and its nineties version “Perfect Love” is just as
\nfoot-stomping upbeat (if less imaginative in lyrics). “Walkaway
\nJoe” fulfills my concept of a perfect country song with its quietly
\nemotional vocals and music video lyrics. “On A Bus To St. Cloud” is
\nsimilar in quality with nary a breath of another world in its
\ndeceptively simple arrangement.<\/p>\n
But a majority of the ballads including “The Woman Before Me”
\nand “Down On My Knees” are bland overall, not giving much room for
\nYearwood to emote. “XXX’s And OOO’s (An American Girl)” tries but
\nisn’t as fun-loving as “Believe Me Baby (I Lied)” or “Perfect
\nLove”. “The Flame” is a gospel number that doesn’t quite sound
\ninspired, a song lacking of Yearwood’s sincerity. “Save The Land”
\nwith Lee Kernaghan is a curious song about … environmentalism?
\nCan’t tell … that ends this collection in a wholly inappropriate
\nway.<\/p>\n
Trisha Yearwood has become so hot, she’s going into what’s
\nregarded as the next step these days; acting. While that’s a
\nquestionable venture, her music is still a solid and acclaimed body
\nof work.
\nSongbook<\/i>, however, may not be the best place to look for
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