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It's Your Call

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This CD is soooo beautiful! I love everything about it! "It's Your Call" is probably one of my favorite Reba songs and everyone loves "Take It Back"! Lets not forget "The Heart Won't Lie" which was a #1 smash duet with Vince Gill! Some of the other amazing tracks are "For Herself" - co-written by Reba and is semi-autobiographical, also there is "He Wants To Get Married", "One Last Good Hand", and "Will He Ever Go Away"! This is really an amazing album!

Reba McEntire referred to It's Your Call as the "second chapter" to 1991's For My Broken Heart. Broken Heart was an intentionally somber tribute to her band members who had recently died in a plane crash. Thankfully, It's Your Call is a lot more upbeat than that gloomy release, as were subsequent follow-ups. Country music has/had no need for a Morticia Addams type.

First off, there's "One Last Good Hand," a breezily optimistic look at longterm love. Its bouncy melody and simple lyrics were a nice change of pace. Also, "Take It Back," which is Reba at her most engaging. This woman informs her man that she KNOWS the score, and would rather do without him than accept his philandering. Sassy!

Ballads, however, dominate the album, which is to be expected on a Reba release. "Straight From You" is a thematic rehash of a prior hit "Rumor Has It" while the title track covers similar territory, except that we're now dealing with facts and not mere rumors. The latter is quintessential Reba: a woman scorned, but never, EVER, wallowing in self-pity.

Reba's voice has always been superior to the majority of her material, and It's Your Call, her 20th album, was no exception. She rises to the occasion and makes each cut at least listenable, and often involving. There were no pop remakes such as "Respect" or "The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia" this time around. Just good solid country. Overall, it was one of her better releases.

I played it and it just "sorta" lay there, you know? This was Reba's testimony of her ongoing "grief" over the loss of her band in a plane crash. Or rather the continuation of her grief. She was slowly getting over it. When she released "For My Broken Heart" her heartfelt testimonial to that tragic event in her life, she covered all the bases and in my opinion, nothing she could ever do afterward would hold up to the bar she raised with that one. That said, this CD suffers from mediocrity in the highest sense. Its got some adequate stuff on it but not what we've become accustomed to from Reba. Adequate just won't cut the mustard anymore. "The Latest Shade of Blue" is probably the dullest tune on here. "Take It Back" is the worst!! Reba needs to quit doing "sassy" tunes because they don't fit the mold. If she's going to pick a "sassy" tune, at least pick one with a good melody!

This CD did nothing for me. It just sort of laid staticly there. No mobility whatsoever, not even in the uptempo tunes. I hate the song "Take It Back". I guess I'm not into country-pop music.

When Reba recorded this album, she was still coming to terms with the loss of several road musicians in a plane crash. The first album following that sad event, For my broken heart, was an extremely sad but well-crafted album. This albums shows that Reba had started to move away from that situation but is still, overall, a reflective album.

The title track is about a woman forcing a man to choose her or another woman, who just happens to be on the end of a telephone line waiting for his answer. Straight from you is also about a woman who suspects her man of two timing, only in this case she's not certain. Take it back continues the theme of an unfaithful man - this time it is an up-tempo song in which the man gives himself away by bringing home gifts obviously meant for another woman. Following that trilogy about unfaithful men comes Baby gone blues. This would link nicely to first three songs if the man has chosen the other woman.

Next comes a duet with Vince Gill - an excellent ballad titled The heart won't lie. It's not my favorite duet of theirs because that distinction belongs to Oklahoma swing, a song that appeared on Vince's breakthrough album, When I call your name. Nevertheless, it is a great showcase for their talents.

One last good hand is a brilliant song about dreams coming true in a long-term successful relationship. He wants to get married is another song of optimism. For herself is the story of an independent person who does what she wants. Will he ever go away and Lighter shade of blue are two songs about men who left a long time ago but the women left behind cannot forget.

This is an excellent contemporary country album.

I am so moved by Reba McEntire's songs, every time I listen to them I either burst into tears or burst out singing. Reba keep on singing the way you do, heart touching!!!

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These are leftovers from the "FOr My Broken Heart" album but they could never match up to that masterpiece. The title cut is dull. The rest of the CD is even more dull...like having leftovers for 3 days in a row.

Reba McEntire Has One Of The Beatuiful Voices In Country Music History. I Like This Album Because It Has The #1's "Take It Back", "The Heart Won't Lie" A Duet With Her Friend Vince Gill, And The Title Track. This Album Is A Must Have For Any Reba Fan.

Aside from a few really good songs, this album is not one of her best. It has a lot of average songs on it, but not a lot of amazing ones. I love the song "The Heart Won't Lie", but I get tired of the album quickly. Buy the C.D. "For My Broken Heart", because it is really good.