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5.0 out of 5 stars
Eight new songs plus four hits, January 24, 2005
This review is from: Reunited (Audio CD)
This album marked the beginning of Paulette Carlson's second spell with Highway 101, in which she was once again reunited with Curtis Stone and Jack Daniels. The other original member, Cactus Moser, was not part of the line-up.
Eight new songs were recorded for the album. Most of them are originals but there is a great cover of Have you ever really loved a woman, written and originally recorded by Bryan Adams. Whether singing ballads or up-tempo-rockers, Paulette sounds as good as ever on the new recordings. The album opens with Where'd you get your cheating from, in which Paulette describes which characteristics a man got from each of his parents but wonders about his cheating. Among the other new songs, I particularly like Texas girl and the only new song that Paulette wrote for the album, She don't have the heart to love you.
The four re-issued songs (licensed from Warner) are The bed you made for me (their first hit) and three songs that didn't make their Greatest hits compilation (Setting me up, All the reasons why, Walking talking crying barely beating broken heart). All four have since been made on the American compilation Country classics, which includes other Highway 101 hits such as Bing bang boom that also weren't on Greatest hits. So if you want those four tracks, buy Country classics.
This is a great album that was largely ignored except by Highway 101's loyal fans. It deserved to reach a much wider audience.
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Highway 101 Rides Again, November 3, 2007
This review is from: Reunited (Audio CD)
"Reunited" features the return of Paulette Carlson to the Highway 101 line-up, a welcome return of a beautiful voice to the country rock group. With the return of Paulette comes the kind of songs that made Highway 101 a very popular group in the 90's: songs of love, love lost, love gone bad, etc. - all with a distinctive sound that brought back memories of the first version of Highway 101. With the mix of old and new songs on this album, I found that "Walking, Talking," etc. was probably my favorite song on the album, while "Have You Ever Loved A Woman" to be my least favorite, as it sounded kind of out of character for the group. It was disappointing that the album wasn't more popular than it was at the time; it has a great sound, but unfortunately many times (not always, but many times) when the chemistry of a major group is upset by primary members leaving, finding a replacement to stay at the top of the charts and in fans' minds is a tough chore; even the return of the primary member to the group may not be enough to get them back to the top. I feel that this is what happened to Highway 101, and that is a shame, as they had a great sound and were a pioneering group.
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