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Reba McEntire - Greatest Hits

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I love this album. It was basically the soundtrack of my life for a while after I first got it, I hardly listened to anything else for months. Reba can get your toe tapping one moment and then make you cry your eyes out the next. All of the songs are great. It's nice to listen to music where the lyrics tell a story, unlike a lot of the popular music of today. Terrific album of Reba's early hits, highly recommended.

Given the fact that I have only heard two of her CDs, this one and the god-awful "If You See Him" I rate this one 5 stars. If the albums of which these songs came off of are half as good as this CD then Reba was certainly the country queen of the eighties. I enjoy this CD very much.

Reba was on a roll and this CD shows it. Too bad she couldn't maintain the momentum with her future releases after this greatest hits album was released. Enjoy this one because she sure changed after this phase.

Reba was once a down to earth, hometown country girl. Now she has become a "DIVA" and a "PRIMA DONNA". This CD takes us back to those days when she could really pick material that highlighted her country roots and she shone brighter than any other star of her era. She worked long and hard to get there. This CD is is truly the best representation of Reba's greatest hits that there has ever been. Too bad there are only ten songs on here.

Reba's early recordings for Mercury never strayed far from traditional country but after she switched to MCA she recorded the album Just a little love (with just a hint of a pop-country flavor) followed by a series of firmly traditional albums - My kind of country, Have I got a deal, Whoever's in New England, Merry Christmas to you and What am I gonna do about you - that put her alongside Ricky Skaggs, the Judds and George Strait as a hero to fans of traditional country music. Randy Travis broke through to the big time during this period.

I confess that I never really understood how Reba's singles were chosen. I bough the albums as they appeared and liked to guess which tracks would become singles and I was nearly always wrong. Of course, everything that Reba recorded during this period was brilliant and she was very successful on the country charts with these songs. Perhaps the most famous song here is Whoever's in New England. Apart from that, my favorites here are Just a little love, How blue and Have I got a deal for you.

So this compilation, containing Reba's biggest hits from the period, is one that all traditional country fans will cherish. If you became a Reba fan because of her later recordings, this compilation may come as something of a shock to you.

Reba always seems to stay one step ahead of the pack. When the Urban Cowboy era was at its peak, Reba and a small group of country artists returned to their roots and recorded crisp, clear, and emotional country music. This album chronicals those years of Reba's career, including her first smash single "Whoever's In New England." Contemporary fans beware, this album is pure, straight-forward country music from a woman whose heart is bigger than her voice. Prepare for an emotional roller-coaster.

If you're not familiar with Reba McEntire this CD would be the best place to begin. It is the best of her greatest hits releases.

The times when I'm feeling down and out, this CD makes me feel so much better. Its so full of the type of country music I like to listen to and sing along with. Reba created a magic with her work when she was starting out, but, then she had to go with what the record company demanded of her....more pop music (which I can't stand). This CD is a pleasant reminder of an era long past and which I'm afraid we'll never see or hear again from a lady who I admire so much.

The original CD cover had Reba sporting her 1980s short hairdo..which actually was very becoming to her. Not that this new art work isn't becoming, it is. It is just not the same one. That notwithstanding, what counts is the music inside and it is vintage Reba at her very, very best! Highly recommended!

This is pure country through and through. "Somebody Should Leave" is alone worth the album. Reba cuts to the chase and delivers superbly on every cut!!