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Monday, May 30, 2011

Reba McEntire - All the Women I Am

Reba continues to show that she still has what it takes after 30 years in the business with her latest releast, "All the Women I am". Reba's 26th studio album and 2nd Solo album since returning to the music business after her hit TV show "Reba".

The album starts off with Reba's 25th #1 Hit "Turn on the Radio". Turn on the Radio is an uptempo song telling the singer's cheating ex that if he ever wants to hear from her again he should turn on his radio. The song was well written, and the performance by Reba was very well done.

The album continues with Reba's cover of the Beyonce hit "If I were a Boy". Reba's voice shined on the song, but it wasn't well recieved on the radio reaching only #22 on the charts.

"When Love Gets a hold of You", the 3rd single from the album, tells of what happens when "love gets a hold" of the man she loves. The song is an upbeat song, with a catchy tune and a great beat.

"The Bridge you Burn" is one of the obvious highlights of the album. The tune is fun, the words interesting, and the accompaniment arranged perfectly. This song would fare well as a Single if it were ever released as one.

The album also included some misses. The worst on the album is "The Day she Got Divorced" - the tune is a mess, and the lyrics are disconected, and accompaniment doesn't fit. "When you have a Child" is relatively uninteresting, and "A Little Want To" falls flat with the Chord Progression and Style.

A relatively small release, All the Women I am didn't shine as bright as McEntire's previous album "Keep on Loving You", but still included several great songs. In her next album, McEntire will hopefully release more tracks and avoid the mistakes of the tracks in this album. Despite the mistakes, however, "All The Women I Am" was a great release and will be a great addition to the legend's long list of great albums.