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Have I Got A Deal For You

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But there is no denying that Reba McEntire is as country as they come and this outstanding CD is proof of that!! First class all the way!! I never get tired of hearing this.

The liner notes by Emmylou Harris and Loretta Lynn say it all here. Reba is the master of her game here and this is my favorite of all her albums. Every cut on here could and should have been a number one!!!!!!!!! The first one, "I'm In Love All Over" is a great country line-dance tune!! Its also a great song!! "She's Single Again" should have been a single but Janie Fricke beat her to the punch with her version. Reba outdoes Janie in every way. "Red Roses Won't Work Now" is just beautiful. "Have I Got a Deal For You" is Reba at her very traditional best!! "Only In My Mind" is Reba's contribution as a writer and really the first song she wrote that wasn't mediocre as she really is not a writer. This one made top five and it was well deserved. "She's the ONe Loving You Now" is another one penned by her and I love it!! The fiddle work on this great country shuffle is outstanding!!!!! "Whose Heartache Is this Anyway" is country the way it should be!! Clean and wholesome and real!! The rest of the tunes are equally fine. If you own only one Reba CD this should be the one!!!!

There is so much variety on this one! I'm in Love All Over and I Don't Need Nothin' You Ain't Got are two great upbeat traditional country songs. She's Single Again and Have I Got A Deal For You are 2 great Traditional songs. The Great Divide is a wonderful ballad. Her self-penned hit "Only in My Mind" was amazing!! Up and to this point Reba's self-penned songs never made it anywhere, but this one did. If I'm remembering correctly it made the Top 10. I agree with the others however. Red Roses and Don't Forget... are the 2 worst songs, and the 2 I normally skip over. Don't make that not buy it though. It's a great album anyway. It was Reba's 1st album co-produced with Jimmy Bowen, who helped her career immensely. Although this sparked no #1 hits, all of her albums from 1986-1989 gave 2 each.

this cd is a traditional, uplifting cd. The tone of "she's single again" is such that it can lift a worn spirit and put one back in a good mood. reba uses her usual charm and character to form a complete, wonderfull collection!

Forget all her other albums! This is the one and only true "Country" that Reba has ever done and every song on here is to be savored...just like good corn on the cob with lots of butter and a nice piece of apple or pecan pie!! Yum, yum!!

I can't figure out who wouldn't like this album because it is Miss Reba at her very, very best!! This is a masterpiece as far as I'm concerned!! Exceptionally exceptional!!!

When I sit back and listen to this "work of art" I ask myself, why can't Reba come back and do something else like this? The songs on her other albums like her more recent ones could have been done like this instead of using all that electric guitar and loud drums, etc. The music on "Have I Got a Deal For You" is the kind of country music I like to listen to and its time for Reba to return to the kind of music she made me fall in love with in the first place.

Long before she went pop on us Reba was the true singer of country songs ....unparalleled by anyone in the 1980s when she won the female vocalist of the year award four years in a row...something do other woman singer in country has ever done. And she could do it again if she would go back to singing the kind of songs she sings on this great album. This one..along with "MY KIND OF COUNTRY" and "WHOEVER'S IN NEW ENGLAND" are the prime Reba years. "WHAT AM I GONNA DO ABOUT YOU" is also a superb effort but things started to go downhill after that. She sold out and for this, it is country's loss. But this album is for the true traditionalists which Reba was a long, long time ago. Every song is a masterpiece but the real standout is "She's Single Again". Reba's version is far superior to Janie Fricke's version released that same year. Reba would surely have had a number one with this if she had had it released before Fricke. Two of Reba's songwriting collaborations are also included in this outstanding collection...her top five hit "Only in My Mind" and the very appealing "She's the One Loving You Now". If you like traditional country this is the album for you. If you like the later, pop oriented Reba then stay away from the steel and fiddles on this one.

Well, I recieved this CD as a gift. I really didnt think too much of it, because I liked Reba's newer mucic better than her older stuff. But anyways, I decided to pop it into my CD player, just to be polite. I was hooked! I listened to the CD straight through about 5 times. I especially love "I'm In Love All Over," "Shes The One Loving You Now," and I Don't Need Nothin' You Ain't Got." The only songs that I skip over are "Red Roses (Wont Work Now)," and "Dont Forget Your Way Home." Every song holds a special place for me, they all decribe my life in some way or another, from "Shes Single Again," to "Only In My Mind." I highly recommend this CD to any Reba fan!!

I gave this a Christmas present and she loved it. She is a Reba fan and cannot get enough Reba.