Customer Reviews

If You See Him

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I would like to thank Reba for the best music in one CD I have ever found. Her insightful lyrics, passionate presentation and unique way of making the listener feel special is amazing, as if the song was meant soley for the listener. Each song reflects a different emotional struggle, personal tragedy or challenge and, provides resolution or at least acceptance. I personally identify with many of the songs after having gone through a rough separation and divorce with all the emotions that go along with the pain. This album made me cry during the rough times, laugh as the healing took place and continues to bring back bittersweet memories after playing it through 100's of times. It does not get any better than this. I have never written a fan letter, never joined a club, and would never even ask for an autograph in public. This is my thank you to her for a beautiful album by what I know to be the First Lady in modern country music. Thanks, Reba....I needed that!

COUNTRY'S REAL Queen's "If You See Him" seems to be a love-it or hate-it kind of album. Those in the latter category are either not fans of her music or not listening carefully. This may not be as widely accepted as many of her others because Reba seems to vary into more pop-ish music than she ever had (barring the pop cover album, Starting Over) with this one, and it looked like it turned off country and pop fans alike.
Like all Reba's albums, you can hear the emotion and tenderness in her voice as she delivers songs such as the beautiful duet "If You See Him/If You See Her" with the best country duo ever, Brooks & Dunn, the heartbreaking "Invisible," and the unbelievable "Lonely Alone." Reba belts out frolicsome rockers like the sassy "I'll Give You Something To Miss" and the rollicking "Wrong Night." Another high point on the album is the follow up to her smash 1993 duet ("Does He Love You," i.e. Grammy and CMA winner) with former backup singer Linda Davis, "Face To Face." Though not on the level of prodigious as DHLY, "Face To Face" is more than, as most have called it, a filler track. It's really, when you get down to it, an intelligent song that people should listen to for advice. That may be why this album hasn't been as accepted; while they may not be all "eye candy" (or, if it's acceptable, ear candy), they're songs for people who need advice; you may not necessarily want to listen but some may need to listen to them. Reba gives another amazing performance, her best since 1994's "Read My Mind." A strong 4 stars.

Two outstanding duets and ten great solo tracks ensure that this album is well up to the standard Reba set in the nineties. The title track, one of many ballads here, features the brilliant, highly successful duo of Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn. Reba tugs at the heart with wonderful, emotional songs like I wouldn't know, Invisible and Lonely alone. Much more cheerful is the brilliant Forever love, one of the country number one hits from this album.

Face to face is a duet featuring Linda Davis (who has a voice reminiscent of Janie Fricke), a former backing singer for Reba. These two recorded a duet in the early nineties (Does he love you), which did not appear on any original album by either of them but can be found on various compilations, including Reba's second volume of MCA greatest hits. Both their duets, though very different from each other, follow the same general theme of two women fighting over one man. Linda's solo music is also well worth listening to, if you can find it.

The tempo picks up a little on One honest heart (about the quest for a trustworthy man) and picks up even more on I'll give you something to miss (a sassy song in which Reba plays hard to get) and Wrong night.

This is a high quality album from the most successful country queen of her generation.

Reba released a string of good albums from the mid 90s to the late 90s, these included READ MY MIND (1994), STARTING OVER (1995), WHAT IF ITS YOU (1996), SO GOOD TOGETHER (1999) and this one, IF YOU SEE HIM (1998). Sporting an even shorter cut than shown in the pictures of the WHAT IF ITS YOU album, Reba's IF YOU SEE HIM album has some great country and AC type songs. "If You See Him/If You See Her" is a joint collaboration with Brooks & Dunn, who she was touring with at the time. It's a nice emotional ballad, and also the first single of the album. It's a pretty emotional album, and one of her best if you ask me. There's some great uptempo country on songs like "I'll Give You Something To Miss" and "Wrong Night". I think the ballads are the most impressive though, "Up & Flying", "Heart Hush", "Lonely Alone", "Forever Love", "All This Time", "I Wouldn't Know" and "Invisible" are all great great ballads, not one dud anywhere. The duet with Linda Davis, "Face To Face", deserves a nod because it's fabulous and it should have been a single. Overall a strong collection of material from Reba!

With every album as of late from Reba, with the help of Tony Brown she is moving towards a more glossy pop/adult contemporary/country kind of sound. But it works so its no complaint. IF YOU SEE HIM follows in a string of successfully complete albums along with WHAT IF ITS YOU and READ MY MIND. The first single, the duet with Brooks & Dunn "If You See Him/If You See Her" is the perfect song told from both perspectives about how the breakup is tearing them apart, the sentiment just resonates with the listener. "One Honest Heart" is a declaration of finding a good man who is honest and true, one of the catchiest here. "I Wouldn't Know" is one of those beautiful ballads she does so well, this time expressing her upset over people meddling in her life after an ex. "Invisible" is one of the best here, a surefire hit if it was released. The duet with Linda Davis on "Face To Face" is if not as good as "Does He Love You?", but better than it, with great harmonies and a great storyline in the song. My personal fave on the album is the ballad "Heart Hush", which is almost a sequel to her 1994 hit "And Still" from the READ MY MIND album. Overall IF YOU SEE HIM is another consistently good album from Reba, it wont disapoint you.

After coming off one of her most creatively satisfying albums in
WHAT IF IT'S YOU, Reba McEntire teamed with Brooks & Dunn for the title track of this album, which saw her returning more to the slick pop production scheme that had marked the majority of her recordings over the last decade. Luckily, she manages to corral a set of strong songs that help her cause. The title track is one of the few duets she's done in recent times that merits more than one listen--it's for the most part country pop, but the song and the vocal work manage to lift it above it's pop trappings. The other duet, with Linda Davis on 'Face To Face', far outstrips the melodramatic histrionics of their previous collaboration, 'Does He Love You'. She also springs several strong uptempo numbers on us, particularly the sterling 'Wrong Night', the most "country" sounding record she's done in years.
Again, most of the record is made up of McEntire's now trademark
country pop ballads, but the fact that many are lyrically stronger than some of her recent work, saves them, and the record, from being just another example of a country artist trying to go pop.

I have proberly listened to this cd only about 1000 times I go to sleep listening to it and wake up listening to it. I am one of Rebas biggest fans my husband turned me on to country music and I have gone to see Reba twice this year and had the best time of my life. Her performance was so moving that I was moved to tears can't wait to see her again and hope she does another cd soon. Keep up the good work.

I truly believe this is one of my favorite Reba CD's of all time. I absolutely love every song and they are all powerful. I LOVE REBA!

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED every song on this C.D. At first I thought it would be an average C.D., but I didn't think it would be anything great. I was very wrong. This is a great C.D., because every song is superb. I usually listen to older Reba music, but this C.D. is one of her best. You can listen to every song over and over and never get tired of it. I would definately give it a try!

Reba's latest musical offering is as good, if not better, than her highly acclaimed READ MY MIND cd. With musical emotions running high, Reba delivers heartbreak ('Lonely Alone'), hope ('I'll Give You Something to Miss') and honky-tonk ('Wrong Night') in one of her best cds ever.