"Connie Smith"
Smith is among country music's greatest
singers, so the good news about this comeback is that, two decades
since Smith´s last hit, she can still belt it out with
the best of them. On the opening "How Long," a real
boot-scooter that's faintly reminiscent of her 1964 signature
"Once a Day," Smith's voice soars and throbs as gorgeously
as ever--and maybe even better, since she's added a newfound
huskiness that only compounds her expressive twang. The bad news,
though, is that this batch of unmemorable songs, written by Smith
and new husband Marty Stuart, can hardly measure up to the Bill
Anderson classics that made her famous. Still, as on "You
Can't Take Back a Teardrop," Smith's love songs are usually
just good enough, thanks to steel-drenched arrangements and Smith's
own remarkable voice. --David Cantwell |
Customer review from Amazon
Reviewer: Bill Mack from Fort Worth-Dallas,
Texas
As a songwriter (LeAnn Rimes' "Blue" and George Strait's
"Drinking Champagne") and country music disc jockey,
I have leaned on the tremendous talent of Connie ever since she
entered the scene in the mid-60s. The fact that she recorded
one of my compositions, "Clinging To A Saving Hand",
several years ago, made her even more important to me personally.Singing
better than ever, her new album, on Warner Brothers, is so very
much needed in today's country music society. It is both: Refreshing
and Most-enjoyable.After airing the first track of her new album
on my nightly radio show, the listeners' reaction was an immediate
5-Star rating ... which is not at all unusual for ConnieSmith. |
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