Of all the country divas that rule their genre, I think that
\nFaith Hill is perhaps the one that can appease both her diehard
\ncountry brethren while achieving crossover success in the lands of
\npop. She has a set of pipes that can manage both the standard
\ncountry-fare while being capable of tackling lighter stuff – and I
\ndo mean her voice pipes. After the success of her last album and
\nits hit single, “This Kiss,” it’s no wonder that Ms. Hill would
\nfollow that up with more of the same in this one.<\/p>\n
The album kicks off with “What’s In It For Me,” a rather strong
\nmix of country and pop. The vocals almost reach into the gospel
\ncategory. It’s very good. Another great song in the album is its
\ntitle track. If it is not a single already, it must be soon. This
\nsong is destined for the prom night halls and the wedding
\nreceptions of tomorrow. (Yeah, it’s that good and strong.)<\/p>\n
Other strong tracks are Bruce Springsteen’s “If I Should Fall
\nBehind” — where the band allows Hill to carry the work with her
\nvoice and provide just enough adequate backing — “That’s How Love
\nMoves” — where, even with a slow tempo, the band mostly works…
\nthough I would have cut out the violins at the end. Also, “There
\nWill Come A Day,” which sits between country and gospel, but,
\nunlike Shania Twain’s “God Bless The Child,” works beautifully. My
\nonly complaint with it is that it was stuck as the album closer. I
\nfeel it would have worked better somewhere in the middle of the
\nalbum.<\/p>\n
And, include on that pile, her duet with country star\/hubby Tim
\nMcGraw. Besides stealing one of my fantasies (did I just reveal too
\nmuch??), “Let’s Make Love” works great because it centers on the
\nvocal talents of both McGraw and Hill. (If you get the feeling that
\nI think she’s got a great voice, give yourself a treat and move
\nthree spaces ahead).<\/p>\n
This is also the cause of my biggest gripes here. “It Will Be
\nMe” is a good song that is played at a faster tempo than I would
\nhave liked – oh, and cut out that instrumental bit at the end! “If
\nI’m Not In Love” is also good, but I see where it’s going a mile
\nbefore it gets there. Why instead could they not just have had Hill
\nsinging this with a piano, a violin and nothing else? That would
\nhave made it much better!! “Love Is A Sweet Thing” is a weak song
\nthat is saved by Hill’s vocals. And along with that, there’s “The
\nWay You Love Me,” which also features the first sign of electronica
\nI’ve ever heard in a country album. (Hint: the drums!)<\/p>\n
Finally, there’s a few songs that I just can’t believe where
\nadded here. “I Got My Baby” is standard and by-the-numbers pop. I
\nwouldn’t have added it here. “If My Heart Had Wings” is somewhat
\ngood, but not by much. Then, there’s “Bringing Out the Elvis.” Why,
\noh why, did they add this song here? Did they feel Hill wasn’t
\n“rocking out” enough??? It’s a shame and a shamble. Ugh!<\/p>\n
However, this doesn’t detract me from the quality of the album.
\nIf you’re a country fan, you will like it. If you’re a pop fan, you
\nwill like it. If you want to get down to the urban beats of the
\nghetto school, sorry, wrong album. Overall,
\nBreathe<\/i> is great and should do fine both on the charts and
\nwith the critics. It did great with this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":25199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6210],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-36404","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-faith-hill","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36404","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/36404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36404"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=36404"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=36404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}