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Last One to Know

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REBA IS ONE OF THE MOST ENJOYABLE ARTISTS TO LISTEN TO TODAY. SHE SINGS FROM THE HEART AND LETS YOU FEEL EVERY WORD SHE IS SINGING.I'VE NEVER ENJOYED ANY OTHER ARTIST 1/2 AS MUCH AS I ALWAYS ENJOY LISTENING TO MY REBA.I HOPE SHE IS AROUND FOR MANY MANY YEARS TO COME,SO THAT MANY OTHERS CAN ENJOY THE VOICE THAT WAS TRUELY A GOD SENT.

I love this! Everything on here is Reba at her peak! This one ended her run as CMA female vocalist of the year. She never won it again after this was released. But it wasn't because she released this. Its because country music took a trend toward "bubblegum country/pop" and Reba compromised and went with them. That said, this collection is downright superb from first cut to last!! Several had mentioned the song "The Stairs". I will too. It is simply one of the best songs she has ever done!! I also enjoyed the title cut and "I Don't Want to Mention Any Names". In a whole, traditional country music lovers will have a field day with this one!! First class stuff!!

This was it folks!! After this offering, Reba compromised what took her to the top and won her the CMA female vocalist of the year award four times, something she never did again. This CD is not as good as "My Kind of Country" or "Have I Got a Deal for You" but certainly is better than ANYTHING she did afterward with the exception of "For My Broken Heart". No one can top McEntire when it comes to singing traditional country music and the tunes here reflect that statement. Beginning with the haunting title track she never misses a beat!! The production values are splendid on this CD as well with Reba not overdoing her "trademark triple and quadruple syllable phrasing". Also excellent cuts are "Just Across the Rio Grande", "What You Gonna Do About Me" and "I Don't Want to Mention Any Names". "The Girl Who Has Everything", "Someone Else" "I Don't Want to Be Alone" and "I've Still Got the Love We Made" are very good as well. The highlight of the CD is the song "The Stairs", Reba's homage to the battered woman afraid to leave her husband. This track is superb and should have been released as a single!!! This song alone is worth the entire CD!! The only discordant note in this CD and the one that prevents me from giving this CD a five star rating is the inclusion of "Love Will Find Its Way to You". Not that it isn't a good song, it is and Reba is in fine form in it. But it is like a fish out of water amongst the rest of the traditional sounding tunes. "Love Will Find...." is Reba's first entry into the foray of "Bubblegum Pop" which, sadly, doesn't distinguish her from anyone else. The song would have been more appropriate on any of the other CDs she released after this one because it would fit in with her decision to "do what sells". I can't believe its been almost 20 years since this CD was released and since Reba has done a project of entirely "traditional country" replete with steel, fiddles and soaring vocals. I keep praying she'll come "home" again someday, but, I don't think it will ever happen. So I'll just have to be content to listen to everything she put out until 1987, with the exception of course of "For My Broken Heart" which I consider a masterpiece.

I do not know of anyone who tackles with such intensity and real life experience as she does in this recording. It is especially gratifying to hear the single The Stair which aptly depict the emotional struggle that a real survivor is dealing with in abusive relationship.

This CD and her 1990 masterpiece "Rumor Has It" are theabsolute two best albums ever by the absolute best artist ever. RebaMcEntire didn't hit her pinnacle until the early and mid nineties, but this album touches every aspect of the soul. With heart wrenching tracks and then rollicking tunes, it has it all. The standout track is clearly "What You Gonna Do About Me," a poignant question from a girl to her parents who are undergoing a divorce. The immigrant's plight is dealt with truthfully in "Just Across The Rio Grande" . . . Reba's amazing voice soars on "The Stairs," a tear-jerking ballad dealing with abuse. All these songs touch anyone with a soul. Reba speeds it up on the hit single "Love Will Find Its Way To You" and "I Don't Want To Be Alone," her self penned song. Hit songwriter Matraca Berg's hit single "The Last One To Know" leads off this classic album, a great song from a great writer. Overall, this CD is amazing and should touch anyone. Highly recommended. 5 Stars!

As a fan of Reba's going on 14 years now, I think I can speak on this subject. If you like Reba, and you love "true country" then this is an album you shouldn't pass up. This often over-looked selection embodies everything that was and still is special about Reba; it puts her vocal superiority in the spot light and oh how she shines.

In the mid-1980's, Reba seemed more like a one-woman hit factory than an artist. On "The Last One to Know," her third studio album in two years, Reba's vocals and emotional delivery shine like never before. From frail to feisty, the little red head with the big voice takes you on an emotional rollercoaster that will leave you breathless. The album contains two #1 hits, and 8 other songs that could have been. This is the album where Reba also begins to tackle "issue songs" such as "Just Across the Rio Grande," about a Mexican longing for the better life in America, and "The Stairs," which is a haunting portrait of a battered wife. There are also two, strategically placed up-lifting songs to keep the listener from total depression. But beware, it's hard to recover from the heart-wrenching "What You Gonna Do About Me." All in all, this is a must have album for anyone who appreciates good song-writing and excellent delivery.

The Last On To Know is quite frankly Reba's best album from the 80's and I would recomend it to anyone even thoughs who do not usualy listen to country. This CD is chopped full of emotion and if you have recenly been in a breakup you will trasure it. I love you reba and I hope this review will let some more people come close to reba like millions of people the world over. Thanks for reading.

MY DREAM TO BE OWNING EVERY CD OF HERS.. I REALLY ENJOY LISTENING TO HER MUSIC , I FEEL THAT IT TOUCHES EVERY WOMAN IS SOME WAY,WHICH IS IMPORTANT CAUSE MEN ARNT AROUND TO HEAR HER SING, WHICH THEY DONT USUALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE IS SINGING ABOUT SOMETIMES,, TELL HER MY BIGGEST DREAM OK PLEASE!

This is among my favorite Reba albums and is one of her most traditional sounding albums. Reba was going through a bad time emotionally. Her marriage was on the rocks and broke up soon afterwards. It shows in this album.

What you gonna do about me is about impending divorce, although I don't think it was about her own. It is sung from the perspective of a child. The stairs is about a battered wife who lies to cover up the fact that she is constantly beaten. Just across the Rio Grande (also recorded by Holly Dunn) is another emotional song about the divide between Mexico and the USA.

There are lighter moments here, as on Love will find its way to you, but the songs that linger longest in the memory are the sad songs. With this album more than any other, Reba showed that she could match Dolly and Tammy in the emotional stakes.