Hearts In Armour - Trisha Yearwood

Advantages: An excellent introduction to some modern day country songs
Disadvantages: If you don't like country music, you probably won't want this one!

...We live out in the country, Hey, she's my little queen of the South Yea, we're two of a kind, Working on a full house" 18. - THAT SUMMER Written by: Pat Alger, Garth Brooks, Sandy Mahl-Brooks This is the song that I was hooked to after one listen, and the one that captured me enough to want to hear more. Written with his first wife before they separated in 1999, it is the story of a woman who has a fling with a young farm hand! As an additional bit of information the backing vocals are Trisha Yearwood with whom Brooks had an affair and later married! "She had a need to feel the thunder, to chase the lightning from the sky To watch a storm with all its wonder, written in her lover's eyes She had to ride the heat of passion, like a comet burning bright Rushing headlong in the wind, now where only dreams have been... Read review

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Advantages: great songs and fantastic artist
Disadvantages: Not good if you don't like country music

...Fire This has a very country hook to it, and sounds like it might have been recorded by the likes of Trisha Yearwood, or Leann Rimes (not a bad thing really). A rippling country riff for the guitar and backing again from the likes of the Indigo Girls. A great way of describing trying to keep a love going, when you've got doubts. "I know you're scared, but no one's spared When you play with matches." 11. I Take My Chances This could almost be a Mavericks' song, with a great bouncy riff and a sixties-ish guitar riff. It deals with following your own path, despite the possible costs. Again Mary provides some great images and quotable lines. "I sat alone in the dark one night, tuning in by remote, I found a preacher who spoke of the light, but he had brimstone in his throat, He'd show me the way according to him, in return... Read review

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Advantages: Great Voice, gets you thinking, gets you dancing,
Disadvantages: None that i can see

...deserves more credit in the UK than she gets as if you take time out to listen to her ... she is a great singer. I would class her in the same catagory as "shania twain" , "trisha yearwood" and "martina mcbride". Anyway to the album.... There is a mixture of sounds on the album, with a range of meanings, feelings and expression. There are 13 tracks of amazing songs. She doesn't write any of the songs herself but the best tracks have been picked for her and her writers deserve lots of credit.She has got a great band on this album . Here is a summary of each track and my rating - 1)whats in it for me - A great track to start the album off. It really gives you an insight as to whats to come. It builds up with music for a while (long intro) then an amazing powerful (deffinately country origin) voice booms out an amazing song. 9... Read review

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