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Reba McEntire
"My Kind Of Country"
© MCA Records
Year of Release: 1984
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How Blue
That's What He Said
I Want To Hear It From You
It's Not Over (If I'mNot Over You)
Somebody Should Leave
Everything But My Heart
Don't You Believe Him
Before I Met You
He's Only Everything
You've Got Me (RightWhere You Want Me)
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Reba McEntire
"My Kind Of Country"
Reba McEntire is one of many well-known Country artists dominating the
music scene today. Her 1984 release, My Kind Of Country has a title
that says it all: It can be anyone's Country, who appreciates Country Music.
The original Country sound of the 1970s is definitely here. With the common
blend of Rock and Country heard today, it's kind of hard to decide whether
a Country song is really Country, or is it Rock? Even though a somewhat
Country sound is heard, Country Music to me is having a sound of the very
early years, like Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, and Merle Haggard. Reba McEntire's
My Kind Of Country definitely has the traditional, original Country sound.
What makes this album so original to the Country of many years past, is
that not only does it have the original Country sound, it reminds me very much
of Patsy Cline's music. The first three songs, How Blue, That's What He
Said, and I Want To Hear It From You all have the steel-guitar,
an instrument famous in early Country songs. It also features violins, also
another famous early-Country instrument.
The ballad It's Not Over (If I'm Not Over You) has the typical
1980s Country sound, and so does the piano-driven ballad Somebody Should
Leave. Another ballad, Everything But My Heart has a more pop-country
sound.
We return to the traditional old-fashioned country sound (as heard in
the first three songs) with the next two songs, Don't You Believe Him,
and Before I Met You. The guitars (whether they'd be the standard
electric, or steel) truly makes these songs in what we call old-fashioned
Country. The violin in Before I Met You makes this one an old-fashioned
Country song in sound.
As heard in the previous ballads, the last two songs He's Only
Everything and You've Got Me (Right Where You Want Me) are typical
1980s Country ballads, compared in sound to The Judds.
Other than Patsy Cline, another Country artist is compared to this album,
and that is 1970s/1980s favorite Dolly Parton. What makes My Kind Of
Country an enjoyable album is that it combines the old and new sounds of
Country music. Instruments such as the steel guitar and violins are not used
as much by other well-known Country artists today, but it's just great to hear
an album such as this one by Reba McEntire, in hearing the old country music,
the way it used to be.
For the true Country fan who enjoys the much older Country sound, My
Kind Of Country is well worth listening to. Country music today is also
enjoyable, but there is nothing compared in hearing that old-traditional
Country sound.
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